Alexandria, Virginia criminal law lawyers represented Defendants charged with kidnapping and murder of two adolescent boys in 2016.

MS-13 gang members Elmer Zelaya Martinez, Ronald Herrera Contreras, Henry Zelaya Martinez, Pablo Velasco Barrera, and Duglas Ramirez Ferrera, along with their co-conspirators, targeted E.E.E.M., a 17-year-old resident of Falls Church, who they erroneously su... More...    $0 (11-04-2022 - VA)

Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with illegal forced labor.

Zahida Aman, age 80, Mohammad Nauman Chaudhri, age 54 and Mohammed Rehan Chaudhri, age 58, were charged with conspiracy to commit forced labor, forced labor, and document servitude.

“The defendants exploited someone who should have been a loved family member to force her to wor... More...    $0 (05-13-2022 - VA)

Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with production and distribution of child porn.

during in 2020, Ashley Kolhoff, 22, produced sexually explicit images of the minor victim and posted them to a website dedicated to facilitating child exploitation. Over the course of multiple days, Kolhoff distributed the images of the victim to nine other members of... More...    $0 (04-13-2022 - VA)

Alexandria, VA: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs and money laundering.

Xizhi Li, 48, a U.S. citizen who previously resided in Mexico, led a years-long scheme to launder money on behalf of transnational drug trafficking organizations. To carry out the scheme, Li and his conspirators used a foreign casino; foreign and domestic front c... More...    $0 (10-26-2021 - VA)

Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to launder at least $30 million in drug proceeds on behalf of foreign drug-trafficking organizations. Another Chinese national was sentenced to seven years in prison today for his role in the same conspiracy.

According to court documents, Xizhi Li, 48, played a leadership role within a years-long c... More...    $0 (08-03-2021 - VA)

Richmond, Virginia The Justice Department today announced that it reached a settlement with Adaequare Inc. (Adaequare), a company that recruits workers for other companies. The settlement resolves the department’s claim that Adaequare only considered applicants who were U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents when filling a job for a client. Based on its investigation, the department conclu... More...    $0 (04-01-2021 - VA)

Alexandria, Virginia receipt of child pornography charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Christopher Robert Sueiro, who was charged with downloading images and videos depicting children as young as four years old being sexually abused and for utilizing the Darknet to solicit and promote child pornography.

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Alexandria, VA - The United States of America charged Carrero Alas with illegal reentry.

An illegal alien from El Salvador, who recently was convicted in state court of taking indecent liberties with a child, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for illegally reentering the United States after he previously was deported in 2004.

“Carrero Alas illegally entered the United States, ... More...    $0 (01-23-2020 - VA)

Richmond, VA - llegal Alien Sentenced after Repeated Criminal Convictions

A Guatemalan citizen was sentenced today to more than a year and a half in prison for illegally reentering the United States after removal for a felony conviction.

“Juarez-Garcia has continued to show his total disregard for our laws by illegally entering our country multiple times and committing serious c... More...    $0 (08-13-2019 - VA)

Lynchburg, VA - Buena Vista Man Sentenced on Federal Child Pornography Charge

A 32-year-old Buena Vista man, who was studying to become a youth pastor, was sentenced yesterday to 78 months in federal prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to possession of child pornography and attempting to send obscene material to a child under 16 years of age, United States Attorney Thomas T. C... More...    $0 (10-24-2018 - VA)

Alexandria, VA - Maryland Man Sentenced to a Decade in Prison for Sexually Exploiting 12-Year-Old Girl Over the Internet

A Rockville, Maryland man was sentenced on August 24, 2018 to 120 months in prison for sexually exploiting a minor over the internet, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski, U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger of the Eastern District of Virginia, and... More...    $0 (08-25-2018 - VA)

Alexandria, VA - Virginia Man Sentenced to Prison for Producing Pornography of Children in the Philippines

A Manassas man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for paying women to sexually abuse children in the Philippines via a web camera while he directed and produced numerous images of the abuse, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s ... More...    $0 (08-26-2018 - VA)

Alexandria, VA - Jamaican Woman Sentenced for Lottery Scam Targeting Elderly Victims

A Jamaican citizen was sentenced today to six years in prison for orchestrating a lottery fraud that scammed elderly victims out of approximately $385,000.

“The financial and emotional harm these scams cause elderly victims and their family members can be devastating,” said G. Zachary Terwilliger... More...    $0 (08-14-2018 - VA)

Alexandria, VA - Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder of U.S. Consulate Official

A California man pleaded guilty today to shooting a U.S. diplomat stationed at the U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara, Mexico.

“The Vice Consul was targeted and shot because he represented the United States,” said G. Zachary Terwilliger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. “No one should ... More...    $0 (07-14-2018 - VA)

Richmond, VA - Virginia Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Receiving Child Pornography on Tor Network Forum

A Purcellville, Virginia man, who was a member of a website dedicated to the advertising and sharing of child pornography on an online anonymous network, was sentenced on May 7, 2018 to 60 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release.

Nikolai Bosyk, 40, a repa... More...    $0 (05-07-2018 - VA)

Vienna, VA - Former Virginia Attorney Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Laundering and Attempting to Launder Over $2 Million

A former Vienna, Virginia attorney was sentenced on February 2, 2018 to 84 months in prison for conspiring to launder over $2 million dollars derived from a business email compromise scheme and for attempting to launder funds he believed to be the proceeds of smu... More...    $0 (02-03-2018 - VA)

Edwin Romero Zambrano appeals the decision of the Board of Immigration
Appeals (the “BIA”) to affirm an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision to deny his
application for asylum. Romero Zambrano claims that the BIA applied the wrong legal
standard in assessing his asylum eligibility and the wrong standard of review when
evaluating the IJ’s decision. As explained below, we agree that t... More...    $0 (12-05-2017 - VA)

Scott Cammorto pleaded guilty to knowingly failing to register in Virginia as a sex offender, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2250. Based on his underlying conviction in Georgia for rape, the district court sentenced Cammorto as a Tier III offender pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2A3.5(a)(1) and thus imposed an enhanced sentence of 41 months’ imprisonment. Cammorto now challenges the district court’s reliance ... More...    $0 (06-13-2017 - VA)