TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio issued the following news release: After a six-day trial, a federal jury convicted two men of participating in a vast money laundering conspiracy that robbed victims from across four states of their life savings. Pranay Kumar Mamidi, 27, and Kishan Vinayak Patel, 26, both nationals of the Republic of India, were found guilty of participating in a money laundering conspiracy, concealing the source of the mo  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: A jury found a local man guilty on all counts for crimes related to two murders in Cincinnati during the summer of 2021. Jamal Binford, 33, of Dallas and Cincinnati, was convicted of five counts as charged in a second superseding indictment. The verdict was announced yesterday afternoon following a trial that began on Jan. 15 before Senior U.S. Distr  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: A six-count indictment was unsealed today charging a Viroqua, Wisconsin, man for allegedly selling firearms and related parts without a license to buyers in Saudi Arabia, shipping the prohibited items, and then lying to federal inspectors about it. According to allegations in the indictment, Mark John Buschman, 60, conducted an illegal export conspirac  more

WHEELING, West Virginia, Feb. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Three men appeared in federal court this week for their involvement with a drug trafficking operation in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia. James Kidder, also known as "Jamey," 47, of Martins Ferry, Ohio, was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine. He has a criminal history that includes domesti  more