U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona
Recent News About U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona
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Tax Preparer Sent to Prison for False Tax Returns
On January 7, 2020, Sandra Gamboa, 49, of Phoenix, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton to twelve months and one day of imprisonment. Gamboa pleaded guilty to filing false income tax returns.
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Payson Man Sentenced to 14.5 Years in Prison for Sexual Assault
On December 23, 2019, Paul Darrell Burdette, of Payson, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 175 months of imprisonment to be followed by supervised release for life.
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Chinese National Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring to Illegally Export Military- and Space-Grade Technology from the United States to China
On October 16, 2019, United States District Judge Diane J. Humetewa sentenced Tao Li, a 39-year-old Chinese national, to 40 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Li had previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to export military- and space-grade technology to the People’s Republic of China without a license in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
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Whitecone Man Sentenced to 29.5 Years’ Prison for Second Degree Murder
This week, Bryan Joshua Tewanema, 25, of Whitecone, Ariz., was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 355 months of imprisonment.