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INQUIRY JX-DOJ-26-216Opened AUG 21 2026Quick look

Shiprock Man Sentenced for Assault and Kidnapping

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AUG 21 '26EventShiprock Man Sentenced for Assault and Kidnapping
Docket event
Entered on the record AUG 21 2026Occurred AUG 21 2026
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Place
New York

"United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced today that MATTHEW MELTON was sentenced to 51 months in prison for committing securities fraud by running a Ponzi scheme."

Status
Sentenced

"ALBUQUERQUE – A Shiprock man was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for carrying out a series of violent assaults and a kidnapping that resulted in serious injuries to the victim."

ALBUQUERQUE – A Shiprock man was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for carrying out a series of violent assaults and a kidnapping that resulted in serious injuries to the victim.

"ALBUQUERQUE – A Shiprock man was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for carrying out a series of violent assaults and a kidnapping that resulted in serious injuries to the victim."

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$3,756,135 Forfeiture

"MELTON was extradited back to the United States in December 2025. * * * In addition to the prison term, MELTON, 62, of Boulder, Colorado, was ordered to pay restitution, in an amount to be determined within 90 days, and forfeiture in the amount of $3,756,135, representing proceeds from his illegal scheme."