Jury Convicts Trio for Conspiracy to Commit Murder-for-Hire
Fort Myers, Florida – A federal jury has found Jesus Pujol Hernandez (Naples, 42), Miguel Marquez Romero (Naples, 30), and Paulo Sabon Montero (Naples,…
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Santa Clarita Man Charged with Federal Arson Offense Alleging He Set Wildfire that Burned Over 1,000 Acres of National Forest Land
A Santa Clarita man was charged today in a federal criminal complaint alleging he intentionally set a wildfire in the Angeles National Forest that…
Continue ReadingMinnesota Man Sentenced to More Than 8 Years for Travelling to Engage in Sex With a Minor
MADISON, WIS. – Chadwick M. Elgersma, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Creighton Mithaugen, 38, Faribault, Minnesota, was sentenced…
Continue ReadingD.C. Man Sentenced to 65.5 Years in Prison for Sexually Assaulting Two Victims in 2024
Maurice Spears, 34, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a total of 65 years and 180 days in prison for the sexual abuse…
Continue ReadingMan Sentenced for Role in Smuggling Organization that Kidnapped Migrants and Extorted Their Families; One Dead, Another Missing After Families Paid Ransoms in Vain
SAN DIEGO – Isaac Jimenez, a U.S. citizen residing in Tijuana, was sentenced in federal court today to 12 years in prison for his…
Continue ReadingTotal of Four Defendants Plead Guilty in Connection with Widespread Child Exploitation Conspiracy
Four defendants have now pled guilty in connection with a multi-jurisdictional child exploitation conspiracy that included the trafficking of child pornography produced during the…
Continue ReadingJacksonville Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Distribution, Receipt, and Possession of Child Pornography
A Jacksonville, Illinois, man, Daniel Brannan, 48, was sentenced last week to 12 years in prison, to be followed by a 10-year term of…
Continue ReadingHomeland Security Task Force Arrests Alvaro Pulido Vargas to Face Charges in Multibillion-Dollar Venezuelan Money Laundering and Bribery Schemes
A Colombian national charged in two separate federal indictments involving the alleged laundering of more than $2 billion in connection with Venezuelan government bribery…
Continue ReadingHomeland Security Task Force Arrests Alvaro Pulido Vargas to Face Charges in Multibillion-Dollar Venezuelan Money Laundering and Bribery Schemes
A Colombian national charged in two separate federal indictments involving the alleged laundering of more than $2 billion in connection with Venezuelan government bribery…
Continue ReadingRaleigh Crack Dealing Gang Banger Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison
RALEIGH N.C. – A federal judge sentenced Joseph Tyre Cumberlander, also known as “X Suave”, 31, to 25 years in federal prison for possession…
Continue Reading23 Skid Row Drug Dealers Arrested as Part of Homeland Security Task Force Takedown Targeting High-Crime Areas of Los Angeles
Law enforcement today arrested 23 defendants out of a total of 28 individuals, including residents of West Covina and Studio City, charged in federal…
Continue ReadingOhio Man Sentenced to 40 Years for Attempting to Entice Nine-Year-Old for Sexual Activity
An Ohio man has been sentenced to federal prison for distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and attempting to entice a nine-year-old to engage…
Continue ReadingUkrainian-Russian Dual Citizen Pleads Guilty to Running International Money Laundering Organization for Cybercriminals
Oleg Korniev, 42, a dual citizen of Ukraine and Russia, pleaded guilty today to running a sophisticated international money laundering organization that laundered millions…
Continue ReadingNashua Man Arrested for Production of Child Sex Abuse Material
CONCORD –Nashua resident Diego Gonzalez, 34, has been arrested by the FBI and charged with one count of Production of Child Sex Abuse Materials…
Continue ReadingKansas City Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Hobbs Act Robbery and Firearm Violations
Marquise L. North, 32, of Kansas City, Mo., was sentenced in federal court today for robbing 14 convenience stores and attempting to rob another…
Continue ReadingAssistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald Issues Memorandum on the National Fraud Enforcement Division’s Comprehensive Approach in the Fight Against Fraud
Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald of the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division (the Fraud Division) today released Directive 26-13, outlining the Division’s…
Continue ReadingVenezuelan National Gets More than 12 Years for Drug Trafficking, Firearms, and Meth Deal While on Bond
A Venezuelan national who trafficked cocaine, possessed firearms in furtherance of his drug trafficking, and then arranged a methamphetamine deal while on bond has…
Continue ReadingNicolás Maduro Moros y Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro, acusados de tortura
El Fiscal General de los Estados Unidos, Todd Blanche; el Fiscal Federal para el Distrito Sur de Nueva York, Jamie McDonald; el Administrador de…
Continue ReadingNon-Citizens Charged with Election Crimes
MOBILE, AL – Two non-citizens were arrested and charged today with unlawfully voting in federal elections. Staciann Pollion Davis and Silvia Delgado Phelps appeared…
Continue ReadingTucson Man Criminally Charged for Bomb Threat Against the White House
TUCSON, Ariz. – Jacob Aaron Hicks, 46, of Tucson, was arrested yesterday and charged by criminal complaint with Making an Interstate Threat to Injure.…
Continue ReadingLeader of Global Violent Extremist Network ‘764’ Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Sexually Exploit Minors
Prasan Nepal, 21, also known by the online moniker “Trippy,” pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to Conspiracy to Commit Sexual Exploitation of…
Continue ReadingNicolás Maduro Moros and Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro Charged with Torture
The Justice Department announced that former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Moros and former First Lady of Venezuela Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro have been…
Continue ReadingNicolás Maduro Moros And Cilia Adela Flores De Maduro Charged With Torture
Attorney General of the United States, Todd Blanche, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, Administrator of the Drug…
Continue ReadingTwo Women Charged with Helping Violent Inmates Escape from DeKalb County Jail
A federal grand jury indicted Melayna Whatley and Gabriela Ortis for allegedly helping three inmates, including a federal prisoner serving a life sentence, escape from…
Continue ReadingUgandan national extradited to the United States to face cocaine and firearms trafficking charges in Homeland Security Task Force case
Ugandan national Michael Katungi Mpweire, 45, made an initial appearance in federal court to face cocaine and firearms trafficking charges following his extradition to…
Continue ReadingLiberian Child Rapist Convicted of Naturalization Fraud, Denaturalized, and Judicially Ordered Removed from the U.S.
NEW BERN, N.C – A federal judge sentenced Cyril Domaquik Clemens, 72, a Liberian native, to time served, for naturalization fraud on September 17,…
Continue ReadingTwo Dominican Republic Nationals Extradited to Face Cyberstalking and Sextortion Conspiracy Charges in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Dominican authorities extradited Patricia Joanna Almonte-Frías and her partner Rineldys Feliciano Díaz-Cuevas to the United States to face cyberstalking…
Continue ReadingIllegal Alien Convicted at Trial of Child Pornography Charge
MINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced that yesterday a federal jury found Alejandro Rojas Garcia, 65, a Mexican national in the…
Continue ReadingLeader of Global Violent Extremist Network ‘764’ Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Sexually Exploit Minors
Prasan Nepal, 21, also known by the online moniker “Trippy,” of High Point, North Carolina, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit sexual exploitation…
Continue ReadingLeader of Global Violent Extremist Network ‘764’ Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Sexually Exploit Minors
WASHINGTON — Prasan Nepal, 21, also known by the online moniker “Trippy,” of High Point, North Carolina, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit…
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