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California Man Indicted for Drug Distribution & Money Laundering Conspiracies

Pensacola, Florida – Kelvin Henriques Jr., 32, of Los Angeles, California, was indicted by a federal grand jury charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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Cheektowaga man pleads guilty to production and possession of child pornography

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Dustin Coffelt, 36, of Cheektowaga, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to two counts of production and one count of possession of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 30 years, and a $250,000…
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Helena brothers both sentenced to more than 10 years in prison on drug charges

GREAT FALLS – Two brothers from Helena who trafficked methamphetamine and fentanyl have been sentenced, Acting U.S. Attorney Tim Racicot said.Austin Leon Timothy Hagman, 36, and Michael Wayne Hagman, 40, both pleaded guilty in November 2025 to possession with intent to distribute controlled substances.Austin Hagman was sentenced yesterday to 144 months of imprisonment followed by…
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Buffalo man going to prison on gun and drug charges

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Gilbert Santiago, 39, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, was sentenced to serve 48 months in prison by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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Franklin Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Filing False Tax Returns

Brad D. Schimel, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that Nael Jabbar (age 47) of Franklin, Wisconsin, pled guilty on April 14, 2026, to one count of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341, and one count of filing a false tax return, in violation of 26 U.S.C. §…
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Convicted Felon on Federal Supervised Release Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Gun Possession

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. Attorney Russ Ferguson announced that a convicted felon on supervised release was sentenced to prison yesterday for illegal gun possession.Dequan Keontez Chambers, 32, was sentenced to a total of 47 months in prison – 35 months for the firearm offense and a consecutive 12 months for violating his supervised release. He…
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Alien Drug Trafficker from Colombia Sentenced to Five Years’ Imprisonment

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – An illegal alien from Columbia was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment after he possessed and intended to distribute fentanyl in the District of Utah. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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U.S. Attorney Charges Rockland County Man With Sexual Exploitation Of A Child

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced the filing of a Complaint charging ALBER RODRIGEZ with sexual exploitation of a minor. RODRIGUEZ was arrested yesterday, presented before U.S. Magistrate Judge Judith C. McCarthy in White Plains federal court, and detained. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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Jimcy McGirt Sentenced To 45 Months In Prison For Sorna Violation And Revocation Of Supervised Release

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jimcy McGirt, age 77, was sentenced to 33 months in prison for one count of Failure to Register as Sex Offender, and 12 consecutive months in prison on the revocation of his supervised release for his May 2024 conviction…
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Shiprock Man Pleads Guilty to Assault for Stabbing

Tony Tsosie pleaded guilty to stabbing a woman in the parking lot of a local business. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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Dover Man with Four Prior Gun Convictions Sentenced to 40 Months in Federal Prison

WILMINGTON, Del. – A Dover man was sentenced yesterday to 40 months in prison for drug dealing and possessing a gun after multiple prior felony convictions. U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Hall imposed the sentence. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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St. Croix Man Sentenced to 24 Months In Prison For Possessing Firearm

St. Thomas, USVI –U.S. Attorney Adam F. Sleeper announced today that Jahmar Frederick, 32, of St. Croix, was sentenced yesterday by visiting District Court Judge Timothy Savage to 24 months of imprisonment for being in possession of a firearm as a felon. Frederick was also placed on three years of supervised release and ordered to…
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Repeat offender sentenced to 15 years for drug trafficking, firearms crimes

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage man was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison for committing drug trafficking and firearms crimes while on pretrial release in multiple state cases. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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Federal Jury Convicts Fugitive Sex Offender who Vanished after Staging Crime Scene and Fleeing Oklahoma in 2012

OKLAHOMA CITY – A federal jury has convicted ANTHONY MICHAEL LENNON, 44, formerly of Moore, of failure to register as a sex offender, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.On November 18, 2025, a federal grand jury charged Lennon with failure to register as a sex offender. On April 17, 2026, a federal jury found Lennon…
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East Wenatchee Man Sentenced to 17.5 Years in Prison for Shooting and Trafficking Methamphetamine

Spokane, Washington – First Assistant United States Attorney Pete Serrano announced that on April 14, 2026, United States District Judge Rebecca Pennell sentenced Victor John Stevenson, age 37, of East Wenatchee, Washington, to 17.5 years of prison on drug trafficking and firearm charges. Judge Pennell also ordered that, following his sentence, Stevenson be on supervised…
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Individual Charged with Importation of Cocaine Extradited from Colombia as Part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF)

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Colombian authorities extradited Nixon Manuel Marino-Carreño from La Picota in Bogota, Colombia, to the United States to face drug trafficking charges filed in the District of Puerto Rico. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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District of Arizona Charges 240 Individuals for Immigration-Related Criminal Conduct this Week

PHOENIX, Ariz. – During the week of enforcement operations from April 11 through April 17, 2026, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona brought immigration-related criminal charges against 240 individuals. Specifically, the United States filed 152 cases in which aliens illegally re-entered the United States, and the United States also charged 68 aliens…
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Minnesota Man Found Guilty of Criminal Vehicular Homicide

DULUTH – Defendant Eric Peterson, 51, of Virginia, Minnesota, has been found guilty of one count of criminal vehicular homicide following a four-day trial, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel N.Rosen. On December 17, 2024, Peterson struck and killed 38-year-old Amanda Boshey when driving along Lake Vermilion Reservation Road near the Fortune Bay Casino on the Bois Forte…
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Boone County Man Sentenced for Methamphetamine Trafficking

COVINGTON, Ky. – A Crittenden, Ky., man, Randall Kipling, 63, was sentenced on Thursday to 121 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge David Bunning for aiding and abetting the possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. According to his plea agreement, Kipling and his co-defendant, Mark Ball, were involved in distributing…
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Previously Deported Alien Sentenced in Largest Cocaine Seizure in Green Bay History

Brad D. Schimel, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on April 14, 2026, United States District Judge Byron B. Conway sentenced Ruben Salgado-Espinoza (age: 51) to 169 months of imprisonment for conspiring to distribute cocaine and illegally re-entering the United States after being removed.According to court records, Salgado-Espinoza,…
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Morgan Lake Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting a Police Officer

Kendall Benally pleaded guilty to striking and injuring a Navajo Nation Police officer with his car. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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East Bay Men Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit H1-B Visa Fraud Claiming Clients Would Work for the University of California

Dublin residents Sampath Rajidi, 51, and Sreedhar Mada, 51, pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to commit visa fraud. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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Guatemalan Illegal Alien and Convicted Felon Sentenced To 24 Months Imprisonment For Illegal Re-entry Offense

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney David I. Courcelle announced today that United States District Court Judge Brandon S. Long sentenced FEDERICO MENDEZ-FRANCISCO a/k/a “JORGE SANTOS ARROYO,” a/k/a “JORGE A. GORDILLO,” a/k/a “FEDERICO MENDEZ,” a/k/a “FREDERICO MENDEZ,” a/k/a “FEDERICO MENDEZ FRANCISCO,” (“MENDEZ-FRANCISCO”), on April 14, 2026 to twenty-four (24) months imprisonment. MENDEZ-FRANCISCO, age 44 and a native of Guatemala…
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Chicago Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Foreign Terrorist Organization

A Chicago man was sentenced yesterday to 25 years in federal prison for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) by using social media to encourage attacks on ISIS’s enemies and recruit ISIS members. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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High-Level Guatemalan Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced to 10 Years

SAN DIEGO – Jorge Campos-Oliva, aka “Peluda,” an extradited Guatemalan national, was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison on charges of international cocaine distribution conspiracy. According to public documents, Campos-Oliva was identified as part of a multi-year proactive wiretap investigation led by Homeland Security Investigations targeting high-level cocaine traffickers operating in northwest Guatemala and…
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Six St. Louis Area Residents Accused of $8.3 Million Pandemic Fraud

The indictment accuses the conspirators of submitting at least 40 fraudulent applications for Paycheck Protection Program loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans that yielded at least $8.3 million. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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District Man Sentenced to 135 Months in Transportation of Child Pornography

Dontrey Bell, 33, of the District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 135 months in prison in connection with possessing several videos of himself as he exposed and manipulated his genitals in close proximity to a child as she slept. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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Illegal Nicaraguan Alien Guilty of Illegal Re-Entry of a Deported Alien

NEW ORLEANS – ORLANDO JOSE JARQUIN OROZCO (“JARQUIN”), age 36, a citizen of Nicaragua, pled guilty on April 7, 2026 to illegal re-entry, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326, announced U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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Pennsylvania And Michigan Men Charged With Benefits Fraud Conspiracy

HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Randy Welch, age 46, of Michigan, and Earnest Morant, age 58, of Harrisburg, were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy to commit Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits fraud.According to United States Attorney Brian D. Miller,…
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Former Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Nasdaq-Listed Company Charged With Operating a Continuing Financial Crimes Enterprise in Multi-Year Scheme to Defraud Investors and Lenders

Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, a ten-count indictment was unsealed charging Puthugramam “Harish” Chidambaran, the founder and former Chief Executive Officer of iLearningEngines, Inc. (iLearning), and Sayyed Farhan Ali “Farhan” Naqvi, iLearning’s former Chief Financial Officer, with running a continuing financial crimes enterprise, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, securities fraud, conspiracy to commit…
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