The Grime
Hartford, Vermont Man Sentenced to 24 Months’ Imprisonment for Possession of Unregistered Silencer
BURLINGTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on August 18, 2026, Joseph Vaillancourt, 43, of Hartford, Vermont, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Christina...
Ohio Man and Texas Woman Sentenced Collectively to More Than 56 Years in Prison for Child Exploitation Offenses
TOLEDO, Ohio – Two people have been sentenced to prison for conspiring to produce child pornography by sexually exploiting two children. Chaz Jacob, 36, of Toledo, and Amy Fountain, 51, of McDade, Texas, were sentenced...
Project Safe Schools initiative debuts as U.S. Attorney moves against Forney ISD and former educators for reporting failures
DALLAS — United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Ryan Raybould, announced today the launch of Project Safe Schools, a federal initiative aimed at protecting students, enforcing accountability and...
Luzerne County Man Sentenced To 15 Years For Drug Trafficking And Firearms Violations
SCRANTON - United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Fernandito Arroyo, age 28, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on August 18, 2026, to 180 months’ imprisonment...
Jefferson County Man Charged with Preparing False Tax Returns and Filing False Tax Returns
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment today charging a Jefferson County man with preparing false and fraudulent tax returns for others and filing false and fraudulent tax returns for...
Honduran National Sentenced to Two Years for Immigration Crimes
Tampa, Florida – Yelson Zachary Matamoros Quinonez (32, Honduras) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara to two years in federal prison for illegal reentry by a deported alien. Matamoros Quinonez...
Previously convicted sex offender sentenced to life in prison for sexually exploiting two minors
RICHMOND, Va. – A Gum Spring man was sentenced today to life plus ten years in prison for production of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), possession of CSAM, attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, and...
Man Charged in Federal Court With Robbing Victim at Gunpoint During Facebook Marketplace Meeting in Chicago
CHICAGO — The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago today charged a man with robbing an individual at gunpoint of his laptop computer during a Facebook Marketplace meeting on the city’s North Side. The robbery occurred on...
Federal Jury Finds New Braunfels Man Guilty of Trafficking Thousands of Firearms to Mexico
SAN ANTONIO – Demonstrating the continued effectiveness of the Homeland Security Task Force, a federal jury convicted a New Braunfels man on Monday for seven counts related to the smuggling of firearm parts into Mexico...
Former Senior NIAID Official Pleads Guilty to Charges Connected to Concealing Federal Records During COVID-19 Pandemic
Greenbelt, Maryland – A former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) employee pled guilty in federal court, today, to a conspiracy charge stemming from a scheme to evade Freedom of Information...
Prolific Chinese Money Launderer Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Laundering Drug Trafficking Proceeds Following Homeland Security Task Force Investigation
ARLOTTE, N.C. — A Chinese national was sentenced today in the Western District of North Carolina by U.S. District Judge Susan C. Rodriguez to 15 years in prison and ordered to forfeit million for his role in a...
Senior Director Of Operations Charged With Insider Trading
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, and Special Agent in Charge of the Miami Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), Brett Skiles, announced today the...
Savannah man sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison
SAVANNAH, Georgia: A Savannah man has been ordered to be confined in federal prison after pleading guilty to multiple charges. The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Court Chief Judge R. Stan Baker and announced by...
Tallahassee Man Indicted for Possession of a Machine Gun & Postal Crimes
Tallahassee, Florida – Yasir Jaimon Za’Quis Hawkins, 20, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for illegal possession of a machine gun, possession of Postal Service key, and possession of stolen mail. John P....
United States and State of Illinois File Complaint in Intervention in False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Chicago-Area Medical Practice and Billing Company for Allegedly Submitting Fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid Claims
CHICAGO — The United States and the State of Illinois have filed a joint complaint in intervention alleging that a Chicago-area medical practice and billing company knowingly submitted fraudulent claims to Medicaid and...
Bronx Man Charged With Federal Hate Crimes For Attack At Manhattan Synagogue
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, Harmeet K. Dhillon, Assistant Director in Charge of...
17 Iranians Charged With Conducting Massive Cyber Theft Campaign On Behalf Of The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps And Other Iranian Entities
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, John A. Eisenberg, and Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the...
Second Suspect In August 2025 Mount Vernon Gunpoint Robbery Located In Poconos, Arrested, And Charged
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, and Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), James C. Barnacle, Jr.,...
Lakeville Man is 23rd Defendant to be Sentenced in Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme
MINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced today that Abdinasir Mahamed Abshir, 34, of Lakeville, Minnesota, was sentenced to 78 months in prison for his role in a 0 million fraud scheme that...
Manhattan Man Charged With Distributing Narcotics That Caused The Death Of Resident At Transitional Facility
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, and Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), Jessica S. Tisch, announced today the filing of a Superseding Indictment...
Baltimore Felon Sentenced for Drug-Trafficking and Firearm Possession Charges
Baltimore, Maryland – A Baltimore man learned his fate in federal court, today, in connection with drug-trafficking and firearm charges, stemming from a local drug-trafficking investigation. U.S. District Judge...
Massachusetts Woman Sentenced To 24 Months In Prison For Trafficking In Stolen Human Remains
WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Katrina Maclean, age 47, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, was sentenced on August 18, 2026, to 24 months in prison by...
Nash County Career Offender Draws 15‑Year Federal Prison Sentence
RALEIGH, N.C. – A federal judge sentenced Trimaine Rshad Williams, age 35, to 15 and half years in federal prison for Interference with Commerce by Robbery. On February 20, 2026, Williams pleaded guilty in federal...
Arrest Warrants Issued for Six Current and Former MPD Members of the Fifth District for Overtime Fraud
WASHINGTON – On August 18, 2026, a judge of the Superior Court for the District of Columbia signed arrest warrants for current and former MPD members Peter Sheldon, Frantz Fulcher, Thomas Krmenec, Bernadette Richardson,...
Lynette Hogue, Tax Return Preparation and Filing Fraud, Tennessee 2026
Memphis, TN – In a shocking case of tax return deception, 35-year-old Lynette Hogue has been slapped with 33 federal charges for allegedly preparing and filing false tax returns for clients of her tax preparation business. According to the indictment, Hogue worked at a local tax preparation business in Memphis between 2021 and 2024, where…
Tomas Quino Canil, Alien Smuggling, Texas 2021
BODY: A chilling case of human trafficking has come to a close in the Southern District of Texas. Tomas Quino Canil, a 38-year-old Guatemalan national, has pleaded guilty to his role in a deadly alien smuggling operation that claimed the lives of over 50 people, including unaccompanied children, in 2021. The tragic event occurred when…
Zhuoying Chen, Money Laundering, New York 2026
Brooklyn, NY – In a brazen scheme, Zhuoying Chen, 27, and Haojie Zhang, 38, have been charged with laundering a staggering $43 million in investment fraud proceeds. The duo, allegedly at the helm of a Chinese money laundering network, managed a network of over a dozen individuals based in Queens and Brooklyn. According to the…
Camille T. Jones, Bribery and Procurement Fraud Conspiracy, Maryland 2026
Upper Marlboro, MD – In a shocking case of corruption, a former supervisory official with the U.S. Census Bureau has been sentenced to two years in prison for her role in a bribery and procurement fraud scheme. Camille T. Jones, 47, was handed down the sentence on July 16, 2026, after pleading guilty to conspiracy…
Malique Lewis, Smuggling Drugs into Prison, District of Columbia 2023
Malique Lewis, a 28-year-old inmate from Washington D.C., has been caught up in a web of deceit and corruption that has landed him and two family members in hot water. Lewis, who is currently serving a life sentence for kidnapping, murder, and firearm charges, pleaded guilty to conspiring to smuggle contraband into the District of…
Michael Brian Cotter, Bank Fraud Conspiracy, Rhode Island 2016
Greenville, RI – In a brazen scheme to deceive banks, a 64-year-old Rhode Island man has been sentenced to 28 months in prison for artificially inflating his company’s sales numbers to avoid scrutiny over excessive consumer chargebacks. Michael Brian Cotter, CEO of a tech support company operating out of a call center in India, orchestrated…
Saifullah Al-Mamun, Human Smuggling, Texas 2023
BODY: A brazen human smuggling operation that spanned the globe has been brought to its knees, thanks to a daring extradition from Brazil. Saifullah Al-Mamun, a 39-year-old Bangladeshi national, made his initial appearance in Laredo, Texas, on July 8, after being extradited from Brazil. Al-Mamun is facing serious charges for his role in a transnational…
Neil Suresh Chandran, Investment Scheme, Nevada 2026
In a shocking case of financial deceit, a Nevada man and a Canadian and British national were brought to justice for their roles in a massive investment scheme that left thousands of victims in the dust. Neil Suresh Chandran, 54, a foreign national with ties to Nevada and California, was sentenced to 36 months in…
Angelo Martino, Ransomware Extortion, Florida 2026
Land O’Lakes, FL – In a shocking betrayal, 41-year-old Angelo Martino, a former ransomware negotiator, has been sentenced to 70 months in prison for conspiring with notorious Blackcat/ALPHV (BlackCat) actors to extort multiple victims in 2023. Martino’s crimes left a trail of devastation, with victims sharing heartbreaking accounts of how their businesses were nearly destroyed.…
Sean Tighe, Fentanyl Analogue Distribution, New Jersey 2026
In the dark alleys of Northern New Jersey, a sinister plot to peddle synthetic death unfolded. Sean Tighe, a 50-year-old North Haledon resident, was sentenced to 151 months in prison for his role in a fentanyl analogue distribution scheme. This conviction marks another notch in the belt of a Homeland Security Task Force investigation that…
Rossen G. Iossifov, Theft of Forfeited Cryptocurrency, Kentucky 2026
Bulgarian National Caught Laundering $290,000 in Cryptocurrency from Seized Account In a shocking turn of events, Rossen G. Iossifov, a 53-year-old Bulgarian national, made a court appearance in the Eastern District of Kentucky on Thursday, July 9, 2026, facing charges of destruction or removal of property to prevent seizure, aiding and abetting, and conspiracy to…
Elias Shabazz, Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud, or Coercion, California 2026
LOS ANGELES, CA – In a disturbing case of exploitation, a Los Angeles man has been convicted of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion. Elias Shabazz, 35, was found guilty by a federal jury in the Central District of California on June 26, 2026. According to court documents, Shabazz preyed on a vulnerable victim,…
Marterrio Armstrong, Carjacking, Tennessee 2026
BODY:Two young thugs are headed to the slammer after a brazen carjacking at gunpoint left a group of construction workers shaken. Marterrio Armstrong, 21, of Memphis, Tennessee, and Jacam’Ron McIntosh, 21, of Oxford, Mississippi, were sentenced to a combined 21.5 years in prison for their roles in the heinous crime. According to evidence presented in…
Andrew Dominguez, Child Sexual Abuse Material Distribution, California 2026
A twisted Los Angeles man has been charged with producing and distributing child sexual abuse material, leaving investigators and victims’ families shaken. Andrew Dominguez, 37, is accused of committing these heinous crimes while registered as a sex offender. According to court documents, Dominguez attempted to entice three minors to engage in sexually explicit conduct for…
Mingran Wang, Securities Fraud Spoofing, California 2026
Fremont, CA – In a brazen scheme that spanned over three years, 52-year-old Mingran Wang of Fremont, California, pleaded guilty to engaging in thousands of instances of manipulative trading and spoofing. According to court documents, Wang orchestrated the scheme from 2021 through 2024, using his company Greenroots Capital Management as a front to defraud market…
Samuel Flores de Dios, Child Sexual Abuse Material Production, Virginia 2026
In a disturbing case that has left the community reeling, 36-year-old Samuel Flores de Dios, an illegal alien from Mexico, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for producing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The heinous crime was committed in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where Flores de Dios repeatedly abused a minor victim, who was under…
Seth Herrera, Child Exploitation, Texas 2026
A former Army soldier’s dark secret has been exposed, and the consequences are severe. Seth Herrera, 36, of El Paso, Texas, pleaded guilty to child exploitation crimes committed in Alaska and Texas. The disturbing charges include attempted production of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) depicting minors known to him and trafficking of CSAM. According to…
Samuel Flores de Dios, Child Sexual Abuse Material Production, Virginia 2026
In a disturbing case that has left the community reeling, 36-year-old Samuel Flores de Dios, an illegal alien from Mexico, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for producing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The heinous crime was committed in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where Flores de Dios repeatedly abused a minor victim, who was under…
Seth Herrera, Child Exploitation, Texas 2026
A former Army soldier’s dark secret has been exposed, and the consequences are severe. Seth Herrera, 36, of El Paso, Texas, pleaded guilty to child exploitation crimes committed in Alaska and Texas. The disturbing charges include attempted production of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) depicting minors known to him and trafficking of CSAM. According to…
Omar Aliperti De Mello Correa, Conspiracy to Launder Illicit Cash Proceeds, Florida 2026
In a brazen money laundering scheme, Omar Aliperti De Mello Correa, a 34-year-old U.S. citizen from Orlando, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder tens of millions of dollars in illicit cash proceeds. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida accepted Correa’s guilty plea on June 24, 2026. According to court documents,…