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,...
Ami Yezri, Hate Crime, Threats to Jewish Community Institutions, Florida 2017
BODY:In a chilling case of hate-fueled terror, Ami Yezri, a U.S.-Israeli citizen, has been arraigned in Orlando on a slew of charges stemming from a wave of bomb threats made against Jewish Community Centers in Florida. According to the indictment, Yezri, 38, made multiple calls in early 2017 to preschool programs operated at these facilities,…
Philip Taylor Sobash, Child Exploitation, Texas 2026
Austin, Texas – In a disturbing case of child exploitation, 36-year-old Philip Taylor Sobash has been sentenced to 30 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release. The sentence was handed down on June 17, 2026, for his heinous crimes against seven minors. According to court documents, Sobash enticed the minors to produce…
Scharmaine Lawson Baker, Medicare Fraud, Louisiana 2026
Feds Slam Nurse Practitioner with 87 Months in Prison for $12M Medicare Scam In a brazen case of healthcare corruption, a Louisiana nurse practitioner has been sentenced to 87 months in prison for orchestrating a $12 million Medicare fraud scheme. Scharmaine Lawson Baker, 59, of Fulshear, Texas, was handed down the harsh sentence on June…
Kenneth Joseph Coombs, Child Exploitation, Illinois 2016
A convicted sex offender from Illinois has been charged with a string of heinous crimes committed against minors in Nepal. Kenneth Joseph Coombs, 58, of Collinsville, Illinois, faces eight counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minors and one count of committing those offenses while required to register as a sex offender. According to…
Raul Saucedo-Huipio, Human Smuggling, Texas 2026
BODY: A notorious human smuggler has been brought to justice after a lengthy investigation. Raul Saucedo-Huipio, a 51-year-old Mexican national, was sentenced to 87 months in prison for his role in a massive smuggling operation that funneled thousands of aliens into the United States. According to court documents, Saucedo-Huipio and his co-conspirators raked in tens…
Jesus Rauda-Avila, Cocaine Trafficking, Texas 2026
In a crushing blow to the Mexican cartel, Jesus Rauda-Avila, a 46-year-old Mexican national, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for his role in a massive international cocaine trafficking operation. The sentencing took place on June 16, 2026, in a Texas courtroom. According to court documents, Rauda-Avila was a key player in a Mexico-based…
Michael Hess, Illicit Sexual Conduct with a Minor, North Carolina 2026
Davidson, NC – In a disturbing case of child exploitation, 73-year-old Michael Hess, the former director of a Nepal orphanage, has been indicted for engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor outside the United States. According to court documents, Hess traveled to Nepal between March 2005 and July 2008, where he allegedly committed the…
William Steadman, Child Sex Abuse and CSAM Production, Alaska 2026
BODY: A Juneau, Alaska, man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for his heinous crimes against a young boy. William Steadman, 35, was found guilty of sexually abusing a 10-year-old minor and producing over 100 images and videos depicting the abuse. The twisted predator manipulated and groomed the vulnerable child from March to…
Josefa Quino Canil De Zavala, Human Smuggling, Texas 2023
BODY:In a grim reminder of the human cost of human smuggling, two Guatemalan nationals have pleaded guilty to their roles in a 2021 mass casualty event that left over 50 people dead and more than 100 injured. Josefa Quino Canil De Zavala, 43, and Alberto Marcario Chitic, 32, both of Guatemala, admitted to conspiring with…
David Lee Woodall, Violent Crime in Aid of Racketeering, North Carolina 2026
Fayetteville, NC – In a shocking display of gang violence, two Hells Angels members were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for their roles in a brazen attempted murder. David Lee Woodall, 47, and Jason Lee Hathaway, 48, both pleaded guilty to Violent Crime in Aid of Racketeering (VICAR) attempted murder against their rivals, the Pagan…
Jaynier Moya, Falsifying Data in Clinical Drug Trials, Florida 2026
A shocking case of scientific deceit has come to light in the Sunshine State. Dr. Jaynier Moya, a 49-year-old medical doctor from Southwest Ranches, Florida, has been charged with falsifying data in clinical trials of prospective new drug treatments. Moya, along with two staff members, Luis Montano, 55, of Hialeah, Florida, and Yuniarka Garcia, 41,…
LaShonda Moore, $30M Pyramid Scheme, Texas 2026
A Texas couple’s get-rich-quick scheme has finally come to an end, but not before they swindled struggling Americans out of a staggering $30 million. LaShonda and Marlon Moore were sentenced to 40 years each in prison for running a fraudulent chain-referral pyramid scheme, following their convictions by a jury in January 2026. The Moores launched…
Wilfrido Saenz, Conspiracy to Transport Aliens and Conspiracy to Kill a Witness, New Mexico 2026
BODY: In a chilling tale of human trafficking and witness intimidation, three New Mexico men have been charged with conspiracy to transport aliens and conspiracy to kill a witness. Wilfrido Saenz, 29, Ignacio Jaramillo, 22, and his brother Ismael Jaramillo, 35, all of New Mexico, were slapped with a superseding indictment by a federal grand…
Anthaney O’Connor, Child Pornography Trafficking, Alaska 2026
Anthaney O’Connor, a 32-year-old Anchorage resident, has been sentenced to 70 months in prison and 20 years of supervised release for his role in trafficking child pornography. The disturbing case involves images of pre-pubescent children and AI-generated content depicting child sexual abuse. According to court documents, O’Connor pleaded guilty on July 31, 2025, to receipt…
Puquan Huang, International Money Laundering, Georgia 2026
Buford, GA – In a shocking turn of events, 50-year-old Chinese national Puquan Huang has pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder millions of dollars in drug proceeds. According to court documents, Huang was a key player in an international money laundering organization that operated a sophisticated trade-based money laundering scheme since at least 2021. Huang…
Thomas Padovano, Fentanyl Analogue Distribution and Money Laundering, New Jersey 2026
BODY: A notorious New Jersey kingpin has been brought to justice, sentenced to a whopping 19.5 years behind bars for his role in a massive fentanyl analogue distribution ring. Thomas Padovano, 52, of Newark, New Jersey, was handed down the harsh sentence on June 2, 2026, after admitting to his involvement in the conspiracy. According…
Cheungkin Lam, Bank Insider Facilitating Fraud Schemes, New York 2026
In a shocking case of corporate corruption, Cheungkin Lam, a 28-year-old former employee of TD Bank N.A., has pleaded guilty to facilitating massive fraud schemes at two financial institutions. Lam, also known as Kelvin Lam, was arrested in connection with a scheme that defrauded TD Bank customers and bribed an employee at another financial institution…
Cheungkin Lam, Bank Insider Facilitating Fraud Schemes, New York 2026
In a shocking case of corporate corruption, Cheungkin Lam, a 28-year-old former employee of TD Bank N.A., has pleaded guilty to facilitating massive fraud schemes at two financial institutions. Lam, also known as Kelvin Lam, was arrested in connection with a scheme that defrauded TD Bank customers and bribed an employee at another financial institution…
Troy Murray, Elderly Americans Personal Info Theft, North Carolina 2026
Hickory, NC – In a brazen scheme that left millions of elderly Americans vulnerable to Jamaican lottery scams, 57-year-old Troy Murray has been sentenced to 121 months in prison and three years of supervised release. On May 28, 2026, the North Carolina native was ordered to pay a staggering $5,214,688.48 in forfeiture for his role…
Troy Murray, Elderly Americans Personal Info Theft, North Carolina 2026
Hickory, NC – In a brazen scheme that left millions of elderly Americans vulnerable to Jamaican lottery scams, 57-year-old Troy Murray has been sentenced to 121 months in prison and three years of supervised release. On May 28, 2026, the North Carolina native was ordered to pay a staggering $5,214,688.48 in forfeiture for his role…