The Grime
Togo National Gets 6 Years for $3M Wash
SILVER SPRING, MD – Gedeon “Papa Kwam” Agbeyome, 31, a citizen of Togo, will spend the next six years in a federal penitentiary after pleading guilty to a sprawling money laundering conspiracy. U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Maddox delivered the sentence today in Kentucky, bringing a close to a case that revealed a sophisticated network…
Kentucky Trio Funneled Funds to North Korea
Three Kentucky men are facing federal time for a scheme that propped up the Kim regime, admitting they built the digital scaffolding to help North Korea dodge U.S. sanctions. They weren’t cracking codes or launching attacks; they were providing the *means* for others to do so, and for illicit financial transactions, all for a paycheck.…
Kansas Man Gets 8 Years for Prison Drug Run
LEXINGTON, KY – A Lawrence, Kansas man is facing a long stretch behind bars after a federal judge slapped him with an 8-year sentence yesterday for running drugs into a Kentucky correctional facility. The man wasn’t acting alone, according to court documents, and the operation points to a deliberate effort to bypass security and arm…
Jersey City Parks Director Admits to Kickback Scheme
Jersey City parks weren’t being improved on the up-and-up, it seems. Thomas A. DeLeo, the former Director of the Hudson County Parks Department, just admitted in federal court to conspiring to commit honest services fraud – a fancy way of saying he took bribes. The confession signals the opening of a potentially massive scandal involving…
Norfolk Dealer Gets 7 Years for Coke & Gun
Norfolk, Kansas resident Dyron Holloway, 36, is headed to federal prison for seven years. He wasn’t dealing in small amounts, and he was packing heat while doing it. The bust, handed down today in Kansas District Court, sends a clear message to anyone running drugs in the Sunflower State: it’s a high-risk game with serious…
Wyoming Meth Kingpin Gets Decade Behind Bars
Woodland, Wyoming – Anthony Russell, a Chickasaw County drug dealer, will spend the next ten years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a single count of methamphetamine distribution. The sentence, handed down this week, underscores the escalating federal crackdown on drug trafficking in a state grappling with a spiraling opioid and methamphetamine crisis. While…
Puerto Rico Bank CEO Admits $25M Fraud, Sanctions Bust
A brazen scheme to steal from his own bank and skirt U.S. sanctions against Venezuela has unraveled for former Nodus International Bank CEO, who pleaded guilty yesterday in Wyoming to federal wire fraud and conspiracy charges. The feds say the man systematically pilfered at least $24.9 million from the Puerto Rico-based institution, using his position…
Shiprock Woman Gets 2 Years for Brutal Stabbing
⏱ 2 min read RELATED: Coast-to-Coast Exploitation: Trafficker Convicted SEE ALSO: SD Felon’s Rifle Lands Him 2.5 Years SHIPROCK, WY – Angelia Garcia, a woman from the Shiprock area of Wyoming, will spend the next two years behind bars after admitting to a brutal assault that left another woman stabbed. The sentence was handed down…
GA Meth Kingpin Gets 13+ Years
⏱ 2 min read Albany, GA – The brains behind a major meth and coke pipeline in Tift County just got a long look at a federal judge. Marcus Jackson, already serving time on an unrelated charge, was sentenced to over 13 years for running the drug operation from inside prison. Federal prosecutors say Jackson…
DC Man Gets 10 Months for Wyoming Strangulation
CASPER, WY – Marcus Hazel, 32, of Washington D.C., will spend the next ten months behind bars for choking his girlfriend during a violent altercation in Casper, Wyoming last November. The sentence, handed down today, feels light to many considering the brutality of the assault, but federal prosecutors secured a guilty plea on an assault…
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