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,...
Michael Lee, Medicaid Reimbursement Fraud, California 2026
A California man’s scheme to rip off the state’s Medicaid program has finally come to an end. Michael Lee, 42, pleaded guilty to orchestrating a massive $270 million medication reimbursement fraud scheme that left taxpayers footing the bill for unnecessary and unprovided prescription drugs. The scheme, which ran for 11 months, saw Lee and his…
AP of South Florida, LLC, Affordable Care Act Enrollment Fraud, Florida 2023
A South Florida-based insurance brokerage company has pleaded guilty to its role in a massive Affordable Care Act (ACA) enrollment fraud scheme. AP of South Florida, LLC (APSF) targeted thousands of vulnerable consumers, including those experiencing homelessness, unemployment, and mental health issues, and induced them to enroll in fully subsidized ACA plans with cash and…
Gabriel Arturo Castillo, Black-Market Peso Exchange Money Laundering, Texas 2026
In a move that’s left law enforcement officials breathing a sigh of relief, 52-year-old Gabriel Arturo Castillo of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, has pleaded guilty to participating in a two-year, multimillion-dollar trade-based money laundering conspiracy. The scheme, which moved drug trafficking proceeds from the United States to Mexico without physically transporting money across the U.S.-Mexico…
Christy Parker, Sex Trafficking, Massachusetts 2026
Fall River, MA – In a disturbing case of human exploitation, Christy Parker, 28, also known as “Lula,” has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of sex trafficking. According to court documents, Parker used physical and psychological abuse to coerce at least one adult and two minor victims into engaging in commercial sex acts in and…
Nada Radovan Tomanić, Naturalization Fraud, West Virginia 2026
BODY:A West Virginia woman has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for lying to obtain U.S. citizenship after committing war crimes in Bosnia. Nada Radovan Tomanić, 53, was a naturalized U.S. citizen from Bosnia and Herzegovina who served with the Zulfikar Special Unit of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s. During…
Tsvia Kol, Methamphetamine-Related Murder, Florida 2026
BODY: In a chilling case of drug-fueled violence, a Florida woman and a California man have been sentenced to a combined 46 years in prison for the 2022 murder of a Miami man. Tsvia Kol, 37, of Hallandale, Florida, and Jimmy Sanchez, 38, of Spring Valley, California, pleaded guilty to using a firearm to cause…
Malique Lewis, Smuggling Contraband, 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…
Ronald St. Clair, Tax Evasion, Florida 2026
Florida CPA Ronald St. Clair, 62, has pleaded guilty to evading payment of over $2.2 million in income tax liabilities. The scheme, which spanned from 2011 to 2017, involved St. Clair attempting to hide his assets from the IRS after accumulating tax debts. According to court documents, St. Clair sold real property he owned in…
Candies Goode-McCoy, COVID-19 Tax Credit Scheme, Nevada 2026
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Malachi Morgan Thomas, Sex Trafficking and Child Exploitation, Virginia 2026
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Erick Valencia-Salazar, Federal Drug Trafficking Conspiracy, California 2026
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Anika Bywater, Child Sex Abuse Conspiracy, Texas 2026
BODY:A Texas woman has been handed a 25-year prison sentence for conspiring to sexually abuse a child in Mexico. Anika Bywater, 29, formerly of Gonzalez, Texas, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places on December 10, 2025. The disturbing case unfolded when law enforcement discovered videos of the abuse…
Mario Lisandro Flores Moradel, Off-the-Books Payroll Scheme, Florida 2026
BODY:A Honduran national has been caught in a massive off-the-books payroll scheme that left the US government with a whopping $38 million in losses. Mario Lisandro Flores Moradel, 45, pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to defraud the IRS and workers’ compensation insurance companies. According to court documents, Flores operated an illicit cash payroll system…
Thelmo Meneses Santos, Jr., Child Sex Abuse, California 2026
BODY:A California man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for his heinous crimes against two minor children. Thelmo Meneses Santos, Jr., 60, of Merced, was employed by the U.S. Army as a civilian employee outside of the United States when he committed the atrocities. Between 2015 and 2023, Santos repeatedly sexually abused two…
Irazmar Carbajal De Jesus, Money Laundering Conspiracy, Florida 2026
In a shocking case of international financial deceit, 60-year-old Uruguayan national Irazmar Carbajal De Jesus has pleaded guilty to conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business. The scheme, which aimed to circumvent US sanctions related to Venezuela, involved transferring nearly $100,000 from the Dominican Republic into a US bank account in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.…
Christopher Harwood, Medicare Fraud Scheme, Florida 2026
Fort Lauderdale, FL – In a brazen scheme that spanned six years, a telemedicine company owner has pleaded guilty to orchestrating a massive Medicare fraud conspiracy that netted him a staggering $46.2 million. Christopher Harwood, 43, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, admitted to owning and operating TelevisitMD, a telemedicine company that targeted Medicare patients through aggressive…
Michael D. Murray, Disaster Fraud, Louisiana 2023
** A notorious disaster fraudster has been brought to justice in a major crackdown by the Department of Justice. Michael D. Murray, a 42-year-old resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged with multiple counts of disaster fraud in connection with a scheme to scam victims of Hurricane Katrina. According to investigators, Murray and his co-conspirators…
Douglas Dalton, Insider Trading, Arkansas 2026
Bentonville, AR – In a shocking case of corporate greed, Douglas Dalton, a 48-year-old Arkansas man, has pleaded guilty to securities fraud in connection with insider trading. The scheme, which netted Dalton a whopping $96,515.44 profit, was uncovered after a thorough investigation by federal authorities. According to court documents, Dalton’s illicit activities began on July…
James Robles, Opioid Pill Trafficking, Texas 2026
In a shocking case of prescription pill trafficking, a Texas doctor has been charged with distributing millions of opioid pills on the black market. James Robles, a 70-year-old medical doctor from Weslaco, Texas, allegedly ran a cash-only clinic in Houston where he sold prescriptions for controlled substances to “crew leaders” who would then resell them…