Tag: 2026
D.C. Killer Gets 17 Years for Cold-Blooded Shooting
MONTGOMERY, AL – Pernell Sims, 35, of Washington, D.C., will spend the next seventeen years behind bars for the brutal murder of Tyshida Williams, his former romantic partner. The shooting, which took place in July 2023, ended Williams’ life and launched a federal investigation that culminated in today’s sentencing in the Middle District of Alabama.…
250 New Immigrant Cases Hit Texas U.S. Attys’ Office
Federal prosecutors in the Western District of Texas have been hard at work, charging 251 defendants with immigration and immigration-related crimes over a single week. From March 13 to March 19, these new cases brought the total number of immigration-related charges in the district to an alarming 250. Among the accused are individuals from various…
D.C. Man Gets 2 Years for Pointing Gun at Taxi Driver
A Washington, D.C., man will spend the next two years in federal prison for threatening a taxi driver with a gun during a 2019 confrontation, according to federal prosecutors. Erick Blanco-Cordova, 24, was sentenced today after pleading guilty to pointing a firearm at the cab driver in November 2019, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro announced.…
Togo Illegal Sentenced for $3M Money Laundering Scheme
Baltimore, Maryland – A federal judge in the Western District of Missouri has sentenced Gedeon ‘Papa Kwam’ Agbeyome, a 31-year-old illegal alien from Togo, to six years in prison for his role in a money laundering conspiracy that resulted in nearly $3 million in losses. U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Maddox also ordered one year…
MN Feeding Our Future Fraud: 5 More Plead Guilty
St. Paul, MN – In a relentless pursuit of justice, five more crooks have fallen to federal prosecutors’ sharp claws. Ikram Yusuf Mohamed, Aisha Hassan Hussein, Sahra Sharif Osman, Shakur Abdinur Abdisalam, and Fadumo Mohamed Yusuf all faced the music this week as they pleaded guilty to wire fraud in the massive Feeding Our Future…
Five More Guilty Pleas in Massive Minnesota Feeding Our Future Fraud
Ikram Yusuf Mohamed, Aisha Hassan Hussein, Sahra Sharif Osman, Shakur Abdinur Abdisalam, and Fadumo Mohamed Yusuf all pleaded guilty to wire fraud this week for their roles in the sprawling Feeding Our Future fraud scheme. Federal prosecutors announced the pleas, noting that the convictions now total 63 across the investigation—the highest number of convictions in…
Bulgarian Arms Smuggler Extradited to Face US Drug Charges
Bulgarian national Peter Dimitrov Mirchev and Kenyan national Elisha Odhiambo Asumo have been brought to justice after being extradited from Spain and Morocco, respectively. The duo appeared in federal court in the Western District of Missouri, facing charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and conspiracy to possess firearms, including machineguns and destructive devices, all in…
Three Men Jailed for Aiding North Korean IT Workers in US Sanctions Evasion
Federal prosecutors have locked up three men who helped North Korean IT workers infiltrate U.S. computer networks as part of a sprawling sanctions evasion scheme. The defendants—each pleading guilty to their roles—facilitated the entry of foreign nationals from the isolated regime into American tech infrastructure, allowing Pyongyang to generate revenue while dodging international penalties. According…
Alabama Parks Bosses Nabbed in Kickback Scheme
MONTGOMERY, AL – The stench of corruption is rising from Alabama’s parks system. Former Hudson County Parks Department Director Thomas A. DeLeo and business owner William A. Murray both pleaded guilty this week to conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, admitting they were knee-deep in a scheme to line their pockets at the public’s expense.…
18th Street Gang Members Convicted of Murder, Racketeering
Two members of the violent 18th Street gang have been convicted by a federal jury in Brooklyn for their roles in a 2020 murder and other gang-related crimes, federal prosecutors announced today. Herberth Rodríguez, also known as “Kepa,” and Elias Martínez Villanueva, also known as “Rebelde,” both faced trial on charges stemming from the November…
