Tag: Arizona
Gabriel Mendoza-Acoltzi, Arson, Arizona 2026
⏱ 2 min read Gabriel Mendoza-Acoltzi, a 19-year-old from Avondale, Arizona, attempted to set fire to a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) property in Surprise, Arizona, on February 21, 2026. Mendoza-Acoltzi broke a window and tried to light the building on fire using a propane tank and a long torch. The incident occurred just…
Marc Anthony Giron, Fentanyl Trafficking, Arizona 2025
⏱ 2 min read Marc Anthony Giron, a 26-year-old Tucson resident, was involved in a massive fentanyl distribution operation, selling 35,000 pills in two separate transactions to an undercover agent in January and February 2025. The sales occurred in Tucson, Arizona, and were part of a larger scheme to distribute the deadly opioid on behalf…
Zhang Cheng Yang, Fraud, Arizona 2025
PHOENIX, AZ – March 21, 2025 – Zhang Cheng Yang, a Chinese national, has been implicated in a $2.2 million digital asset fraud scheme perpetrated by the platform Debiex. The U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona issued a default judgment against Debiex on March 13, finding the platform liable for fraud and misappropriation…
Ski Redfeather Johnson, Abusive Sexual Contact with a Minor, Arizona 2020
⏱ 2 min read A 37-year-old San Xavier man has been locked up for 28 years for preying on four children in a sickening abuse of trust on the Tohono O’odham Nation. Ski Redfeather Johnson was sentenced to 340 months in prison after pleading guilty to four counts of Abusive Sexual Contact with a Minor.…
Charles Lewis Davis, Tax Evasion, Arizona 2020
⏱ 2 min read A 33-year-old Phoenix social media influencer is facing serious heat for allegedly dodging taxes on a whopping $1.2 million in income. Charles Lewis Davis, owner of Forever Investments LLC, allegedly failed to report the cash on his tax returns in 2020 and 2021, stashing it in personal and business bank, brokerage,…
Derek Springfield, Fraud, Arizona 2017
Mesa, Arizona – Derek Springfield has been ordered to pay over $2.2 million in restitution and penalties for defrauding commodity pool participants, according to a Consent Order entered by Judge David G. Campbell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona on November 13, 2017. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) brought the…
Purvesh Mankad, Fraud, Arizona 2021
PHOENIX, AZ – October 8, 2021 – Purvesh Mankad, along with his affiliated entities CTAX Series, LLC and CTAX Partners, LLC, have been charged by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) with multiple counts of fraud, the agency announced today. The civil enforcement action, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, alleges…
Zakary Faccio, Fentanyl Trafficking, Wyoming 2024
⏱ 2 min read Zakary Faccio, a 35-year-old from Chandler, Arizona, was sentenced to 67 months in prison for conspiring to distribute heroin and fentanyl in Wyoming. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on May 5. Faccio’s crime involved using the U.S. Postal Service to send a package containing…
Rigoberto Rangel-Mora, Alien Smuggling, Arizona 2023
⏱ 2 min read Five illegal aliens were arrested in Phoenix, Arizona, for running a large-scale alien smuggling operation that harbored and transported aliens across the US. The suspects, Rigoberto Rangel-Mora, Jesus Marin-Esquivel, Ingrid Bolanos-Gomez, Alejandro Ambrocio-Espinosa, and Enrique Cervantes-Barrera, all from Mexico or Guatemala, were caught after a traffic stop on April 28 near…
Steven Daniel Buitimea, Aggravated Sexual Abuse, Arizona 2026
⏱ 2 min read On May 28, 2022, Steven Daniel Buitimea, a 37-year-old enrolled member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, violently sexually assaulted a victim by force on the Pascua Yaqui Indian Reservation in Tucson, Arizona, causing serious physical injury. The investigation was conducted by the FBI Phoenix Division’s Tucson office and the Pascua Yaqui…
