Tag: FBI
Jordan Derrick, Manufacturing Explosives, Missouri 2026
⏱ 2 min read Jordan Derrick, 40, of Sweet Springs, Missouri, has been charged with manufacturing explosives, possessing unregistered destructive devices, and distributing information related to explosives. The charges stem from his alleged use of social media to share videos of himself making various explosive materials, including detonators and TNT, between September 18, 2023, and…
Emanual Semon, Non-consensual sex with a juvenile, South Dakota 2024
⏱ 2 min read Emanual Semon, a 24-year-old man from Eagle Butte, South Dakota, was convicted of engaging in non-consensual sex with a juvenile female at a residence on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in July 2024. The incident occurred on the afternoon of July 3, 2024, when Semon, without the victim’s consent, began sexual…
Richard DiStefano, Coin Fraud, Pennsylvania 2021
⏱ 2 min read Richard DiStefano, a 66-year-old attorney from Paoli, Pennsylvania, stole valuable coins from a safe deposit box at a Wells Fargo branch on South Broad Street in Chester County between July 2017 and February 2021. The heist, which went undetected for years, was finally uncovered in June 2024 when the FBI was…
Olena Oblamska, Wire Fraud, Oregon 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 42-year-old Ukrainian national, Olena Oblamska, has been extradited from Thailand to the United States to face charges for her role in a global Ponzi and pyramid scheme that took in approximately $340 million from victim-investors around the world. The scheme, which was operated through a platform called Forsage, was advertised…
Timothy Harris, Fentanyl Trafficking, Montana 2023
⏱ 2 min read Timothy Harris, a 56-year-old Washington man, was involved in a fentanyl trafficking ring that operated in Havre and the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation in Montana from May 2023 to June 19, 2023. Harris conspired with others to distribute fentanyl, selling pills to individuals on the reservation and in other areas. The…
Sharon Gohari, Alien Smuggling, New York 2026
⏱ 2 min read Sharon Gohari, a naturalized US citizen from Iran, has pleaded guilty to smuggling aliens into the United States and receiving child sexual abuse material. The crimes took place over several years, with Gohari soliciting payments from Iranian nationals and others to arrange their unlawful entry into the US. At least one…
Dominick Donofrio, Securities Fraud, Connecticut 2019
⏱ 2 min read Dominick Donofrio, a 73-year-old financial advisor from Middlefield, Connecticut, scammed a client out of $2.5 million in a complex scheme involving fake fees, loans, and inflated purchase prices. Donofrio, the president and owner of Windstar Financial Services, convinced his client, Wisconsin-based Randall Robert Binversie Holdings, to purchase a home heating oil…
Brandon Ivan Padilla, Armed Robbery, California 2024
⏱ 2 min read Brandon Ivan Padilla, a San Marcos man, has pleaded guilty to a string of violent crimes in Escondido, including the armed robbery of a business and three carjackings, all committed in November 2024. On November 21, 2024, Padilla pointed a gun at a clerk at American Smoke Shop and demanded cash,…
Brian Hargraves, Possession of and Access with Intent to View Child Pornography, New Hampshire 2025
⏱ 2 min read Brian Hargraves, a 55-year-old man from Albany, posed as a teenage boy online to obtain child sexual abuse material from a 16-year-old minor victim in New Hampshire. The disturbing scheme was uncovered in April 2025, when law enforcement searched Hargraves’ mobile phones following a citizen complaint. The investigation revealed that Hargraves…
Luciano Alexis Silva Cifuentes, Burglary, Wisconsin 2026
⏱ 2 min read A group of four illegal aliens from South America, including Chilean nationals Luciano Alexis Silva Cifuentes, Enjerbet Alejandro Rojas Silva, and Leandro Felipe Pino Uribe, and Venezuelan national Nobuaki Jesus Lara Watay, were indicted on May 12, 2026, for their alleged involvement in a multistate burglary ring that targeted homes in…
