Tag: FBI
Feeding Our Future Scammers Get Served
⏱ 2 min read A brazen scam targeting COVID-19 food aid has claimed five more collars in Minnesota. Ikram Yusuf Mohamed, Aisha Hassan Hussein, Sahra Sharif Osman, Shakur Abdinur Abdisalam, and Fadumo Mohamed Yusuf pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with the sprawling Feeding Our Future scheme. The scammers, who included family members and…
Fresno ‘Ghost Gun’ Felon Sentenced to 6 Years
⏱ 2 min read A Fresno man is headed to the big house after being caught with a loaded ‘ghost gun’ on a city bus, authorities said Thursday. Felipe Macias, 28, was spotted with the grip of a firearm sticking out of his waistband on a Fresno city bus in August 2024. Undercover cops swooped…
Drone Smuggler Crashes in Kern County
⏱ 2 min read A brazen bid to smuggle meth into Kern County’s North Kern State Prison ended in disaster when the drone crashed into a field, but not before the pilot successfully dropped off a payload of 21.4 grams into the prison yard. The incident occurred on June 9, 2024. According to investigators, Jorge…
Ashburn Swindler Pleads Guilty
⏱ 2 min read An Ashburn con man swindled hundreds of thousands from pandemic relief programs, then used the cash to trade stocks. Ravindar Reddy Palla, 59, operated IT Objects, a company his wife was listed as owner of on paper, but Palla was the real boss. Palla lied to the SBA, claiming IT Objects…
Norwich Man Caught Red-Handed in Massive Cocaine Heist
⏱ 3 min read A massive cocaine heist in Norwich, Connecticut, has landed a local man in hot water. Javon Morse, 30, was caught with nearly a kilogram of cocaine, four handguns, and over $6,700 in cash during a traffic stop. Morse was on federal supervised release after serving a 60-month sentence for trafficking cocaine…
Shiprock Woman Sentenced for Brutal Stabbing
⏱ 2 min read A 35-year-old Navajo woman is going down for a brutal stabbing in Shiprock, New Mexico. Angelia Garcia, 35, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, repeatedly stabbed a woman in an unprovoked attack on November 21, 2024. The victim, Jane Doe, sustained serious wounds, including a deep cut to the back…
373 Charged in Texas Border Enforcement
⏱ 3 min read A massive crackdown on human smugglers and undocumented immigrants has yielded 373 new charges in Texas, with 22 people accused of smuggling humans across the border. The cases were filed in the Southern District of Texas from March 13 to 19. Among those charged were four Mexican nationals with serious crime…
California Drone Dealer Drops 70 Grams of Meth
⏱ 2 min read A brazen aerial meth drop went down over North Kern State Prison in Delano, California, on June 9, 2024. Jorge Narvaez, 28, piloted an Autel drone over the facility, dropping two balloons containing 21.4 grams of meth into the prison yard. But Narvaez didn’t stop there. He made another attempt at…
Crypto Cash & Caribbean Runs
⏱ 3 min read San Juan, PR – Two men busted for moving drug money through cryptocurrency are cooling their heels in a Puerto Rico jail after being extradited from the Dominican Republic. Pedro J. Espinal-Arthur and Luis Febles-Peralta, along with Febles-Peralta’s brother Germán E. Arredondo-Peralta, are accused of laundering millions in drug proceeds from…
Credit Union Thief Gets 8 Months
⏱ 3 min read Nicole Hilstolsky, 48, of Swoyersville, Pennsylvania, is headed to federal prison after admitting she cooked up a fake robbery to cover her tracks. Hilstolsky was sentenced today to eight months behind bars for pilfering $16,247 from the WOD Federal Credit Union back on October 15, 2018. The now-defunct credit union was…
