Tag: Los Angeles
John Douglas Burch, Interstate Child Sex Trafficking, Pennsylvania 2024
⏱ 2 min read A Los Angeles creep spent over a decade grooming and sex trafficking minors online, coercing them into creating and sending explicit content, and even using hotels in Pennsylvania to abuse them in person. John Douglas Burch, 56, was convicted at trial in January 2024 of using interstate commerce to entice a…
Shamim Mafi, Arms Trafficking, California 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 44-year-old Iranian national living in the San Fernando Valley was busted Saturday night for allegedly selling deadly Iranian-made arms to Sudan – including drones, bombs, and millions of rounds of ammo. Shamim Mafi, a resident of Woodland Hills, reportedly brokered these lethal deals while enjoying life in the United States,…
Kelvin Henriques Jr., Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Trafficking, California 2023
⏱ 2 min read A 32-year-old Los Angeles man is facing life in prison for running a massive methamphetamine and fentanyl distribution ring that spanned from California to Florida. Kelvin Henriques Jr. was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pensacola, Florida, last week, charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to…
Dejuan Croom, Meth and Fentanyl Trafficking, California 2026
⏱ 2 min read A California man is going down for 23 years after getting caught running a meth and fentanyl operation in Sioux Falls. Dejuan Croom, 43, of Los Angeles, was sentenced to 23 years and 3 months in federal prison for his role in a California-Nevada based trafficking organization. Croom was part of…
Robert Charles Bowen, Hospice Scam, California 2020
⏱ 2 min read In a shocking case of health care fraud, eight defendants, including three nurses, a chiropractor, and a psychologist, were arrested in Los Angeles for scheming to defraud the nation’s health care system out of over $50 million. The scam involved running sham hospice care facilities that bilked Medicare by using people…
Michael David Coberg, Money Laundering, New York 2019
A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy is trading his uniform for an orange jumpsuit after admitting he became a personal enforcer for a brazen cryptocurrency conman. Michael David Coberg, 44, was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison this week, a penalty for using his authority to shake down rivals and manufacture criminal charges…
Rafael Enrique Gámez Salas, Murder, California 2024
A notorious leader of the Venezuelan crime syndicate Tren de Aragua (TdA) is off the streets, but not before a calculated attempt to vanish within the US prison system. Rafael Enrique Gámez Salas, 40, was taken into custody by US Marshals Wednesday following the completion of a federal sentence in San Bernardino County, California. He’s…
Charles James Randol, AML Failures, New York, 2023
Charles James Randol has agreed to plead guilty to breaking federal law by allowing his cryptocurrency-cash exchange company to help scammers and drug traffickers.
LASD Deputy Admits to Jailhouse Rights Violation
A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy has agreed to plead guilty to a federal felony offense for depriving a 23-year-old man of his civil rights.
Qakbot Botnet Disrupted, Botnet Disruption, Washington DC, 2024
The FBI and the Justice Department announced a multinational operation to disrupt and dismantle the malware and botnet known as Qakbot.
