Tag: Nevada
Mohammad Shoaib Taraki, Child Exploitation, Nevada 2026
⏱ 2 min read Mohammad Shoaib Taraki, a Las Vegas resident, has pleaded guilty to exploiting two children in his care and possessing hundreds of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) between December 2024 and January 2026. Taraki, who used Snapchat to send and receive CSAM, admitted to producing sexually explicit visual depictions of the children.…
Mirko Schacke, Futures Trading Fraud, Nevada 2018
LAS VEGAS, NV – June 28, 2018 – Mirko (Mick) Schacke of Brentwood, California, has been found guilty of futures trading fraud by the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. Judge Gloria M. Navarro entered an Order of Summary Judgment against Schacke and a Default Judgment against his company, TradeMasters USA, LLC, on…
David Gilbert Saffron, Fraud, Nevada 2019
LAS VEGAS, NV – October 16, 2019 – David Gilbert Saffron, a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, has been charged with fraud by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in connection with an $11 million binary options scheme. The complaint, filed September 30, 2019, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada,…
Cody Ryan Porter, Forex Fraud, Nevada 2021
LAS VEGAS, NV – September 28, 2021 – Cody Ryan Porter of Nevada has been charged with fraud by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for misappropriating over $187,000 from investors. Porter, operating through his company KatchPips FX LLC, allegedly fraudulently solicited funds from more than 18 individuals for investment in a forex commodity pool.…
Ryan Horton, Child Pornography Distribution and Receipt, Nevada 2024
⏱ 2 min read Ryan Horton, a former registered nurse from Reno, Nevada, was sentenced to 7 years in prison for sharing and possessing child sexual abuse material. Between March 2024 and August 2024, Horton used the Kik messenger app to send and receive images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children. A subsequent…
Jose Leonel Gomez-Palma, Illegal Reentry, Nevada 2026
⏱ 2 min read Jose Leonel Gomez-Palma, a Nicaraguan national, and Isidrio Lopez-Ramirez, a Mexican national, were arrested in Las Vegas for illegal reentry into the United States after being previously deported. On April 30, 2026, Gomez-Palma was arrested for Driving Under the Influence and Possess Gun Under the Influence of Alcohol/Drugs, while Lopez-Ramirez was…
David Gilbert Saffron, Crypto Fraud, Nevada 2021
LAS VEGAS, NV – David Gilbert Saffron, an Australian citizen residing in Nevada, faces a hefty penalty and permanent trading ban following a default judgment entered by the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada on March 29, 2021. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) brought the enforcement action, alleging a cryptocurrency fraud and…
Daniel Shak, Spoofing, Nevada 2024
Las Vegas resident Daniel Shak has been permanently banned from commodity trading and ordered to pay a $750,000 penalty after being found guilty of spoofing and market manipulation, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced Wednesday, April 10, 2024. The U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada entered a consent order on April 9,…
Richard McCall, Futures Trading Fraud, Nevada 2006
Las Vegas, NV – On March 20, 2006, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed an enforcement action against Richard McCall in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, alleging fraud related to a futures trading workshop. McCall, operating as The Mastery Group International, is accused of offering a workshop called…
Izaiah Flood, Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Nevada 2023
⏱ 2 min read A man sold counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl to a victim on the Las Vegas Strip, who died within hours. The fatal overdose occurred on September 2, 2023, after the victim ingested one of the pills, which the seller claimed was ecstasy. Izaiah Flood, 26, was sentenced to 13 years in…
