Tag: Virginia
Dylan Joseph Knauer, Sex Crimes, Virginia 2025
⏱ 2 min read A 32-year-old Chesapeake man, Dylan Joseph Knauer, has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for traveling to the Philippines to have sex with a 14-year-old minor. Knauer met the victim through an online dating site and began chatting, video calling, and exchanging explicit messages. He traveled to the Philippines in…
Linda Natelle Brown, Embezzlement, Virginia 2019
⏱ 2 min read Linda Natelle Brown, a 43-year-old Texas woman, was the administrator of the Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign (CVC), a charity program for Virginia state employees. From 2017 to 2023, Brown was supposed to steward donations from over 120,000 state government employees, but instead, she embezzled more than $1.5 million. The theft occurred…
Frank Lucio Carillo, Threats Against Public Officials, Virginia 2025
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Warith Deen Muhammad, Wire Fraud and Violating the Travel Act, Virginia 2026
⏱ 2 min read Warith Deen Muhammad, a 39-year-old from McLean, Virginia, ran a precious metals investment firm in Alexandria called Niagara Gold and Silver LLC. From November 2021 to June 2023, Muhammad scammed over a dozen investors out of more than $1.5 million by promising them guaranteed profits of 5-10% and returns within 30…
Lakeia Simone Grant, Unemployment Insurance Fraud, Virginia 2021
⏱ 2 min read Lakeia Simone Grant, a 40-year-old Newport News woman, was involved in a COVID era unemployment insurance fraud scheme that stole over $480,000 from the Virginia Employment Commission. From May 2020 to October 2021, Grant used the personal identifying information of prison inmates and others to file fraudulent claims for UI benefits,…
Jesus Diaz, Child Exploitation, Virginia 2024
⏱ 2 min read A 25-year-old Danville, Virginia man, Jesus Diaz, has been arrested and charged with 12 felony counts related to child exploitation, including producing and distributing child sexual abuse material, cyberstalking, and extortion. The charges stem from incidents in March 2024, where a 17-year-old Idaho girl reported being extorted for sexually explicit images…
Sohaib Akhter, Computer Fraud, Virginia 2025
⏱ 2 min read Sohaib Akhter, a 34-year-old Alexandria man, worked for a Washington, D.C. company that provided software products and services to over 45 federal government agencies. On February 1, 2025, Akhter used his access to obtain a plaintext password for an individual who submitted a complaint to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC)…
Sohaib Akhter, Computer Fraud Conspiracy, Password Trafficking, Virginia 2025
BODY: A shocking case of cyber-enabled betrayal has come to a close in Alexandria, Virginia. Sohaib Akhter, a 34-year-old former employee, has been convicted by a federal jury on charges of conspiracy to commit computer fraud, password trafficking, and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. The evidence presented at trial revealed a brazen…
Dontavious Whitaker, Fentanyl Trafficking, Virginia 2025
⏱ 2 min read Two men, Dontavious Whitaker, 28, and D’Moni Moten, 27, are going down for a years-long fentanyl trafficking conspiracy that put lives at risk in Northern Virginia. Whitaker of Alexandria and Moten of Woodbridge were sentenced to 20 and 16 years in prison respectively. Between 2021 and 2025, they worked together to…
Joel L. Ayala-Rivera, Possessing a Firearm as an Illegal Alien, Virginia 2024
⏱ 2 min read Joel L. Ayala-Rivera, a 22-year-old Honduran national, was convicted of possessing a firearm as an illegal alien in Richmond, VA. On April 15, 2024, Ayala-Rivera sold a handgun to an undercover FBI agent at an apartment in Richmond. As an illegal alien, Ayala-Rivera is prohibited from possessing firearms. He had previously…
