WASHINGTON Honduran National Congress member faces U.S. charges for drug trafficking, weapons and conspiracy, officials announced Friday. Honduran Congressman Fredy Renan Najera Montoya has been charged in Manhattan federal court with conspiring to…
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12 Mongol Motorcycle Club Members Indicted for Racketeering and Other Crimes
TENNESSEE A 54-count superseding indictment was unsealed Thursday named 12 members and associates of the Mongols Motorcycle Gang with racketeering conspiracy, federal officials announced today. Three other individuals were charged with other…
Man Guilty of Ordering Computer Attacks on Websites, Dozens of Victims
MINNESOTA A New Mexico man plead guilty Wednesday in St. Paul, Minnesota, to ordering computer attacks against websites of his former employers, business competitors, and public agencies. He was also charged with being…
Former CIA Officer Arrested for Possessing Classified Information
NEW YORK Former CIA Officer, Jerry Chun Shing Lee, aka Zhen Cheng Li, 53, was arrested Monday on charges of unlawful retention of national defense information, according to officials. Lee was arrested…
Three Allegedly Scammed 500 Distressed Homeowners Out of $2.5 Million
SANTA ANA, CALIF. Three Southern California men were indicted on federal mail fraud charges that allege they solicited homeowners on the verge of foreclosure with bogus promises of loan modifications with interest…
Clinic Office Manager Admits to $131 Million Prescription Drug Scheme
MICHIGAN A clinic office manager plead guilty Friday for his role in a health care fraud scheme that involved the unnecessary prescription of controlled substances and that resulted in a $131 million loss…
Former Hospital Owner Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison for $500 Million Kickback Scheme
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA A federal judge on Friday sentenced the former owner of Pacific Hospital in Long Beach to five years and four months in prison for overseeing a 15-year-long health…
FBI Releases Age-Enhanced Photos of Terrorists from Pan Am Hijacking
FBI The FBI Washington Field Office released Friday age-progressed photographs of four alleged hijackers charged in the United States with the September 5, 1986, attack of Pan American World Airways Flight 73….
Connecticut Man Charged with Hacking Apple iCloud Accounts Belonging to More Than 250 People, Including Many Celebrities
LOS ANGELES A Connecticut man was charged Thursday in federal court with a felony computer hacking offense related to a phishing scheme that gave him illegal access to over 250 Apple iCloud…
Sinaloa Cartel Leader Admits to Importing Tons of Narcotics, More Than 125 Arrests
CALIFORNIA Sinaloa Cartel cell leader Damaso Lopez-Serrano aka “Mini Lic,” plead guilty in federal court Wednesday to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances for purpose of unlawful importation, according to officials. Lopez-Serrano self-surrendered…
Florida National Guard neo-Nazi Sent to Prison for Storing Explosives
TAMPA, FLORDIA National Guard neo-Nazi Brandon Clint Russell, 22, was sentenced five years in federal prison this week for possessing an unregistered destructive device and for unlawful storage of explosive material, according to authorities….
Leader of Child Sex Trafficking Ring Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
NEW YORK A federal judge this week sentenced Michael Andres Miller to 15 years in prison for trafficking minors for sex in Queens, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, according to officials….