Two Kansas men were arrested Thursday on charges related to a years-long scheme to circumvent U.S. export laws, according to authorities. This included the illegal export of aviation-related technology to Russia after…
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Man Sentenced to More Than 11 Years for Money Laundering Money Taken from Fraud Victims
LOS ANGELES A Carson man who was a central figure in an international fraud and money-laundering network that targeted $25 million through various frauds – including romance scams and elder fraud –…
Feds Move to Seize Property Belonging to Russian Oligarch Involved in Sanctions Evasion and Money Laundering
NEW YORK Federal officials on Friday moved to seize six real properties located in New York, New York, Southampton, New York, and Fisher Island, Florida, worth approximately $75 million. Officials allege that…
Complaints filed Against Former Arizona Attorney General with State Bar for Allegedly Concealing Documents That Debunked 2020 Election Fraud Claims
Mark Brnovich hid the truth from you about Arizona’s 2020 election Opinion: At long last, the cover-up surrounding Arizona’s 2020 election has been unveiled. And it was, indeed, a conspiracy. An outrageous…
Former Atlanta Official Sentenced to Prison for Accepting Bribes
GEORGIA A former City of Atlanta Commissioner of Watershed Management was sentenced Friday to four and a half years in prison for accepting bribes from an Atlanta contractor, officials stated. He steered…
Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Cyberstalking Female Victims
LOS ANGELES A federal judge sentenced a San Fernando Valley man on Friday to seven years and a month in prison for sending text messages to two sisters…
Former Insurance Executive Indicted for Allegedly Masterminding $2 Billion Fraud Scheme
A federal grand jury in Charlotte returned an indictment Thursday charging a North Carolina man with masterminding a massive scheme to deceive state insurance regulators and defraud thousands of policyholders and others,…
Alleged “Sim Swapper” Charged with Hacking Instagram Influencers Accounts to Get Money and Sexually Explicit Video Chats
LOS ANGELES According to authorities, a Downtown Los Angeles man was charged in a six-count federal grand jury indictment for allegedly defrauding female social media influencers, including by “SIM swapping” to hijack…
Three MS-13, High-Ranking Gang Leaders Arrested in Mexico Extradited to U.S. to Face Racketeering Charges
A four-count indictment unsealed in federal court charged 13 of the highest-ranking MS-13 leaders in the world with allegedly directing the transnational criminal organization’s criminal activities in the United States, El Salvador,…
Two MS-13 Members Sentenced to Life in Prison for Roles in Murders
WASHINGTON D.C. Two members of La Mara Salvatrucha — MS-13 — were sentenced to life in prison for their roles in at least four murders; most slayings were believed to be gang…
Former Kentucky Corrections Officer Guilty of Beating Two Federal Inmates
Officials stated that a former Kentucky correctional officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to two charges of deprivation of rights under color of law for assaulting two federal inmates. According to court documents, Samuel…
Former MoviePass Executive Allegedly Embezzled $260,000 to Repay Coachella Music Festival
LOS ANGELES Officials stated Wednesday that a former executive at cinema subscription service MoviePass Inc. has been arrested on a federal grand jury indictment alleging he embezzled…