A U.S. citizen pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Virginia to organizing and leading an all-female military battalion in Syria on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS),…
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U.S. Seizes Two Airplanes of Russian Oligarch Worth More Than $400 Million
Federal Officials were authorized to seize a Boeing 787-8 aircraft and a Gulfstream G650ER aircraft owned and controlled by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, officials announced Monday. The seizure warrant came from the…
Leader Of Proud Boys and Four Other Members Indicted for Seditious Conspiracy
WASHINGTON D.C. A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment today charging five members of the Proud Boys, including the group’s former national chairman, with seditious conspiracy and other charges for their actions…
Uzbekistan Living in the U.S. Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Providing Money to Terrorists
A citizen of Uzbekistan and resident of Brooklyn was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison for conspiring to and attempting to provide funds to ISIS, a terrorist organization, officials stated. Dilkhayot…
Child Sex Trafficker Sentenced to 21 Years in Federal Prison — Ran Prostitute Ring
A Delaware man was sentenced Thursday to 21 years in prison for trafficking minor and young adult victims throughout the mid-Atlantic region. Anthony Jones, 38, of Wilmington, Delaware, was convicted by a…
Political Candidate Illegally Used COVID-19 Relief Funds for Personal Expenses and Political Ads
IDAHO A former Congressional candidate pleaded guilty Wednesday for using COVID-19 relief funds for personal expenditures, officials stated. He falsified records to conceal thousands of dollars of in-kind contributions by employees in…
Tax Preparers with the Help of a Social Worker Allegedly Stole Millions of Dollars from Local, State and Federal Agencies
SANTA ANA, California Two Orange County tax preparers were arraigned Monday on federal charges alleging they participated in a scheme orchestrated by a corrupt social worker….
Real Estate Developer Allegedly Stole More than $1.5 Million from COVID-19 Relief Money
PORTLAND A federal indictment was unsealed Thursday charging a California real estate developer with using stolen identities to fraudulently obtain more than $1.5 million in loans, according to officials. The loans were…
Former Mississippi Deputy Warden Admits Beating an Inmate, Facing up to Ten Years in Prison
Melvin Hilson, 49, a former deputy warden at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, which is also known as Parchman, pleaded guilty today to violating an inmate’s civil rights in 2016. In June 2021,…
Feds: MS-13 Member Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder, Racketeering
An El Salvador man was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for murder in aid of racketeering and conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, officials stated. Juan Carlos Sandoval-Rodriguez, aka…
Calif. Indictments Allege Gambling Dens, Bribery, Extortion & Drug Trafficking
SANTA ANA, California An investigation by the Orange County Asian Organized Crime Task Force resulted in the arrest of seven out of nine defendants, federal officials stated They are charged in three…
Corrections Officer Charged With Sexual Misconduct with an Inmate
A Columbia, Tennessee man was charged Monday with obstructing a federal investigation into allegations that he sexually abused an inmate in his custody, officials stated. James Stewart Thomas, 31, a corrections officer…