A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida indicted a Venezuelan TV network owner for his role in a $1.2 billion scheme to launder money stolen from Venezuela’s state-controlled oil…
Feds: Man Charged with Bomb Attack on Courthouse Yelled That the “Government Had Taken His Guns”
LOS ANGELES A three-count federal grand jury indictment returned Wednesday charges a Santa Barbara County man with committing a bomb attack at a courthouse in Santa Maria in which several people were…
County Supervisor Agrees to Plead Guilty to Bribery Conspiracy Involving $10 Million in COVID Relief Funds
California Officials stated that District One Supervisor of the Orange County Board of Supervisors agreed to plead guilty to a federal felony charge of accepting over $550,000 in bribes. These bribes were…
Man Sentenced to More Than 20 Years for Drug Trafficking Cocaine and Fentanyl Using Darknet
LOS ANGELES A San Fernando Valley man who admitted to causing one fatal fentanyl overdose was sentenced Monday to 20 years and eight months in federal prison for using darknet marketplaces to…
Man Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking, Including More than 19,000 Fentanyl-Laced Pills
LOS ANGELES A man was sentenced Monday to 15 years and eight months in federal prison for distributing narcotics, including more than 19,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl, officials stated. U.S….
Man Sentenced to 18 Years for Trafficking Fentanyl and Trying to Help Terrorists
A Lombard, Illinois, man was sentenced last week to 18 years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl and attempting to support ISIS, officials stated. In 2019, Jason Brown gave $500 on three…
Feds: “Operation Nazare Wave” Results in Arrest of 826 fugitives, Seizure of 54 Firearms and 14 Pounds of Narcotics
The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) announced the results of Operation Nazare Wave, targeting violent crime in Washington, D.C., and the National Capital Region. From April to September, under the direction of the…
Raytheon Co. to Pay Over $950 Million in Settlements Relating to Defective Pricing, Foreign Bribery, and Export Control Schemes
Raytheon Company to Pay Over $950 Million in Settlements Raytheon, a subsidiary of RTX, has agreed to pay more than $950 million to settle investigations by the Justice Department related to: Defective…
Sixteen Defendants Charged for Allegedly Running Cocaine from Colombia to Canada, Four Murders
LOS ANGELES A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder and 15 others have been charged in a 16-count federal indictment for allegedly running a transnational drug trafficking operation, officials stated. The group is accused…
Violent Mexican Cartel Leaders Indicted for Murders, Assassinations, Kidnappings
An unsealed indictment in the District of Columbia charges leaders of the violent drug trafficking groups Los Zetas and its successor, Cartel del Noreste (CDN), with running a continuing criminal enterprise, drug…
Kansas Man Sentenced to Six Years Eight Months in Prison for Threatening Black People
A Kansas man was sentenced Wednesday to 80 months in federal prison for threatening multiple Black people in and around Wichita and for interfering with the housing rights of a white woman…
Man Allegedly Used Drone to Fly Fentanyl, Including to Customer Who Died from Overdose
LOS ANGELES An Antelope Valley man was arrested Wednesday on a nine-count federal grand jury indictment charging him with using a drone to drop off fentanyl and other narcotics to buyers, officials…