LOS ANGELES A West Covina man was sentenced Tuesday to three years in federal prison for laundering more than $900,000 in drug money over a two-year period via a “Black Market Peso…
Texas Man Indicted for Allegedly Threatening Pro-COVID-19 Vaccine Doctor
MARYLAND A federal grand jury in Baltimore, Maryland, has indicted a Texas man for sending a threatening communication to a Maryland doctor. The indictment was unsealed today following the arrest of Scott…
Detroit Tax Preparer Charged with 15 Counts of Preparing False Tax Returns, Told of Investigation and Continued Preparing False Returns
MICHIGAN A federal grand jury in Detroit, Michigan, charged a Detroit tax preparer with 15 counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, officials announced Tuesday. The indictment…
Feds Offering $1 Million Reward to Find the Killer of a Federal Prosecutor in 2001
WASHINGTON D.C. Oct. 11 Marks 20th Anniversary of Unsolved Murder of Seattle Assistant U.S. Attorney Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco on Monday announced that the Department of Justice has doubled the…
Nuclear Engineer and Spouse Arrested for Selling Nuclear Warship Design Secrets
WEST VIRGINIA Jonathan and Diana Toebbe, both of Annapolis, Maryland, were arrested in Jefferson County, West Virginia, for selling secret information about the design of nuclear-powered warships to an undercover FBI agent,…
Feds: Officers who shot 30-year-old Jacob Blake will not be Charged with Use of Excessive Force, Civil Rights Violations
WISCONSIN The Justice Department announced Friday that it will not pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against a Kenosha Police Department (KPD) officer for his involvement in the Aug. 23, 2020, shooting…
Feds: Man Sentenced to 55 Years in Prison for Using Social Apps to Sexually Exploit About 50 Children
CALIFORNIA A California man was sentenced Friday to 55 years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for sexual exploitation of a minor and distribution of child pornography. Jacob Blanco,…
Former Police Officer Guilty of Operating Unlicensed Firearms Business
LOS ANGELES At the conclusion of a second trial prompted by an earlier conviction being overturned, a former Gardena Police officer has been found guilty of federal charges for scheming to purchase…
Israeli Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Blackmailing Dozens of Girls to Commit Sex Acts
LOS ANGELES An Israeli man was sentenced Friday to 30 years in federal prison for blackmailing dozens of girls into producing child pornography for him, according to officials. U.S. District Judge Philip…
A Chinese Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Promoting Turtle Trafficking
NEW JERSEY A Chinese citizen was sentenced this week to three years and two months in prison on a federal money laundering conviction, according to officials. Kang Juntao, 25, of Hangzhou City,…
Two Guilty of Hiring Illegal Immigrants to Work Under a Visa Fraud Scheme
GEORGIA Two Florida business executives and a Florida-based company pleaded guilty Thursday in the Southern District of Georgia to charges related to their roles in a scheme to recruit and hire foreign…
Former Taliban Commander Charged with Killing U.S. Troops in 2008
NEW YORK Haji Najibullah, previously charged with kidnapping an American journalist, was indicted Thursday for the 2002 attacks on U.S. service members in Afghanistant, according to officials. The attacks resulted in the…