Abdi Yusuf Hassan, 56, from Minneapolis, and Mohamed Tahlil Mohamed, 43, from Mogadishu, were each sentenced to 30 years in prison for taking American journalist Michael Scott Moore hostage in Somalia. A…
China-Base Co., the Director and Senior Employees Indicted for Alleged Fentanyl Distribution
LOS ANGELES Law Enforcement in People’s Republic of China arrested defendants. A chemical company, its director, and three senior employees face federal charges in a 13-count indictment for allegedly selling fentanyl precursor…
Man Charged with Possession of Machine Guns and Child-Abuse Porn Images
SANTA ANA, California An Orange County man was indicted Wednesday for allegedly possessing four machine guns and hundreds of images and videos of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) that law enforcement recovered…
Woman and Man Arrested for an Alleged $2.1 Million Scheme to Illegally Get COVID Jobless Benefits
Two San Bernardino County residents, Lisa Puente and Arthur Marquez, were arrested Tuesday for allegedly stealing over $2.1 million in COVID-19 unemployment funds, officials stated. They are accused of filing more than…
Florida Man Faces Prison Time for Online Threats to Children and Others
Nathaniel James Holmes, a 51-year-old from Jacksonville, Florida, was charged with four counts of threatening to harm others. If convicted, he could face up to 20 years in prison. According to the…
Former Mexico City Resident Who Oversaw International Drug Money Laundering Conspiracy Sentenced to More Than 7 Years in Prison
LOS ANGELES The lead defendant in a criminal case who oversaw a money laundering conspiracy that moved millions of dollars in narcotics-related funds from the United States to international drug trafficking organizations…
Virginia Co. and Two Senior Executives Charged with Allegedly Illegally Exporting Millions of Dollars of U.S. Technology to Russia
ALEXANDRIA, Va. Eleview International Inc., along with Oleg Nayandin, 54, of Fairfax, Virginia, and Vitaliy Borisenko, 39, of Vienna, Virginia, are charged with conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act. “We…
Ship Co. Management Fined $1.75 Million Fine for Not Keeping Accurate Oil Records That Concealed Unauthorized Discharges at Sea
FLORIDA Gremex Shipping, a Mexican company, pled guilty in Pensacola, Florida, for falsifying records to hide illegal discharges of oily bilge waste from its ship, the M/V Suhar. This violates the Act…
Two Brothers Sentenced to Prison for $2.1 Million Insurance Scam That Defrauded Post Office
LOS ANGELES Two Temecula brothers were sentenced Friday to federal prison for defrauding the United States Postal Service (USPS) out of more than $2.1 million by filing thousands of fraudulent Priority Mail…
Fashion District Wholesaler and Two Executives Guilty of Money Laundering, Avoiding Taxes
LOS ANGELES The Justice Department announced Thursday that a downtown Los Angeles wholesale clothing importer and two of its executives had been found guilty of evading over $8 million in customs duties…
Eleven Gang Members Charged with RICO Conspiracy, Murder in Aid of Racketeering
A federal grand jury in Minneapolis has indicted 11 alleged members of the Lows, a violent Minneapolis street gang, on 18 counts, including RICO conspiracy involving murder, attempted murder, gun trafficking, and…