United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, and Special Agent in Charge of the Northeast Area Field Office of the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General (“USPS-OIG”), Matthew M. Modafferi, announced today that PIAN PIAN WONG-TAM, a former United States Postal Service (“USPS”) Mail Processing Clerk in White Plains, New York, and WILLIAM WONG, a former USPS Mail Clerk in Millwood, New York, were presented today before Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Judith C. McCarthy…
SAN DIEGO – Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California filed 114 border-related cases this week, including charges of bringing in aliens for financial gain, reentering the U.S. after deportation, and importation of controlled substances. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California is the fourth-busiest federal district, largely due to a high volume of border-related crimes. This district, encompassing San Diego and Imperial counties, shares a 140-mile border with Mexico. It…
MADISON, WIS. – Chadwick M. Elgersma, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Dushaun Mims, 40, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 6 years in prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The prison term will be followed by 3 years of supervised release. Mims pleaded guilty to this charge on June 18, 2026. On May 6, 2025, Fitchburg and Madison Police Department officers were investigating a fatal stabbing incident…
Anniston, Ala. – A Guatemalan national has been sentenced for illegally returning to the United States after deportation, announced U.S. Attorney Phillip W. Williams Jr. U.S. District Judge Corey L. Maze sentenced Eladio Pascual-Gaspar, 28, to 31 months in prison. Pascual-Gaspar pleaded guilty to illegal reentry after deportation. “This defendant was released from a state prison and deported in 2023. He illegally reentered the United States and engaged in further criminal activity. This conduct will not be…
OKLAHOMA CITY – SHAUN U. CHRISTIAN, 57, of Lindsay, Oklahoma, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bank fraud and to money laundering in connection with the now-defunct First National Bank of Lindsay (FNBL), announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester. According to court documents, Christian and FNBL’s former president and CEO, Danny Seibel, submitted false information in connection with multiple loans in 2021. Court records allege that Seibel also manipulated bank records related to Christian’s accounts to…
Tampa, Florida – Kristopher Lunsford (46, Henderson, Nevada, formerly of Georgia) has been charged by indictment with six counts of wire fraud and two counts of money laundering. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on each wire fraud count and up to 10 years’ imprisonment on each money laundering count. The indictment also notifies Lunsford that the United States is seeking an order of forfeiture in the amount of $105,940,214.93, the proceeds of the fraudulent scheme. United…
TUCSON, Ariz. – On Sep. 22, 2026, Senior United States District Judge Raner C. Collins sentenced Amanda Rachelle Miller, 35, of Tucson, to 204 months (17 years) in prison, followed by 36 months of supervised release, for leading a large-scale drug trafficking organization that distributed fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other dangerous drugs in Arizona.
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould announced that on Sept. 23, a federal grand jury indicted a former Senior Immigration Services Officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Lukman Owolabi Ganiyu and his associate Adeniyi Akeem Somoye based on allegations outlined below.
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, announced today that the United States has filed a federal Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) lawsuit against STAGG GROUP (“STAGG”) relating to its failure to design and construct new apartment buildings so as to be accessible to persons with physical disabilities.
Seattle – A 44-year-old citizen of Iran was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 18 months in prison for his scheme to violate trade sanctions against Iran, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd.
HONOLULU – United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Sean Sakaida, 44, of Honolulu, Hawaii, was charged by criminal complaint with receipt and possession of child pornography.
SAN DIEGO – Geovany Andrés Rojas, alias “Araña”, ciudadano colombiano, presunto narcoterrorista de alto nivel y prolífico traficante de cocaína, fue extraditado hoy de Colombia a Estados Unidos. Esta mañana, Rojas fue entregado a funcionarios estadounidenses bajo un fuerte dispositivo de seguridad en una base aérea de la Policía Nacional de Colombia en Bogotá, con la presencia del presidente colombiano, Abelardo de la Espriella. Rojas llegó a un lugar no revelado en San Diego a las 4:30 p.m. flanqueado por agentes…
Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury indicted a West Virginia man on multiple charges in connection with robbing banks in Maryland. Jordon Larine Redfern, 30, of Martinsburg, is charged with bank robbery, carjacking, attempted armed bank robbery, and armed bank robbery.
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Tampa, Florida – Miguel Cintron (38, Tampa) and Darrius Gustafson (23, Tampa) have been sentenced by U.S. District Judge John Badalamenti to life and 21 years and 10 months in federal prison, respectively, for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl resulting in death. A federal jury found both guilty on May 4, 2026. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.
INDIANAPOLIS- A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Randy Bond, 52, of Fortville, with one count of wire fraud. Bond made his initial appearance in federal court on September 16, 2026. This case was brought as part of the Trump Administration’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud. According to court documents, between July 4, 2020, and October 13, 2021, Bond allegedly carried out a scheme to defraud the federal government by submitting fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury…
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WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Joshua A. Dinklocker, age 28, of Coal Township, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking charges. According to United States Attorney Brian D. Miller, the indictment charges Dinklocker with distribution of methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine on June 28, 2026, in Northumberland County. Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is the…
Cameron John Wagenius, 22, a former Army soldier who was most recently stationed in Texas, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison and ordered to pay $294,978 in restitution for conspiring to hack into telecommunications companies’ databases, access sensitive records, and extort the companies by threatening to release the stolen data unless ransoms were paid.
Trung Nguyen Van, 37, a Vietnamese national, was charged for his role in defrauding a victim out of millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency in a wire fraud “pig butchering” scam.
The Affirmative Civil Enforcement (ACE) Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut recovered more than $9.2 million since June 2026 through settlement agreements resolving allegations that various companies violated the False Claims Act by providing false information to obtain millions of dollars in pandemic-related Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans for which they were not eligible.
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Brad Schimel, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on September 22, 2026, Nolan M. Pitsch, (age 32) of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, was sentenced to six years in federal prison by Chief United States District Judge Pamela Pepper. According to court documents and arguments presented in court, Pitsch met multiple children on various social media platforms such as TikTok and Snapchat. While chatting online with these minors, Pitsch pretended to be 14 or 15 years old…
Seattle — Cameron John Wagenius, 22, a former Army soldier who was most recently stationed in Texas, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison and ordered to pay $294,978 in restitution for conspiring to hack into telecommunications companies’ databases, access sensitive records, and extort the companies by threatening to release the stolen data unless ransoms were paid.