A Mexican national who decades ago was ordered removed from the United States was arrested today on an eight-count federal grand jury indictment charging her with securing her employment at a South Bay aerospace manufacturer and U.S. military contractor by lying on an employment authorization form that she was a U.S. citizen and by submitting someone else’s legitimate certificate of naturalization number.
The Justice Department has selected seven additional federally recognized Tribes to participate in the continued expansion of the Tribal Access Program for National Crime Information (TAP), a program that provides Tribal governments with means to access, enter, and exchange data with national crime information systems, including those maintained by the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division.
Office of the Deputy Attorney General · Office of Tribal Justice
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A grand jury charged 11 southern Illinois residents with various federal crimes for their alleged involvement in a criminal enterprise to sell vehicles and motorcycles stolen from a warehouse in downtown St. Louis. “Federal criminal law specifically applies to criminal rings that attempt to evade detection by working across state lines,” said U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft. “This case shows what happens when federal, state, county, and local agencies on both sides of the river refuse to…
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Illinois, Southern
Two men pleaded guilty this week to offenses stemming from their participation in an embezzlement conspiracy involving Success Village Apartments, Inc., located in Bridgeport and Stratford.
Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal judge sentenced a Gaithersburg, Maryland, man for a drug-trafficking offense that resulted in the death of a 15-year-old girl. U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman sentenced Kelvin Reyes, 27, to 14 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for distribution of controlled substances after selling narcotics to the minor victim who contacted him on a social media platform.
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) · Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Wali Shabazz, 51, of Washington, D.C., was found guilty yesterday, by a Superior Court jury, for a stabbing incident that took place on the sidewalk of Audi Field, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
The United States has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against Jay Johnson, the former Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer of the Atlanta-based clinical laboratory Capstone Diagnostics, LLC (“Capstone”); Austin Whiles, Capstone’s former Chief Sales Officer and Vice President of Business Development; and associated entities. The complaint alleges that the defendants caused Medicare to pay approximately $13.7 million for genetic and respiratory pathogen panel testing that was not medically…
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Georgia, Northern
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Guy Anthony Wachob, 64, of Leicester, North Carolina, was sentenced to nine years in prison today for distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM), announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Wachob was also ordered to serve a lifetime of supervised release and to register as a sex offender. “There’s a price to pay for convicted sex offenders who exploit children, and that price is prison,” said U.S. Attorney Russ Ferguson. “We have a responsibility to…
LAFAYETTE – On September 15, 2026, a federal criminal complaint was filed charging Josue Perez, 18, who had resided in Lafayette, with Possession of Child Pornography. Perez, a Panamanian national and illegal alien, is currently in federal custody. He faces up to 20 years in federal prison. According to court documents, the investigation began on November 25, 2025, when the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation (LBI) Cyber Crime Unit initiated an investigation based on a cybertip received from the National Center for…
Criminal - Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section · Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
BOSTON – A member of the Lynn Chapter of the Trinitarios was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for racketeering charges, including his participation in the attempted murder of two victims.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Today, Chief U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced Peggy Lee Cantrell, 41, of Marion, North Carolina, to three years in prison followed by four years of supervised release for defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) following Hurricane Helene, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Cantrell was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $30,631.59 to FEMA. “In the wake of Hurricane Helene, disaster relief was essential…
National Fraud Enforcement Division · USAO - North Carolina, Western
Pensacola, Florida – Divincent M. Madison, Jr., 25, of Pensacola, Florida, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of mail by a postal employee, one count of delay or destruction of mail, and one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
ST. GEORGE, Utah – A Washington County man was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment after law enforcement found child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on his phone, which had been digitally altered.
U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that James McClain a/k/a Jungle, 42, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with the intent to distribute, and distribution of, 40 grams or more of fentanyl, which carries a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum penalty of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Rita Ntusa Anagho, 54, of San Tan Valley, Arizona, was sentenced on Monday to 14 years in prison for her role in fraudulently billing Arizona’s Medicaid agency more than $69 million in less than one year for addiction treatment therapy. Many of the patients that Anagho used to fuel her scheme were Native Americans covered by Arizona Medicaid under a specific program that reimbursed at higher rates than other Medicaid programs.
Yakima, Washington – First Assistant United States Attorney Pete Serrano announced that on September 11, 2026, Ricardo Louis Espinosa, age 47, of Yakima, Washington, was sentenced to 120 months in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release by Chief United States District Judge Stanley A. Bastian in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Chief Judge Bastian also ordered Espinosa pay $33,000 in restitution to victims. Espinosa pled guilty to one count of Possession of…
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JOSHUA STEPHEN JOHNSON (“JOHNSON”), age 32, of Metairie, Louisiana, was indicted on September 17, 2026, for receipt of child pornography, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252(a)(2) and (b)(1), announced U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle.
ST. GEORGE, Utah – An Idaho man was sentenced to 75 months’ imprisonment after he assaulted two on-duty United States Park Rangers by ramming his pickup truck into their vehicle in May 2025.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Utah
The United States Attorney’s Office announced the results of Operation Klean Strip, a multi‑agency investigation that dismantled two large‑scale clandestine methamphetamine conversion laboratories in Bakersfield and Visalia. The operation began in November 2025 and ended today with nine arrests and the execution of 16 search warrants where agents seized 4,000 marijuana plants, $20,000 drug proceeds, and 20 firearms adding to the 2,171 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and hundreds of gallons of methamphetamine…