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Texas Couple Sentenced for Operating Website Selling Smuggled Pesticides and Veterinary Drugs

Thao Duong and Lam Mai, a wife and husband from Garland, Texas, were sentenced today in federal court to charges stemming from their operation of a website selling veterinary drugs and pesticides smuggled into the United State from Mexico. Duong was sentenced to three months in prison, two years of supervised release, and a forfeiture of more than $1.5 million. Mai was sentenced to two years of probation.

Energy and Natural Resources Division · ENRD - Environmental Crimes Section
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Oregon Man Sentenced to 16 Months in Federal Prison for Abusing His Role at Mobile Phone Store to Give Customers’ Info to Criminals

A former Oregon-based AT&T Store employee was sentenced today to 16 months in federal prison for selling his access to his employer’s network to a hacker by “SIM swapping” customers – fraudulently reassigning customers’ cell phone numbers – so the hacker could take control of the victims’ bank accounts and steal their money, causing nearly $600,000 in intended losses.

USAO - California, Central
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Jacksonville Sex Predator Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material

Jacksonville, Florida – Alexander Charles Whitaker (41, Jacksonville) has been sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Marcia Morales Howard to 10 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for possession of child sex abuse material (CSAM). Whitaker pleaded guilty on May 8, 2026. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.

USAO - Florida, Middle
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Pizza Store Robber Sentenced to 18 Years in Federal Prison

Tampa, Florida – Justin Alan Seymour (37, Tampa) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington to 18 years in federal prison for Hobbs Act robbery, brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. A federal jury found Seymour guilty in April 2026. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.

USAO - Florida, Middle
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Two Dominican Republic Men Each Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Roles in Grandparent Fraud Scheme

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Two Dominican Republic residents illegally living in the United States each have been sentenced in federal court to two years of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, on their convictions for money laundering conspiracy, United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today. Senior United States District Judge Nora Barry Fischer imposed the sentences on Luis Alfonso Bisono Rodriguez, 35, and Engels Guillermo Almengot Valerio, 26. Rodriguez had been living in Cleveland…

USAO - Pennsylvania, Western
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Lafourche Parish Resident Sentenced for Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

NEW ORLEANS, LA – First Assistant United States Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced today that JOHN PAUL GAGE JR., (“GAGE JR.”) age 43, of Des Allemands, Louisiana, was sentenced on September 1, 2026 by United States District Judge Brandon S. Long to 262 months imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, after he previously pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute, and possess with the intent to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine and a quantity of methamphetamine, in violation of Title…

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) · USAO - Louisiana, Eastern
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Minnesota State Trooper Sentenced to 27 Years’ Imprisonment for the Production and Distribution of Child Pornography

MINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced that Jeremy Francis Plonski was sentenced to 324 months in prison and 180 months of supervised release for the production of child pornography and the distribution of child pornography. Plonski was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Kate M. Menendez on September 8, 2026. He previously pleaded guilty on October 8, 2025. According to court documents, from about April 2023 to October 2023, Plonski produced 23 child pornographic videos. In some of the…

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Minnesota
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Singaporean Ringleader of $245 Million Cryptocurrency Racketeering Enterprise Pleads Guilty in Washington D.C.

Malone Lam, 22, a citizen of Singapore and recent resident of Miami, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. in connection with his role as ringleader of an international cybercrime conspiracy that used social engineering to steal and launder cryptocurrency valued at more than $245 million, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - California, Central
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Eastern NC Drug Pipeline Dismantled: 35 Years Federal Prison

Raleigh, N.C. – A federal judge sentenced Alexander Sandoval, 29, to thirty‑five years in federal prison for trafficking large quantities of fentanyl, meth, and cocaine throughout the Eastern District of North Carolina. On December 12, 2025, Sandoval plead guilty to conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of meth, distributing 50 grams or more of meth, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug‑trafficking crime. “This depraved drug pusher pumped staggering amounts of fentanyl, meth, and cocaine into our…

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - North Carolina, Eastern
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New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud Conspiracy Involving More Than $1 Million in Fraudulent Pandemic Relief Loans

U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho Bart M. Davis announced today that Xanare Bomani, of New Jersey, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud for participating in a scheme to defraud financial institutions and the Small Business Administration (SBA) through fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) applications.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Idaho
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Buffalo man sentenced for attacking postal carrier

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Jacob D. Ortiz, 34, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of assaulting a federal employee resulting in bodily injury, was sentenced to time served and three years’ supervised release by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.

USAO - New York, Western
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Six Defendants Indicted by Grand Jury for Conspiracy to Steal $5.1 Million in Business Checks

MINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced that Willie Roy Turner Jr., aka “J.S.B.” and “Little Willie,” 29, of Chicago, Illinois, along with five co-conspirators, has been indicted on one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, one count of bank fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft, and one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Turner Jr. made his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Shannon G. Elkins on September 4, 2026. Turner Jr. is the lead and one of six…

USAO - Minnesota
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