NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle announced that COLE DIGGS (a/k/a Kevon Godson) (“DIGGS”), age 32, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced on August 27, 2026, to 360 months of imprisonment by United States District Judge Barry W. Ashe after previously pleading guilty to producing files depicting the sexual exploitation of children, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ' 2251(a). Judge Ashe also sentenced DIGGS to a 15-year period of supervised release following his term of imprisonment, payment of a mandatory…
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Louisiana, Eastern
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Ellison is encouraging New Mexico schools, youth-serving organizations, athletic programs and other community groups to take advantage of free training and prevention resources available through the Department of Justice to help protect children from online sexual exploitation and abuse.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - New Mexico
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould announced that a former chief financial officer of a Dallas‑based charity has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for embezzling more than $2 million from the organization.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Texas, Northern
SI MAN LAM, 43, of Brooklyn, New York, has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging her with offenses related to her trafficking counterfeit luxury and designer brand watches imported from China.
An aspiring rapper is among two defendants arrested – and a total of three defendants charged – in a 25-count federal grand jury indictment alleging they illegally possessed more than 50 stolen United States Treasury checks and hundreds of other checks belonging to individuals and businesses, totaling more than $8.1 million, then cashed and attempted to cash stolen checks at lenders throughout Southern California, the Justice Department announced today.
Venezuelan national and illegal alien Rafael Enrique Gamez Salas, 40, has been extradited from the United States to Chile, at the request of the Government of Chile, so that he may be prosecuted on seven charges stemming from his alleged role as a leader of “Los Piratas,” the primary Chilean cell of the Venezuelan transnational criminal organization Tren de Aragua (TdA).
Office of the Attorney General · Criminal Division
Another 248 people have been charged, including 227 illegal aliens, in 245 cases involving immigration and border security-related crimes from Aug. 21-27.
SAN DIEGO – Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California filed 71 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…
Tasheem Carter sold more than 28 grams of crack cocaine and more than 40 grams of fentanyl to an FBI informant on three occasions in June and July 2025.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Maine
PHOENIX, Ariz. – United States Attorney Timothy Courchaine hosted the 33rd Annual Four Corners Indian Country Conference in Glendale, Arizona this week.
GREENSBORO, N.C. – On August 28, 2026, Akeem Alphonso Maynard was sentenced to 30 months in prison for dealing in firearms without a license, in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(1)(A), 923(a) and 924(a)(1)(D). Maynard, age 33, of Burlington, North Carolina, appeared before Judge William L. Osteen, Jr., and was also sentenced to 3 years of supervised release following his prison term. Maynard was charged by federal indictment in February 2026 and pled guilty in June 2026. Dan Bishop, United States Attorney for…
COLUMBIA, S.C. - William Larry Javis, Jr., 46, of Columbia, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy.
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) · USAO - South Carolina
An illegal alien from Venezuela has been extradited at the request of the Government of Chile so that he may be prosecuted on seven charges stemming from his alleged role as a leader of “Los Piratas,” the primary Chilean cell of the Venezuelan transnational criminal organization Tren de Aragua (TdA).
RUDOLPH GIRDHARI, 36, of Norwalk, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 123 months of imprisonment and a lifetime of supervised release for possessing child sex abuse material.
A Nigerian national was sentenced yesterday to 95 months in prison for his role in a money laundering conspiracy involving millions of dollars tied to various fraud schemes — including business email compromise, romance, and unemployment insurance fraud scams — perpetrated against U.S. citizens.
Criminal Division · Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
A vessel operating company pleaded guilty today in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to charges stemming from the discharge of oily waste into the sea. MSC Shipmanagement Limited, one of the largest shipping companies in the world, pleaded guilty to two counts of violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) for conduct that occurred on the motor vessel MSC Samira III between June 2024 and January 2025. The vessel’s owner, Hong Kong Spirit Shipping and Trading Limited, also pleaded guilty to two…
Energy and Natural Resources Division · ENRD - Environmental Crimes Section
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – A Walker County man has been sentenced for committing child exploitation crimes, announced U.S. Attorney Phillip W. Williams Jr. U.S. District Court Judge Annmarie C. Axon sentenced Larry King, II, 29, of Quinton, Alabama, to 600 months in prison followed by a life term of supervised release. In March, King pleaded guilty to attempted sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child pornography. “Protecting children and aggressively prosecuting those who seek to exploit them is a top…
Michael D. Shimon, 43 of Kansas City, Mo., a registered sex offender, has been charged in federal court for child pornography charges committed while he was on state parole for similar crimes.
BENTON, Ill. – A district court judge sentenced a Lawrence County man to a total of 210 months of federal imprisonment for possessing and distributing methamphetamine in Lawrence and Richland Counties and unlawfully possessing several firearms. David Royse, 47, of Sumner, pleaded guilty to three counts of distribution of methamphetamine, one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon. Royse’s federal sentence will run concurrent with any term…
Hozu Rostas, 25, of Romania, has been charged by a federal grand jury with one count of wire fraud involving a scheme to defraud Walmart of thousands of dollars.
A federal grand jury on Thursday returned an indictment against Luis Antonio Perez Sigala, 29, of Modesto, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
A Florida resident and Russian national, Alexander Mamonov, 62, was convicted on all charges yesterday following a jury trial related to a scheme to illegally export aircraft parts from the United States to Russia and the state-owned Russian airline, PJSC Aeroflot.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · National Security Division (NSD)