SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Wei Fu, age 40, of Easton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Malachy E. Mannion to 60 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by a 5-year term of supervised release, for possessing child pornography. According to United States Attorney Brian D. Miller, following the execution of a search warrant at Fu’s Easton residence in March 2024, investigators found over 10,000 videos and…
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould announced that federal prosecutors have charged 184 defendants with illegal reentry after removal since June 1, marking one of the District’s most significant recent efforts to confront illegal aliens with egregious criminal history who have reentered the United States in violation of federal law.
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced today its finding that the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Services (GW Med) intentionally discriminated based on race in granting and denying admission to its 2024 and 2025 incoming classes. GW Med’s discriminatory conduct violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA), which banned…
U.S. Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler has sentenced a Mexican man convicted of Illegal Reentry after Deportation. The sentencing took place on August 25, 2026.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment against Eshaq M. Nawabi, 27, of Salida, charging him with wire fraud for a scheme to defraud investors, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced. According to court documents, between October 2019 and February 2022, Nawabi convinced victims that he was a successful trader in the foreign currency exchange or “forex” market. These victims gave Nawabi thousands of dollars to invest in forex, and their monthly statements showed that they were making…
Nathan Vilas Laatsch, 29, of Alexandria, a former IT specialist for the Defense Intelligence Agency, pled guilty to attempting to provide classified information to a foreign government.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · National Security Division (NSD)
DES MOINES, Iowa – On Thursday, August 20, 2026, United States Attorney David C. Waterman was honored to host Attorney General Todd Blanche at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.
Catalino Vigil Diaz, 44, an illegal immigrant from Honduras, was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison for illegally reentering the United States subsequent to the commission of an aggravated felony.
Today, the Department of Justice filed lawsuits against four states that seek to undermine federal law by placing aliens over citizens in clear defiance of Congress’s commands. The Department filed complaints against Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington, challenging state laws that provide in-state tuition and financial assistance for illegal aliens. These laws unconstitutionally discriminate against U.S. citizens who are not afforded the same reduced tuition rates or scholarships, create incentives for…
Civil Division · Office of the Associate Attorney General
Said Nassor, 46, of Silver Spring, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in connection with a scheme to bill D.C. Medicaid for mental health services that were never provided or were grossly inflated, causing a loss to Medicaid exceeding $250,000, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - District of Columbia
RALEIGH, N.C. – A federal judge sentenced Raul Ramirez, 44, to 15 years in federal prison for supplying hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to Raleigh drug dealers. On September 15, 2025, Ramirez, also known as “Ralph,” pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. “Cartels and out‑of‑state criminals have remorselessly flooded Eastern North Carolina with poison for far too long. They piped hundreds of thousands of deadly fentanyl pills directly…
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) · USAO - North Carolina, Eastern
RUTLAND – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on August 27, 2026, Joshua Burbank, 40, of Johnson, Vermont, was sentenced by United States District Judge Mary Kay Lanthier to a term of 100 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a 10-year term of supervised release. Burbank previously pleaded guilty to possessing child sexual abuse materials involving prepubescent minors. According to court records, in 2021, law enforcement was provided a laptop by Burbank’s family member after…
Seattle – A 44-year-old citizen of Mexico, illegally present in the U.S., appeared in U.S. District Court in Seattle late yesterday charged with returning to the U.S. following removal, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd.
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal grand jury has indicted Ruben Ian Thomson on charges of conspiracy to commit Computer Fraud and Abuse Act violations and obtaining information from a protected computer related to cyberattacks conducted in the Spring of 2026 under the moniker “TeamPCP.”
Jackson Quentin Crocker, 54, of Woodbridge, pled guilty to sexual exploitation of children and possession of child sexual abuse material after creating thousands of videos of children with a hidden camera in his bathroom.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Virginia, Eastern
WILLIAMSPORT – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Robert Foust, age 42, an inmate at United State Penitentiary (USP), Allenwood, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of threatening federal officers. According to United States Attorney Brian D. Miller, the indictment alleges that August 5, 2025 and November 6, 2025, at USP Allenwood, Foust threatened to assault and murder multiple employees of the federal Bureau of Prisons, including a…
HARRISBURG -The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Daniel Frias Rodriguez, age 50, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was indicted on August 26, 2026, by a federal grand jury on the charge of illegally reentering the United States after having previously been removed. According to United States Attorney Brian D. Miller, the indictment alleges that Frias Rodriguez illegally reentered the United States without proper authorization and was found in Dauphin County…
Baltimore, Maryland – A Maryland felon received a federal-prison term, today, for firearm-possession charges. Judge Brendan A. Hurson sentenced Dalonte Ray Jones, 22, of Annapolis, to 42 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Maryland
An Orange County woman pleaded guilty today to submitting more than $2.2 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare for hospice services for beneficiaries who were not terminally ill, on which Medicare paid her company more than $2.1 million.
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Eric Sanville, 39, of Norwood, Pennsylvania, was arrested today and charged by criminal complaint with manufacture and attempted manufacture of child pornography. Sanville is an elementary school teacher in the North Penn School District. The defendant made his initial appearance in federal court this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth L. Toplin and will be detained in federal custody pending indictment and trial. The criminal…
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Pennsylvania, Eastern
David William Platek, 43, a Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court for threatening to kill a prominent member of the California District Attorney’s office and bomb area schools.
Greenbelt, Maryland – The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced, today, that authorities arrested and charged a Maryland father and son with illegally distributing more than a kilogram of fentanyl. Rashad Deondre Hicks, 36, of Largo, is charged by complaint with distribution of 400 grams or more of fentanyl. Lawrence Alonzo Hicks, 62, of District Heights, is also charged with possession with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl.
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) · Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Louisville, KY – A federal grand jury in Louisville returned an indictment on August 19, 2026, charging three men and a woman for their roles in a deed theft conspiracy to steal vacant houses in Louisville. Three of those coconspirators, along with a fourth man, were also charged in a related scheme to obtain fraudulent vehicle titles, to give the appearance of clear title to vehicles that were stolen or abandoned. U.S. Attorney Kyle G. Bumgarner of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge Olivia…