Idaho Falls Man Pleads Guilty to Enticement of a Child

POCATELLO – An Idaho Falls man pleaded guilty in federal court to attempted coercion and enticement a child. According to court records, Joel Hawley Phelps, 63, admitted that, on September 24, 2021,…

Money Launderer For $3.5 Million Vehicle Sale Scam Extradited From Lithuania

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Ricky Patel, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”),…

Illegal alien faces 50-year prison term after admitting multi-million-dollar conspiracy to harbor other illegals for labor

SAVANNAH, GA – An illegal alien has admitted to a scheme in which he and his co-conspirators fraudulently employed other illegals to work for a tree service, and then aided in the…

St. Louis Man Sentenced to 45 Years for Providing Information that Led to Murders and Violence

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey sentenced Charles “Man Man” Thompson to 45 years in prison today. The 35-year-old St. Louis resident pleaded guilty in January 2020 to one…

Weehawken Drug Raid Nets Three Arrests

WEEHAWKEN, NJ – Three individuals were arrested after a multi-agency raid at home in Weehawken after a monthlong investigation by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office On Thursday, March 24, 2022, members of…

Romanian National Admits Role in ATM Skimming Scheme

Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NICOLAE MARIUS BARBU, 50, a citizen of Romania, pleaded guilty today via videoconference before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert M.…

Religious Leader Indicted and Arrested for Coercion and Enticement of a Minor

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging pastor Emmanuel Morales-Hernández, 29, of Lares, Puerto Rico, with coercion and enticement of a minor and attempted receipt of…

Brothers From Chicago Charged in Labor Trafficking Conspiracy

CHICAGO — Two brothers from Chicago have been arrested on a labor trafficking charge for allegedly forcing undocumented Mexican immigrants to work in the construction trade. AGUSTIN ARIAS LOPEZ, 30, and JUAN…

Federal Jury Convicts Suburban Chicago Man of Laundering Drug Proceeds on Behalf of Traffickers in Mexico

CHICAGO — A federal jury has convicted a suburban Chicago man of laundering illegal narcotics proceeds on behalf of drug traffickers in Mexico. In the summer and fall of 2017, HUAZHI HAN…

Hartford Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Recording His Sexual Abuse of a Child for Nearly 3 Years

Leonard C. Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERTO ACOSTA TORRES, 61, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven…

Undocumented Individual Pleads Guilty to Gun and Drug Charges

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – An undocumented individual pleaded guilty today to illegally possessing a firearm and drug trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Katrina Berger.…

Citrus County Felon Sentenced To Ten Years In Federal Prison For Possession Of Firearms And Ammunition

Ocala, Florida – Senior U.S. District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Robert Joseph Miller (46, Homosassa) to 10 years in federal prison for possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted…

Canadian National Found Guilty of Leading Drug Trafficking Organization that Purchased Hundreds of Pounds of Narcotics

LOS ANGELES – A Canadian national was found guilty by a jury today of federal criminal charges for leading a drug-trafficking organization that intended to export hundreds of pounds of cocaine…

Oxnard Man Charged in Federal Indictment Alleging He Illegally Imported Thousands of Endangered Reptiles into United States

LOS ANGELES – A Ventura County man was charged today in a superseding indictment that alleges he illegally imported into the United States more than 1,700 reptiles – including 60 reptiles…

Assassin for Mexican Cartel Sentenced to Life in Prison

EL PASO – A Mexican national was sentenced today to life in prison and ordered to pay a $100,000 fine for his role in the Sinaloa Cartel’s operations. According to court documents,…

Providence Woman Charged with Drug Trafficking

A Providence woman was arrested and detained in federal custody after allegedly emerging onto her front porch to retrieve a UPS package shipped from California with more than two kilograms of fentanyl…

Couple Indicted and Arrested for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Fraud and Money Laundering

SAN JUAN, P.R. – On March 23, 2022, the Federal Grand Jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging Fernando Gallardo-Álvarez and his consensual partner Olga Rivera-Dávila with a…

Former Manager at U.S. Auto Manufacturer Allegedly Accepted Over $3.4 Million in Bribes from Foreign Parts Supplier Seeking Contract

LOS ANGELES – A former manager at a U.S.-based automobile manufacturing company was taken into custody this morning after being indicted this week on a federal bribery charge alleging he solicited…

Head of the Gulf Cartel indicted

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Jose Alfredo Cardenas-Martinez aka El Contador has been indicted in the Southern District of Texas on various charges related to his position as the head of the Cardenas family…

Federal Grand Jury Indicts Two Louisville Men for Carjackings as a Result of Joint Federal and Local Initiative in Louisville

LOUISVILLE, KY – A federal grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, returned two separate indictments on March 16, 2022, charging two Louisville men with carjackings and business robberies, including one carjacking resulting in…

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