CBP Officers Seize Over $600K in Narcotics at the Eagle Pass, Texas Import Lot

EAGLE PASS, Texas –U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers kept sharp focus on border security efforts, seizing hard narcotics valued over $600K in a single enforcement action…

Danbury Man Pleads Guilty to Child Exploitation Offense

Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WAYNE MARCELL, 36, of Danbury, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one…

20 Members of a Violent Gang Charged with Drug Trafficking and Firearms Violations in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On March 31, 2022, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging 20 violent gang members from the municipality of Cabo…

The Justice Department announced today the seizure of Hydra Market (Hydra), the world’s largest and longest-running darknet market. In 2021, Hydra accounted for an estimated 80% of all darknet market-related cryptocurrency transactions,…

Justice Department Investigation Leads To Shutdown Of Largest Online Darknet Marketplace

SAN FRANCISCO – The Justice Department announced today the seizure of Hydra Market (Hydra), the world’s largest and longest-running darknet market. In 2021, Hydra accounted for an estimated 80% of all darknet…

Dual U.S. And Dutch Citizen Charged With $14 Billion Tender Offer Fraud Scheme

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

Two New York City Correction Officers Among Six Defendants Charged with Conspiring to Accept Bribes and Smuggle Contraband into Rikers Island Facilities for Gang Members

Two criminal complaints were unsealed today in federal court in the Eastern District of New York charging six defendants with conspiring to bribe correction officers employed by the New York City Department…

Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced to More Than 13 Years for Attempting to Entice a Minor to Engage in Sexual Relations

Assistant U. S. Attorneys Amanda Griffith (619) 546-8970 and Jennifer McCollough (619) 546-8773 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – April 4, 2022 SAN DIEGO – A California man was sentenced today to 162 months…

Nota: Las imágenes de la incautación están disponibles aquí. Vea la declaración del Fiscal General sobre la incautación aquí. Lunes 4 de abril de 2022 – Las fuerzas y cuerpos de seguridad españoles ejecutaron hoy…

739 Months In Federal Sentences Imposed For Child Enticement And Human Trafficking Crimes

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Last week, three men were sentenced following their guilty pleas to crimes involving the victimization of a child. George Williams, 44, of Perry, Florida, was sentenced to 180 months…

Baltimore Man Admits to Transporting an Individual to Engage in Prostitution and Distributing Fentanyl, Heroin, and Cocaine to Trafficking Victims

Baltimore, Maryland – Adolph Scott, age 37, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to transporting an individual to engage in prostitution and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. The guilty plea…

United States Forfeits Millions in Cryptocurrency Used to Launder Illicit Dark Web Proceeds

Miami, Florida – In one of the largest cryptocurrency forfeiture actions ever filed by the United States, federal prosecutors in the Southern District of Florida successfully forfeited approximately $34 million worth of…

$90 Million Yacht of Sanctioned Russian Oligarch Viktor Vekselberg Seized by Spain at Request of United States

WASHINGTON – Spanish law enforcement today executed a Spanish court order freezing the Motor Yacht (M/Y) Tango (the Tango), a 255-foot luxury yacht owned by sanctioned…

Note: Footage of the seizure is available here. View the statement from the Attorney General on today’s seizure here. Spanish law enforcement today executed a Spanish court order freezing the Motor Yacht (M/Y) Tango (the…

Texas Man Sentenced After Pleading Guilty to Violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JORGE OMAR JIMINEZ, age 24, a resident of San Antonio, Texas, was sentenced on March 31, 2022 to eighteen (18) months’ imprisonment, three (3) months of supervised release,…

South Florida Man Guilty of Attempted Online Enticement of a Minor

Miami, Florida – A federal jury in Fort Pierce, Florida has found Zachary S. Spiegel, 38, of Jensen Beach, guilty of attempted on-line enticement of a minor. According to evidence presented at…

“M30 King of Fresno” and 17 Members of His Drug Trafficking Ring Charged with Federal Offenses Following Investigation into a String of Overdoses

FRESNO, Calif. — U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Tatum King announced the results of an investigation into fentanyl-related overdoses in the Fresno area, which…

Ms-13 Leader Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy and Conspiring to Commit Multiple Murders

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced El Salvadorian national Miguel Angel Corea Diaz, a/k/a “Reaper,” age 41, of Long Branch, New Jersey today to life in prison for conspiring…

Yesterday, a federal jury convicted a New York man of conspiracy to commit economic espionage following a four-week jury trial. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Xiaoqing Zheng, 59,…

Former GE Power Engineer Convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Economic Espionage Following Four-Week Trial

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Xiaoqing Zheng, age 59, of Niskayuna, New York, was convicted yesterday of conspiracy to commit economic espionage following a four-week jury trial. The announcement was made by Assistant…

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