Serial predator preying on women in Center City as five victims reported in two-week span
A string of five sexual assaults in Center City between July 18 and Sunday is being investigated as a pattern, police confirmed Monday, with a suspect targeting women in early morning hours…
ICE attends Human Rights Day memorial in El Salvador remembering victims of El Mozote massacre 40 years later
WASHINGTON – Representatives from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center (HRVWCC) traveled to El Salvador this week to remember the victims of the largest single…
Gas station armed robber facing murder charges pulled necklace from victim’s dead body
BUFFALO, NY – Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 27-year-old Daiquin Gray of Buffalo was arraigned this morning before Erie County Court Judge Sheila A. DiTullio on an indictment…
Kean wants to expunge criminal records of sex trafficking victims in New Jersey
TRENTON – Legislation sponsored by Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean that would require the expungement of unlawful acts committed while a person was a victim of human trafficking was advanced by the…
CEO Of Purported Global Biomedical Company Charged With Stealing Over $1 Million Of Victim’s Money Through False Promises Of Investment Opportunities
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 the Department of Homeland…
Former President of First Mortgage Company Sentenced to Serve 104 Months in Federal Prison and Pay More Than $51.8 Million in Restitution to Victims
OKLAHOMA CITY – RONALD J. MCCORD, 71, of Oklahoma City, was sentenced this morning to serve 104 months in prison for defrauding locally-based banks, Fannie Mae, homeowners, and others through a broad…
$12 Million in Grant Funding to Reduce Gun Violence and Support Victims Announced
TRENTON – Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck today announced that the Department of Law & Public Safety is making available $12 million in grant funding to reduce gun violence and support crime…
California Man Admits Defrauding Victims in Cumberland County
CAMDEN, N.J. – A California man today admitted defrauding victims in Cumberland County, New Jersey, through a bogus investment scheme, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Christopher Glynn, 58, of Burbank,…
Columbus man sentenced to 22 years in prison for setting up fake online sales to lure victims, steal their money & shoot them
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A Columbus man who pretended to be selling a car and pretended to be an online escort in order to rob victims at gunpoint was sentenced today in federal…
Former Law Firm Partner Arrested For Cyberstalking Multiple Victims
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”),…
Justice Department Awards $177 Million to Assist Crime Victims and Improve Public Safety in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
PORTLAND, Ore.—On November 15, 2021, the Department of Justice announced that it will award more than $177 million to improve public safety and serve crime victims in American Indian and Alaska Native…
Three Indicted for Running “Grandparent Scheme” that Defrauded Elderly Victims in Western PA
PITTSBURGH, PA – Two residents of Las Vegas, NV and one resident of Reseda, CA, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, PA on a charge of conspiracy to…
Department Of Justice Awards Over $2 Million In Grants To Improve Public Safety And Serve Crime Victims In Western District Of Michigan Tribal Communities
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that, as part of a national rollout, the Department of Justice awarded $2,438,323 in grants to improve…
Almost $57 Million in Seized Cryptocurrency Being Sold for Victims of BitConnect Fraud
Assistant U. S. Attorneys Daniel C. Silva, Mark W. Pletcher, Lisa Sanniti and Carl Brooker SAN DIEGO — Pursuant to court order, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California,…
$56 Million in Seized Cryptocurrency Being Sold as First Step to Compensate Victims of BitConnect Fraud Scheme
On Friday, U.S. District Judge Todd W. Robinson granted a request from the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California for authority to liquidate…
Former Toledo Physician Sentenced for Sex Trafficking and Drugging Victims
Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that Manish Raj Gupta, 50, of Sylvania, Ohio, was sentenced today by Judge James G. Carr to more than 19 years in prison after Gupta,…
Investigation into a Broken Arrow Man Who Allegedly Ran a Child Exploitation Enterprise Leads to Rescue of Child Victims and Arrests Across U.S. and Norway
An investigation into a Broken Arrow man alleged to have been an administrator for a transnational child exploitation chat group has led to five additional arrests and the rescue of multiple child…
HSI Tucson seeks help identifying potential victims of 2 locked up alleged sex traffickers
TUCSON, Ariz. — Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying additional sex trafficking victims who have been forced to…
Illinois man sentenced to 15 years in prison for sex trafficking victims deceived with promises of help with their modeling careers
LOS ANGELES – A Chicago man has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for luring two victims – both of whom were 19 at the time – from Canada with…
Defendants Charged in Connection with Multi-State Forced Labor Conspiracy Involving the Forced Labor of Minor Victims
WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury in the District of Kansas has returned an eight-count indictment against eight defendants for their alleged roles in a forced labor conspiracy that victimized numerous minors…
Illinois Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking Two Victims Deceived with Promises of Help with Their Modeling Careers
LOS ANGELES – A Chicago man has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for luring two victims – both of whom were 19 at the time – from Canada…