Crime

Eight illegal alien tren de aragua members from venezuela charged with kidnappings that resulted in death, racketeering involving murder — DOJ

Note: A copy of the indictment in the Northern District of Texas can be found here. A copy of the complaint and affidavit in the...

Chinese national pleads guilty to narcotics trafficking, money laundering, and material support to terrorism — DOJ

A Honduras-based Chinese national extradited from Guatemala pleaded guilty today to conspiring to import cocaine into the United States, conspiring to launder money derived...

Illegal alien from honduras sentenced for $89 million off-the-books payroll tax fraud scheme employing illegal aliens — DOJ

An illegal alien from Honduras was sentenced yesterday to 96 months in prison for his role in operating a...

National health care fraud takedown results in 455 defendants charged in connection with over $6.5 billion in alleged fraud — DOJ

The Justice Department today announced the 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown. Resulted in charges against 455 defendants, including...

Justice department charges 11 illegal aliens among 15 in $1.4m benefit fraud crackdown in massachusetts — DOJ

The Justice Department announced today fifteen individuals, 11 illegal aliens and four U.S. citizens, have been charged and arrested...

Acting attorney general todd blanche appoints national coordinator for child exploitation and human trafficking — DOJ

In a memo to all Department of Justice employees, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced today the establishment of...

Former intelligence community contractor pleads guilty to accepting kickbacks — DOJ

A former Intelligence Community contractor pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit offenses against the United States by soliciting and...

Three illegal aliens from guatemala indicted for crimes related to unaccompanied alien children, including smuggling and fraud charges — DOJ

Yesterday in Cleveland, Ohio, indictments were returned charging three illegal aliens from Guatemala for international smuggling of unaccompanied alien...

Texas couple sentenced for running an illegal pyramid scheme — DOJ

A Texas couple was sentenced yesterday to 40 years each in prison for running a fraudulent chain-referral pyramid scheme,...

Twenty-six trinitarios gang members charged with RICO conspiracy related to five murders after homeland security task force efforts — DOJ

Twenty-six alleged leaders, members and associates of the Trinitarios, a violent transnational criminal organization, have been indicted on federal...

Government contractor and executives to pay $21.3m to resolve fraud scheme involving service-disabled veteran-owned small business contracts — DOJ

Broadway Electric Inc. (Broadway), Cornerstone Contracting Inc. (Cornerstone), Chief Executive Officer John Oehler. President Christian Blake agreed to pay...

Three arrested in kansas and california, charged with plot to support ISIS — DOJ

Early this morning, the FBI arrested three men in Kansas City, Kansas, San Diego. Sacramento, California, on charges that...

Fraud division announces federal–state partnership in ohio to prosecute fraud — DOJ

The Justice Department today announced unprecedented federal and state cooperation in Ohio in the fight against fraud, including partnerships...

National fraud enforcement division’s healthcare fraud unit secures six trial convictions involving over $1.1 billion in fraud — DOJ

The Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division today announced that its Health Care Fraud Unit, one of the most...

Aspiration partners co-founder sentenced to prison for $248m scheme to defraud investors and lenders — DOJ

A California man who was a co-founder and former board member of Aspiration Partners, Inc., a financial technology and...

Activist short seller convicted for $21m stock market manipulation scheme — DOJ

Yesterday a federal jury in Los Angeles convicted an activist short seller of securities fraud for a long-running market...

Brooklyn man charged with threatening to assault and murder ICE officer and his family — DOJ

A Brooklyn man was charged today with threatening to assault and murder a U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE)...