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A federal jury in Brooklyn found 18th Street gang members Herberth Rodríguez and Elias Martínez Villanueva guilty on all counts of a superseding indictment, including murder in‑aid‑of racketeering, attempted murder, narcotics trafficking, and illegal re‑entry. The convictions stem from the November 1, 2020 killing of Diego Vanegas Vásquez and an attempted hit on Juan Valdéz, both tied to gang retaliation. Both defendants face mandatory life sentences, removing key operatives from Queens’ streets. The case was prosecuted by the Eastern District of New York with coordinated support from the FBI, NYPD, ICE, and other federal agencies under Operation Take Back America.
A federal grand jury in Puerto Rico indicted Ariel Ayala Meléndez for kidnapping, assault, robbery, and carjacking of a United States Postal Service letter carrier in November 2025. The victim was forced at knifepoint to drive the postal vehicle from...
A federal judge sentenced Gedeon “Papa Kwam” Agbeyome, a 31‑year‑old illegal alien from Togo, to six years in prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering and aggravated identity theft. He was ordered to pay $2,938,424.65 in restitution and faced a...
Chrystal D. Mueller, 41, of Reedsburg, Wisconsin, received an 18‑month federal prison sentence for conspiring to distribute fentanyl after pleading guilty in September 2025. The scheme involved shipping 19 parcels of fentanyl pills from California to Wisconsin between January and...
A 60‑year‑old Independence, Mo., salesman, Michael Robert Jett, was sentenced to 23 months in federal prison for a six‑year tax evasion scheme. He falsified exemption claims, preventing employer tax withholdings and failing to pay federal and state income taxes from...
A Texas storage‑sales company owner, Eric J. Caddy, pleaded guilty to two felony counts for conspiring to rig bids on more than $1.6 million of healthcare‑related contracts for U.S. Air Force facilities at Moody Base, Georgia. He and co‑conspirators submitted artificially...
The U.S. Department of Justice announced a civil forfeiture action to seize more than $14.9 million tied to an international drug‑money‑laundering operation. Investigators traced the cash through trade‑based schemes that funneled proceeds into U.S. bank accounts of shell companies and even...
Former Lafayette Medical Clinic manager Brooke Miller Duck pleaded guilty on March 16, 2026 to embezzling more than $500,000 from two Louisiana clinics. Between May 2020 and October 2023 she used clinic credit cards for personal expenses, including a $15,000...
A federal jury convicted Kansas City rap artist Joseph R. Isaac, known as SleazyWorld Go, of felon in possession of a firearm after ATF investigators traced social‑media photos showing him with a weapon. Isaac, prohibited from owning guns due to a...
Adobe Inc. agreed to a $150 million settlement and an injunction to resolve a Justice Department lawsuit alleging violations of the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act (ROSCA). The case targets Adobe and two employees for allegedly using deceptive subscription tactics...
Michael W. Luehrsen, a former Western New York resident now living in Miami, was sentenced to three years of probation after a federal perjury conviction for lying about his whereabouts during a health‑care fraud trial. He must pay roughly $2 million...
On March 13, 2026, a federal jury in Knoxville found Tiffany Haney, Anne Warren and Tina Roper guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud after they altered prescriptions and submitted false claims to Medicare, TennCare and other health‑benefit programs. The...
Tri‑City Cardiology, a Phoenix‑based physician group, and three doctors agreed to pay $4.75 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that they performed medically unnecessary vein ablations between 2017 and 2022. The government alleges the physicians falsified vein measurements, symptom documentation,...
Robely Eladio De Jesus Guerrero, a 38‑year‑old Dominican national, received a 125‑month federal prison term and five years of supervised release after pleading guilty to unlawful reentry and distribution of fentanyl and methamphetamine. The court found he sold roughly 120 grams...
A federal grand jury in Cincinnati indicted 43‑year‑old Kyle D. Lawrence of Buffalo on two charges of transporting a minor for sexual activity and transporting child pornography. The indictment follows a multi‑agency investigation that linked Lawrence to a missing Colerain,...
