FBI News

Michael Smith, 54, of Cornelius, North Carolina, pleaded guilty for his role in a scheme to defraud music streaming platforms and musicians of royalty payments.

Justin Philip Ciruti, 42, of Richardson, has been convicted of federal child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.

A New Jersey man and a Virginia woman were sentenced to prison for their roles in the exploitation and abuse of two children to share child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

A 34-year-old Seattle resident was sentenced to 20 years in prison for three counts of possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute.

The Department of Justice announced a resolution of a foreign bribery investigation into Balt SAS (Balt), a medical device company headquartered in France.

A California man with ties to Albuquerque pleaded guilty in court to sex trafficking two minors and transporting them to New Mexico for commercial sex acts.

The U.S. has obtained a civil judgment against a Batesville man for his role in orchestrating a commission-based referral scheme targeting health care programs.

The U.S. Justice Department participated in a court-authorized law enforcement operation to disrupt Command and Control (C2) infrastructure.

An indictment was unsealed charging Yih-Shyan Liaw, Ruei-Tsang Chang, and Ting-Wei Sun for violation of U.S. export controls laws.

A resident of New Castle, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 80 months in prison on his conviction of drug trafficking and firearm crimes.

Christopher Knight, 47, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, entered a plea of guilty on five counts of depriving individuals of their civil rights under color of law.

Five Philadelphia men were convicted at trial of conspiring to commit armed carjackings in and around Philadelphia and sell the stolen cars to buyers.

A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment involving the Homietos outlaw motorcycle gang.

Luciano Schipelliti of Haverhill has been charged in federal court in Boston with fraudulently obtaining $350,000 in investor funds

Daniel Rodriguez, 36, of Cambridge, has been indicted for trafficking four women and attempting to traffic a fifth victim. One victim was a minor when she was first trafficked.

Devin Sinclair Buries, 49, of Falls Church, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempted distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

An undocumented immigrant living in St. Charles County, Missouri, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for possessing child sexual abuse material.

A Lame Deer man who attempted to sexually abuse a minor was sentenced to 216 months in prison to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release.

The FBI Columbia Field Office is accepting applications for the upcoming annual Teen Academy this summer.

Markita Barnes was sentenced to 121 months’ incarceration for committing a health care fraud scheme through which she stole $2,361,799.17 from a Medicaid benefit program.