FBI News

Neil Phifer, 40, has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl in the St. Louis area.

Richard Patterson, Jr., 44, of Norco, California, was sentenced to 68 months in prison for conspiring to commit wire fraud and failing to appear for a court hearing.

A second man, Taliau Tauvela-Afalava, 31 of Aiea, Hawaii, was charged and made his initial appearance in court for his role in a murder stemming from the victim’s alleged failure to pay for methamphetamine.

An 18-year-old Houston man is now facing federal carjacking and firearms charges following a fatal shooting in the Heights area and subsequent vehicle and foot pursuit.

A resident of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of possession of ammunition by a convicted felon.

A Maryland woman received a federal prison sentence in connection with a money laundering scheme.

The former owner of a Lake Sammamish restaurant was sentenced to 30 months in prison for wire fraud and filing a false tax return.

Sean Eric Thompson was sentenced to four years in prison after previously pleading guilty in federal court to five counts of wire fraud, three counts of making a false statement, six counts of money laundering, and three counts of bankruptcy fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Florida.

The final defendant in a scheme to fraudulently obtain Paycheck Protection Program loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act has been sentenced in federal court.

Julian Thompson, a resident of Pittsburgh, pleaded guilty in federal court to failure to surrender for a term of imprisonment and to violating a federal narcotics law,

Roy Brown, 57, a resident of Westland, Michigan, has been sentenced in federal court on his conviction of cocaine trafficking.

A former Gastonia police officer was sentenced to prison for straw purchasing a firearm.

Robert Gilb, 51, of Green Township, has been sentenced in federal court to 24 months in prison for constructing three pipe bombs.

A Zuni man pleaded guilty to the shooting death of an individual in the heat of passion.

The FBI is increasing the reward for information leading to the arrest of Bhadreshkumar Chetanbhai Patel.

The FBI arrested Andrew Swenson, 42, of Raleigh, on a federal warrant in downtown Raleigh on charges of sexually soliciting one minor online and traveling to sexually abuse another minor.

Jeffrey Scott Hamm, Jr., age 32, of Binghamton, appeared in court for an initial appearance on a charge of making threats to the President and federal agents.

A three-count indictment was unsealed charging Justin McMillan and Justin Colon, two former New York City Police Department officers, with felony conspiracy.

Samuel Ramirez Jr., 33, of Federal Way, is now the 538th addition to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

A Swiss executive pleaded guilty to participating in a multimillion-dollar securities fraud scheme after living abroad as a fugitive for nearly 11 years.