FBI News

A 37-year-old male wanted in Indianapolis for crimes against children fled the state of Indiana and was captured in Texas.

Derick Lee Myron, 45, of Tuba City, Arizona, was found guilty of one count of second-degree murder, three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, and related crimes.

Donald Day, Jr., 61, of Heber, Arizona, was sentenced to 36 months in prison for being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition.

Rai Thomas of Mount Vernon, New York, was sentenced to 160 months in prison for sex trafficking of a minor and use of interstate facilities to promote sex trafficking and prostitution.

Dominique Troupe, of Colchester, Vermont, received 240 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, firearms offenses, and conspiracy to commit robbery.

Jonathan W. VanCuren, of Boise, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for possession of an unregistered firearm (improvised explosive device).

Tekia Sade Peay of LaGrange, Georgia, was sentenced to 51 months in prison for her role in a scheme to steal funds from federal employees’ Thrift Savings Plan retirement accounts.

Otmane Khalladi, 33, of Miami, Florida, was charged with conspiring to commit wire fraud, conspiring to launder monetary instruments, and failure to appear.

Jose Rodrigo Alejandro Muniz was sentenced for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

FBI Philadelphia joins field offices across the country in Operation Winter SHIELD, a cyber strategy designed to strengthen the nation’s defenses against growing threats.

A federal judge has ordered a local woman to be confined for 24 months and to pay back nearly $180,000 in restitution after she spent years stealing from her employer.

Five individuals were federally indicted during the week of February 13 for their roles in an alleged $220 million nationwide fraud scheme involving purported cattle purchase contracts, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould.

A Martinsburg, West Virginia, woman has admitted to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from her employer.

A Jamaican citizen pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to wire fraud for his lottery scheme that cost an elderly victim more than $550,000.

As Valentine’s Day approaches, the FBI Dallas Field Office is warning the public about romance scams, a growing threat that targets people seeking relationships online and often results in significant financial and emotional harm.

Nikhil Gupta (also known as Nick) pled guilty to murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, in connection with his efforts to murder a U.S. citizen in New York City.

Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California filed 114 border-related cases this week.

Ping (Jenny) Gao of Point Loma was sentenced after admitting that she embezzled and laundered more than $8.5 million from her employer’s bank accounts.

The last member of a transnational Colombian robbery crew in Miami pleaded guilty in a series of robberies of and thefts from jewelry couriers that targeted high-end retailers.

Jonathan D. Frost, 42, of Soddy Daisy, Tennessee, entered pleas of guilty to three felonies at the federal courthouse in downtown Chattanooga.