FBI News

A Canadian national pleaded guilty after admitting he sexually exploited over 100 children by creating an online persona and targeting them on social media.

A Portland resident pleaded guilty to depredation of government property after damaging cameras affixed to the ICE building and setting debris on fire.

Bradley D. Hounsell, 44, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty to one count of coercing and enticing a minor to engage in unlawful sexual conduct.

An illegal immigrant from Mexico was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for lighting and throwing a Molotov cocktail at law enforcement.

A Long Beach man was found guilty by a jury of distributing fentanyl-laced cocaine that resulted in the overdose deaths on the same day of two victims.

Ramanan Pathmanathan, 40, of Toronto, Canada, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in connection with a prolific sextortion scheme that targeted more than 100 young children.

Abraham Heredia was sentenced to a decade in federal prison for conspiring to possess more than 400 grams of fentanyl with intent to distribute.

A Peabody man has been arrested and charged with fraudulently obtaining over $100,000 in coronavirus relief funds.

A married couple was charged for their alleged involvement in a scheme to defraud individuals seeking insurance coverage through the couple’s business.

A Florida man pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute.

Former Massachusetts State Senator Dean Tran was sentenced for attempting to cover up a fraudulent job offer and job offer letter from his sister’s company.

A federal jury in San Francisco convicted former Google software engineer Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, 38, on seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade secrets for stealing thousands of pages of confidential information containing Google’s trade secrets related to artificial intelligence technology for the benefit of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

A 40-year-old Mont Belvieu man has admitted to wire fraud in connection with a Ponzi-style investment scheme.

William R. Murphy, 41, of Washington County, admitted to sexually abusing a girl and soliciting child sexual abuse material from her.

Brandon Postow, 40, of Maryland, was charged with distribution of child pornography.

Four Detroit-area residents were charged for their roles in a scheme to embezzle money from incapacitated individuals.

Jimmy Charles Wright, age 48, of Park Hill, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 137 months in prison for one count of sexual abuse of a minor in Indian Country,

A former IT Professional was sentenced for possessing and attempting to obtain child pornography.

Marc Anthony Alexander, 45, formerly of Milford, pleaded guilty in New Haven to fraud and firearm offenses.

Six individuals were arrested on federal charges related to their alleged involvement in a narcotics and firearms trafficking ring.