FBI News

An alleged ISIS sympathizer has been federally charged with an international terrorism offense after providing bomb components and money to individuals he believed were terrorists.

Law enforcement partners announced the results of a surge in federal drug enforcement measures in San Francisco over the past two months.

Willie Edward Mcgee Jr. has been charged with bank robbery and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.

A federal inmate serving a life sentence for carjacking, kidnapping, and robbing multiple victims has been captured in Florida after escaping from a county jail in Georgia.

Rahmanullah Lakanwal was charged on December 24 with transporting a firearm in interstate commerce with the intent to commit an offense punishable by imprisonment for more than one year, and with transporting a stolen firearm in interstate commerce. He remains charged with first-degree murder while armed, assault with intent to kill while armed, and two counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, in violation of the D.C. Code.

Corey Kromray, 40, of Minocqua, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty in federal district court in Madison to wire fraud and money laundering.

Dion Lee Torres of Las Cruces is facing federal charges after authorities investigated a social media post threatening to shoot up a school.

Halee Ann Mehlbauer of Tooele, Utah, was sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment after she fraudulently obtained approximately $177,030 in COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program Loans along with her codefendant, Timothy Lopez, which they did not qualify for. Lopez was sentenced to time served.

Two Missouri men have been indicted and accused of the sexual abuse of a 13-year-old boy who they met online.

Officials announced the sentencing of four individuals their involvement in an identity theft and bank fraud conspiracy scheme.

Anthony David Flynn pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging him with felony murder and arson.

TIGO Guatemala paid over $118 million to resolve an investigation by the Justice Department into a long-running scheme to bribe government officials in Guatemala.

Ana M. Hernandez admitted in a plea agreement that she threw the device onto the porch because the victims who resided there were of Venezuelan origin, and she wanted to convince them to leave the residence.

Benjamin Rubin faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona brought immigration-related criminal charges against 1,196 people during the weeks of enforcement operations from September 27 through November 7.

A federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment against four members of the group, which allegedly plotted to set off bombs in Southern California on New Year’s Eve, charging them with additional, terrorism-related felonies.

Three defendants received lengthy prison sentences after pleading guilty in separate, unrelated drug trafficking cases.

Anthony David Flynn, 35, of Wolf Point, has been arraigned on charges of murdering a man by arson on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.

Elga Eugene Harper was convicted of kidnapping in Indian Country; aggravated sexual abuse by force and threat in Indian Country; assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm in Indian Country; and assault resulting in serious bodily injury in Indian Country.

The Department of Justice announced the results of Operation Relentless Justice, a coordinated enforcement effort to identify, track, and arrest child sex predators.