FBI News

Gilberto Alarcon-Holguin was sentenced to serve 168 months in prison for drug and money laundering crimes.

Marcus Elliott of Amherst pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography, which carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison.

Aaron Neil Williamsky of Marlboro, New Jersey, was sentenced to 87 months in prison for conspiring to defraud Medicare of $172 million, commit money laundering, and pay kickbacks and bribes in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute, Senior Counsel Philip Lamparello announced.

Six individuals were charged for their participation in a yearslong scheme to trade securities based on material non-public information, Senior Counsel Philip Lamparello announced.

Joshua M. Rogers was sentenced for his role in destroying evidence related to a police officer’s fatal shooting of a man identified by the initials R.H.

A Pine Ridge, South Dakota, woman was sentenced after being convicted of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.

Henry J. White, Jr, age 75, was sentenced to 37 months in prison for submitting false and fraudulent claims for unclaimed property to state treasuries.

Shane Burns was sentenced to 168 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl.

Donte Samuel Brown, 45, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged with Hobbs Act robbery and firearm offenses.

Louis Grant Peterson (also known as 'Chip Peterson') was sentenced on December 18 to three years’ imprisonment for making false declarations in a bankruptcy proceeding.

Jonathan Leissler, 44, of Stow, Ohio, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud after defrauding his employer, a police organization, and an online fundraising company out of millions of dollars.

David Mitsnefes of Blue Ash has been charged federally with child exploitation and pornography crimes for allegedly hiding spy cameras in the house of minor victims.

U.S. District Court Judge Cristal C. Brisco sentenced Elijah Suggs to 180 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release after Suggs pleaded guilty to distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.

Chandler Carroll will spend 24 months in federal prison after admitting to fraudulently obtaining nearly $2.1 million in federal loans designed to assist businesses during the COVID pandemic.

Eric Van Vleet of Florida pleaded guilty to conspiring to bill Medicare for medically unnecessary prescriptions.

Law enforcement in June 2024 learned of an Instagram user selling child sexual abuse material, according to court documents. Investigators traced the user to the Norfolk, Virginia, residence of Isaiah Amery Muniz.

Brad Kenneth Spafford was sentenced to eight years in prison for possession of an unregistered short barrel rifle and possession of an unregistered destructive device.

Houston Clyde, formerly of the Navajo Nation in Arizona, stabbed his cellmate to death while the pair were incarcerated in November 2020 at a federal prison in Thomson, Illinois.

Federal agents seized nearly $8.5 million worth of Tether, a cryptocurrency pegged to the U.S. dollar.

Edward L. Stief, Jr., of Effingham County, has been sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment after he admitted to exploiting an 89-year-old man out of more than $400,000.