FBI News

Joseph L. Crapsi, 31, of Cheektowaga, New York, who was convicted of pointing a laser pointer at an aircraft, was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison.

Lawson B. Watson, 74, of Reidville, and Amos Durham, 62, of Woodruff, were sentenced for their roles in a public corruption scheme.

A 41-year-old Woodinville, Washington, man has been indicted for 30 federal felonies related to his scheme to steal from financial institutions where he worked.

Blace Arthur Nalavany, 59, of Winterville, North Carolina, was sentenced to 42 months in prison for the possession of child sexual abuse material.

Abdul Zahir Qadeer, a former high-ranking Afghan government official, was charged with conspiring to import heroin and methamphetamine and related firearms offenses.

An Iowa man has been charged by complaint for traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and receipt of child pornography over the internet.

David Washington of Buffalo received 252 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and fentanyl.

A Nevada man and a Canadian and British national were sentenced for participating in a scheme to defraud thousands of investors.

An indictment was unsealed charging an Owasso man with killing Brian Bizzell and injuring three others in a fatal car wreck.

A Mexican national was sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine.

United States Attorney Clint Johnson announced the results of the July Federal Grand Jury 2026-A Indictments.

Wade S. Christofferson, 73, of Dublin, Ohio, who was arrested in Utah, pleaded guilty in federal court to coercion and enticement of a minor.

A total of eight defendants now face federal charges related to the alleged plot to carry out an attack to kill government officials.

David Mitsnefes, 32, of Blue Ash, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to sexual exploitation of children for hiding spy cameras in the home of minor victims.

Gian C. Piovanetti, a certified public accountant, was charged with embezzlement of bank funds, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and money laundering.

Jawuan Donte Thomas, 23, of Texas, was sentenced to 57 months in prison after attempting to rob an automated teller machine (ATM).

A Houston man has been sentenced to over 13 years in federal prison in connection with two armed convenience store robberies in the Eastern District of Texas.

A Honduran national illegally living in Princeton has been charged with federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas related to the kidnapping of a child.

The FBI has arrested Joseph Sawyer, 52, of Townsend, Massachusetts, in connection with two armed bank robberies that occurred on June 12, 2026, in Nashua, New Hampshire, and on June 27, 2026, in Boonton, New Jersey.

An Armenian national extradited from Ukraine to the United States pleaded guilty for his role in Ryuk ransomware attacks and an extortion conspiracy.