FBI News

Flozell Beasley, 73, of Denver, was sentenced to 210 months in federal prison after being convicted by a jury of four counts of bank robbery.

Kyle Travis Colton, 38, of Citrus Heights, was sentenced to six years in prison for receiving child sex abuse material.

SAC Jarod Brown announced Beatrice Santana-Gaskins was selected as the 2024 Director’s Community Leadership Award for the FBI El Paso Field Office.

A federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Robert Brooke of New York of one count of Hobbs Act extortion.

As scammers increasingly use pressure tactics and artificial intelligence to defraud Americans out of their hard-earned money, the FBI is reminding everyone to protect themselves and their families from fraud this holiday season.

Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California filed 115 border-related cases this week.

Two men were each sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for their roles in related schemes involving the sale of diverted and misbranded pharmaceutical drugs, including medications used to treat HIV and cancer.

A total of 316 cases have been filed in matters related to further securing the southern border from November 28 – December 4.

Michael Hochman of Warminster was sentenced to 240 months in prison for downloading and collecting thousands of images and video of child sexual abuse material.

Rodolfo Aviles-Reyes, age 38, a resident of Mexico, pleaded guilty to a three-count superseding indictment for drug offenses and other related offenses.

Ashley Hymel, age 42, a resident of Ama, Louisiana, pleaded guilty to wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343.

Willie Lee Moore, a Montgomery County man, pleaded guilty to theft of government property in connection with a scheme to steal money from a COVID-19 support program.

Julian Scott, 26, was sentenced to life in prison for offenses related to his involvement in the 960 gang, a violent Waterbury street gang.

Federal prosecutors in the district filed 468 new immigration and immigration-related criminal cases from November 21 to December 4.

A Cedar Park man was arrested on criminal charges related to his alleged wire fraud.

A 62-year-old California resident has been ordered to federal prison for leading a sweeping mortgage and loan fraud scheme.

Jonathan Suarez, age 29, a resident of Slidell, Louisiana, pleaded guilty to receiving child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

A former employee of a manufacturing company was sentenced to 96 months of confinement for embezzlement of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

A Portland, Oregon, man appeared in federal court after being charged and arrested for sex trafficking of a child.

Fifteen alleged members of a drug trafficking organization responsible for a drug conspiracy have been charged.