FBI News

A resident of Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court to 15 months of imprisonment.

Michael D. Whitacre Jr. of Pensacola, Florida, pleaded guilty in federal court for engaging in a child exploitation enterprise.

Kami Elois Power was found guilty of 11 counts of wire fraud and other related crimes.

Brandon S. Hodge was sentenced in federal court for his involvement in an armed assault against a member of a rival motorcycle club.

William Isaak Sparks was sentenced to over 16 years in federal prison for attempting to entice a child to engage in sexual activity via the internet.

A federal jury returned guilty verdicts against Zebadiah Romero on all charges for the October 2023 premediated murder of a Taos Pueblo man.

Kunal Mehta of Irvine, California, pleaded guilty in connection with his role in a multi-state conspiracy that used social engineering to steal hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency.

The following are impactful cases that have occurred during the shutdown.

The following impactful cases occurred during the shutdown.

Maxwell Schultz, of Columbus, Ohio, has pleaded guilty to computer fraud for hacking his former employer’s network after he was fired.

Thomas Dorn, a resident of Natrona, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of communicating interstate threats.

Three men associated with the Sureño street gang have been charged with felon in possession of a firearm.

Two Nigerian-born men were sentenced to prison for laundering millions of dollars in criminal proceeds that were derived from fraud schemes.

Two men involved in separate incidents have been charged in federal court for allegedly using their vehicles to assault, resist, or impede federal officers.

The founder of a Chicago cryptocurrency company has been indicted in an alleged $10 million money laundering conspiracy.

Undrea House was sentenced after pleading guilty to one count of bank robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.

A superseding indictment was unsealed bringing securities fraud and money laundering charges against eight foreign nationals who are alleged members of a global insider trading network.

Linda Triggs was sentenced after previously pleading guilty to making a false statement related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.

In late July 2025, Chilean law enforcement officials from the Policía de Investigaciones de Chile (PDI, also known as the Investigative Police of Chile) turned over to the FBI valuables that had been stolen during Los Angeles-area burglaries. The stolen items have since been returned to the victims.

Darryl T. Wells entered a plea of guilty to bank fraud.