FBI News

Daijon West was sentenced to 42 months in connection with a years-long conspiracy to distribute fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills.

Avtandil Kalandadze, 47, the former ship master of a shadow fleet tanker, pleaded guilty for refusing to obey orders from the U.S. Coast Guard.

Seven men have been arrested and indicted in connection with submitting fraudulent COVID-19 relief loan applications.

The El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Sacramento Field Office are announcing the capture of Carl W. Cacconie, a convicted child molester who remained a fugitive for nearly 10 months.

Federal prosecutors in the Western District of Texas filed 254 new immigration and immigration-related criminal cases from June 5 through June 11.

The Southern District of Texas has filed 296 cases in immigration and related matters from June 5-11, announced Acting U.S. Attorney John G.E. Marck.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas and FBI Dallas are jointly promoting the importance of drone safety and flight restrictions.

Jenifer O’Neal, former Director of the Virgin Islands OMB, was sentenced to 84 months in prison for her role in a public corruption scheme.

FBI El Paso Field Office Special Agent in Charge Jarod Brown issued a statement about the June 12 incident.

Avtandil Kalandadze, the former ship master of a shadow fleet tanker that historically transported Iran- and Venezuela-origin oil for the ultimate benefit of U.S. adversaries, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for refusing to obey orders from the U.S. Coast Guard during a multi-week pursuit from the Caribbean Sea through to the North Atlantic Ocean.

A married couple was sentenced to lengthy prison terms for grooming a teenager online before picking her up in Virginia and repeatedly sexually abusing her.

Stanley Pophal, 64, of Wausau, has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Madison to wire fraud and money laundering.

A former intelligence community contractor pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in federal court in connection with a kickback scheme.

An Albuquerque, New Mexico, man is in custody on federal charges for allegedly damaging religious property during back-to-back attacks at two local Jewish facilities.

The Federal Aviation Administration, in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI, has established a No Drone Zone for FIFA World Cup 2026™.

Franklin E. Brownlee, 41, of Republic, Missouri, has been sentenced in federal court for being an unlawful user of a controlled substance while in possession of firearms.

Seventy-five border-related cases were filed this week, including charges of bringing in aliens for financial gain, reentering the U.S. after deportation, and related crimes.

Yelena Andrews, 48, a resident of Conneaut, Ohio, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of wire fraud and theft.

Juan Carlos Suarez-Lugo, the leader of a large-scale drug operation with ties to the Sinaloa Drug Cartel in Mexico, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison.

Brian Normann, 46, of Orlando, Florida, was arraigned on a conspiracy to commit honest services fraud and wire fraud in a scheme to defraud his former employer.