FBI News

Brandon Bendall, 50, of Wareham, has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for possessing and receiving child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

A federal grand jury returned an indictment, charging Kylin Stubblefield in connection with a violent carjacking.

Alvieyle Moore was sentenced after pleading guilty to perpetrating a hoax relating to purported chemical weapons directed at the United States Supreme Court.

Schuyler Oppenheimer of Cambridge was sentenced in connection with an investigation of large-scale manufacturing of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine.

Multiple individuals were convicted of violating federal law by conspiring to impede law enforcement officers or injure property used in the execution of their duties.

A former Hawaii County official, Alan Scott Rudo, 59, was sentenced to 46 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to receive bribes.

Vaughn Ludwig, of Kailua, Hawaii, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl.

The Justice Department announced an eight-count indictment charging Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, a dual Iranian-Iraqi national, with terrorism-related offenses for his activities as an operative of Kata’ib Hizballah and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, two U.S. designated foreign terrorist organizations, including his involvement in nearly 20 attacks and attempted attacks throughout Europe and the United States.

Joseph Andrew Bragg was charged with the January 21, 2026, alleged kidnapping and attempted transportation of a minor victim.

Shadow Hawk Mallan, age 28, of Austin, Minnesota, was arraigned on an indictment charging him with three counts of production of child pornography and related crimes.

Leonardo Román-Domenech, age 40, of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for the transportation of child exploitation material.

Zachary Sweeney, 30, of Columbia, Tennessee, was charged with multiple counts of child sexual exploitation.

Thomas Pipich, 74, a resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced on his conviction of defrauding an investment client.

Planning to fly your drone in North Texas during the FIFA World Cup 2026? Be aware that the government will establish temporary flight restrictions around World Cup stadiums, fan festivals, and other event locations.

Olga Popovych of New York was convicted by a federal jury in Brooklyn for her role in an $8 million health care fraud conspiracy.

Julie Dotton pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud a company seeking to purchase personal protective equipment at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Donald Leroy Smith, Jr., 51, of Woodburn, Oregon, pleaded guilty to threatening to kill a United States Senator.

Gene Arnold McLenithan, 58, of Salem, Oregon, has been charged by criminal complaint with kidnapping and attempted abusive sexual contact in Tillamook County.

A federal grand jury in Eugene returned an indictment charging a Coos Bay, Oregon, woman after she allegedly embezzled money while working as a bank manager.

A Culver City restauranteur was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $4 million COVID-19 economic-relief loans.