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July 18, 2022 ¡ª A criminal complaint was unsealed today in Brooklyn federal court charging Sherry Xue Li and Lianbo Wang with wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy and conspiracy to defraud the United States by obstructing the Federal Election Commission's (FEC) administration of campaign finance laws. Li and Wang, both naturalized U.S. citizens, were arrested earlier today in Oyster Bay, New York, and their initial appearance is scheduled for this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Ramon E. Reyes, Jr. at the United States Courthouse in Brooklyn, New York.

September 2, 2022 ¡ª Kenneth Gaughan, of Washington, DC, was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for carrying out a series of financial schemes. In one, he embezzled more than $438,000 from the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, DC, where he was previously employed as Assistant Superintendent. In the other, he fraudulently obtained more than $2.1 million in federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL).

April 4, 2023 ¡ª Commissioner Danny Werfel speaks during his swearing-in ceremony.

May 28, 2025 ¡ª Fourteen defendants ¨C including San Fernando Valley and Glendale residents ¨C were arrested on two federal criminal complaints alleging they fraudulently obtained more than $25 million in taxpayer-funded COVID-19 relief funds and federally-guaranteed small business loans.

Feb. 28, 2025 ¡ª Jerry Baptiste, the last of 20 defendants charged in a wide-ranging criminal scheme to steal Paycheck Protection Program funds during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been sentenced for his role in the scheme.

April 17, 2025 ¡ª Kenneth Amedola Olugbenga, a leader of and money launderer for the violent Kennedy Street Crew (KDY), was sentenced today to 160 months in federal prison for his role in a massive drug trafficking organization that operated open-air markets in Northwest Washington D.C.

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Feb. 23, 2024 ¡ª As a result of Operation Fraud Street Mafia, a Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP) inmate has been charged in two separate federal complaints with drug trafficking and COVID-19 fraud. Seven defendants in California and Maryland are also charged in the two schemes.

Feb. 23, 2024 ¡ª A superseding indictment adds 22 new charges ¨C including armed carjacking, armed robberies, and weapons offenses involving machineguns ¨C against the alleged core members of the violent Kennedy Street drug trafficking organization. The superseding indictment also names a seventeenth co-defendant, Adebayo Adediji Green of Hyattsville, MD, who was arrested on February 22, 2024.

October 20, 2022 ¡ª An eight-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging a total of seven nationals of the People's Republic of China (PRC)¡ªQuanzhong An, his daughter Guangyang An, Tian Peng, Chenghua Chen, Chunde Ming, Xuexin Hou, and Weidong Yuan¡ªwith participating in a scheme to cause the forced repatriation of a PRC national residing in the United States.