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May 20, 2025 ¡ª The following is according to court documents and statements made in court: Lalo Valdez and Matthew Olson, both of Northern California, operated a San Jose-based health informatics and product development company that provided clinical care and technology services to clients in healthcare and academia. Valdez was the CEO and Olson the CFO. As such, both were responsible for the company¡¯s operations, managed its internal books and records, signed checks on behalf of the company, and hired and fired employees. Both men also were responsible for withholding Social Security, Medicare, and federal income taxes from employees¡¯ wages and paying those funds over to the government each quarter.

May 20, 2025 ¡ª ALBUQUERQUE ¨C A Virginia man has been charged with conspiracy to transport an illegal alien after he arranged and paid for the smuggling of a 17-year-old Honduran minor into the United States.

May 19, 2025 ¡ª INDIANAPOLIS¡ª A federal jury has found Kristopher McDonald, of Indianapolis, guilty of the following eight counts related to his operation of a violent human and drug trafficking enterprise, ¡°The Kristopher McDonald Organization.¡±

May 15, 2025 ¡ª Two men were sentenced to prison today for a wire and tax fraud scheme to obtain title to a $1.3 million home in Roanoke County, Virginia. Herman Estes Jr. of Fieldale Virginia was sentenced to 84 months in prison; his co-conspirator Daniel Heggins of Charlotte, North Carolina was sentenced to 24 months in prison.

May 15, 2025 ¡ª PORTLAND, Ore.¡ªThe owner of a local real estate investment company pleaded guilty today for his role in an $18 million fraud scheme, joining his business partner and co-owner of the company who pleaded guilty in March 2025.

May 20, 2025 ¡ª ALBUQUERQUE ¨C A Virginia man has been charged with conspiracy to transport an illegal alien after he arranged and paid for the smuggling of a 17-year-old Honduran minor into the United States.

May 21, 2025 ¡ª A suburban Chicago businessman has been indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly swindling investors in his purported refining business out of at least $3.6 million.

May 21, 2025 ¡ª An Ohio man has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for submitting false information to be eligible to receive Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. Daniel R. Hitlan, of Huron, Ohio, pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud and one count of money laundering in February.

May 21, 2025 ¡ª Carl Von Garrett, of St. Charles, Missouri and Tobiyyah Israel, of Ohio, were each found guilty by a jury in U.S. District Court in St. Louis of one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and one count of money laundering. Von Garrett was also found guilty of one additional count of money laundering. The trial began on May 12.

May 20, 2025 ¡ª Law enforcement officials in California and Florida today arrested 13 alleged members and associates of Armenian organized crime syndicates who are charged in five federal complaints with a series of crimes ¨C including attempted murder, kidnapping, tens of millions of dollars¡¯ worth of thefts of online retailer shipments, and illegal firearm possession ¨C to expand and maintain their control in the San Fernando Valley.