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Sept. 19, 2024 ¡ª An indictment was unsealed today charging Malone Lam, of Miami, FL and Los Angeles, CA, and Jeandiel Serrano, of Los Angeles, California, with conspiracy to steal and launder over $230 million in cryptocurrency from a victim in Washington, D.C. Lam, a citizen of Singapore who goes by the online monikers ¡°Anne Hathaway¡± and ¡°$$$¡±, and Serrano, who uses ¡°VersaceGod¡± and ¡°@SkidStar¡±, were arrested last night and are appearing in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida and the Central District of California, respectively, today.

Sept. 18, 2024 ¡ª A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging Kristopher Thomas, Charmane Dozier, Kettisha Thompson-Dozier, and Sharon Vance with conspiracy to commit tax fraud, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

Sept. 19, 2024 ¡ª A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging Kristopher Thomas, Charmane Dozier, Kettisha Thompson-Dozier, and Sharon Vance with conspiracy to commit tax fraud, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

Sept. 23, 2024 ¡ª A resident of Allport, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court to 204 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, on his convictions of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, unlawful possession of a firearm, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today.

Sept. 23, 2024 ¡ª A resident of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of willfully filing a false tax return, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today.

Sept. 23, 2024 ¡ª The United States Attorney¡¯s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Charles Lacona, Jr., formerly of Colorado Springs, was found guilty by a federal jury on two counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering related to fraudulent COVID-19 related funds he received through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

Sept. 24, 2024 ¡ª An Independence, MO, man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and for illegally possessing a firearm.

Sept. 24, 2024 ¡ª Two Ukrainian nationals made their initial appearance yesterday on a superseding indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Miami charging them with crimes related to labor-staffing companies they operated in Florida. The two men were extradited from the Kingdom of Thailand to the United States last week.

Sept. 24, 2024 ¡ª Carey Terrance, Sr. of Hogansburg, New York, was sentenced yesterday to time served and to pay a $350,000 fine in connection with a scheme to smuggle cut rag tobacco into Canada from the United States. Cut rag tobacco is tobacco cut into fine strips and used to make smoking tobacco.

Sept. 26, 2024 ¡ª A Pennsylvania man was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for his role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain over $4.8 million in federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) for himself and others, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.