Source: United States Department of Justice
A Ventura County man is scheduled to be arraigned today on federal charges that he abused his access to a U.S. naval base as a civilian contractor by entering restricted areas to photograph and film sensitive military equipment, airplanes, and training exercises, then sharing these images and videos with others.
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United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”), Pete Gizas, and Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), Jessica S. Tisch, announced today the arrest and unsealing of a seven-count Indictment charging RAJAHSHUWEH RHODES, a/k/a “Skii Dot,” a/k/a “skiidot.b,” a/k/a “bdot,” in connection with the October 15, 2021 murder of Isaiah Levine who was sixteen years old when he was shot in the side of the head while standing on a sidewalk in Manhattan.
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ISMAEL ROMAN, also known as “Poochie, ” 47, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sarah F. Russell in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment and four years of supervised release for a cocaine trafficking offense and for violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
Tampa, Florida – Andrew Nikhil Aiyar (28, Temple Terrace) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday to four years in federal prison for interstate threats to kill. Aiyar pleaded guilty on July 28, 2026. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
BOSTON – An associate of the Lynn Chapter of the Trinitarios and drug supplier to the gang with connections to a Mexican drug cartel pleaded guilty on Oct. 7, 2026 to racketeering and drug charges, including organizing an attempted murder that the Trinitarios undertook on behalf of the cartel.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a jury has convicted Brandon Brave Heart, age 42, of Kyle, South Dakota, of Assault by Striking, Beating, or Wounding and Simple Assault following a two-day jury trial in federal district court in Rapid City, South Dakota. The verdict was returned on October 8, 2026.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
Sequan Collier, 29, a previously convicted felon residing in the District, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 29 months in federal prison in connection with his illegal possession of a loaded Glock pistol when police encountered him parked illegally with two additional armed men while he was on supervised release for a previous firearms offense, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, announced today that LAQUAN WILLIAMS, a/k/a “China Man” was sentenced yesterday afternoon to 200 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain for orchestrating a series of schemes to steal money from banks by sending imposters into bank branches to transfer money from victim bank accounts or to cash stolen U.S. Treasury checks.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
PHOENIX, Ariz. –Mohammed Maio, 44, of Phoenix, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Michael T. Liburdi to 10 years in prison. Maio previously pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Wire and Bank Fraud, Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering, Bank Fraud, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, and Materially False Statement During the Acquisition of a Firearm.
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A Bosnian national was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to federal export and sanctions violations by conspiring and attempting to broker the sale of Man Portable Air Defense Systems, which are anti-aircraft missiles.
“U.S. sanctions mean little if those who knowingly evade them face no consequences,” said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Ellison for the District of New Mexico. “This defendant helped carry out an international scheme to conduct business that U.S. law prohibited, and this sentence holds him accountable for his role. I am proud of the investigators and prosecutors whose hard work and dedication brought this case to sentencing in New Mexico. Their commitment to seeing this prosecution through is a testament to the caliber of the people who serve in this district.”
“Those who knowingly attempt to circumvent U.S. export controls and international sanctions to facilitate the illicit trafficking of military weapons pose a serious threat to our national security and global stability,” said Acting Special Agent in Charge Ryan G. McRae of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) El Paso. “Their willingness to profit from prohibited weapons transactions demonstrates blatant disregard for the law. HSI aggressively pursues those who traffic in restricted military technology and hold them accountable for their actions.”
According to court documents, Sasa Micev, 43, a citizen of Bosnia, is an international arms dealer. Micev worked with a co-conspirator based in New Mexico and others to violate and evade restrictions imposed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury under the North Korea Sanctions Regulations by brokering the purchase of SA-18 Igla portable surface-to-air missiles from North Korea without the required license or approvals from the Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control.
On multiple occasions in 2020, Micev and a co-conspirator discussed unlawfully acquiring the Igla missiles and Micev provided pricing information, participated in efforts to obtain the items through falsified documentation, and worked to procure the weapons from North Korea despite knowing that such transactions were prohibited under U.S. and international laws.
In late 2020, Micev and the co-conspirator traveled to Ankara, Turkey to meet and complete the sale of the Igla missiles. However, after a price dispute with the North Koreans, the sale fell through.
Micev pleaded guilty to violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the North Korean Sanctions Regulations.
HSI’s Albuquerque and Phoenix Field Offices investigated this case.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Tavo Hall and Holland Kastrin for the District of New Mexico are prosecuting the case with the assistance of the Trial Attorney Maria Fedor of the National Security Division’s Counterintelligence and Export Control Section.