Source: United States Department of Justice
TUCSON, Ariz. – Jacob Aaron Hicks, 46, of Tucson, was arrested yesterday and charged by criminal complaint with Making an Interstate Threat to Injure. Hicks is accused of sending an email on Sep.23, 2026, threatening to commit mass bombings at the White House and around the Washington, D.C. area.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
Tallahassee, Florida – Tedrick Childs, 46, of Tallahassee, Florida, has been sentenced to 21 years and six months in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of distribution of cocaine and one count of distribution of methamphetamine. Childs, who was on supervised release for a 2018 federal drug conviction, was also sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for violating the terms of his supervised release. John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida announced the sentence.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
LAS VEGAS — Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) Core 8 launched Operation Loaded Dice in July 2026. This was a strategic investigative initiative focused on disrupting and dismantling transnational criminal organizations, gangs and other criminal networks involved in illicit firearms and narcotics trafficking, as well as bulk cash smuggling, and associated violent crime in the greater Las Vegas metropolitan area.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
On Sept. 16, a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment against Pujan Prashantkumar Gajjar, 24, on offenses related to the unauthorized operation of an unmanned aircraft in protected airport airspace for flying a drone around both Dallas Love Field and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that James M. Lajoie, 31, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography following a prior conviction under New York law relating to sexual abuse, was sentenced to serve 139 months in prison and 10 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Stephen Odiboh, 53, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, was sentenced to serve 33 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. He was also ordered to pay $196,500 in restitution.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Gary Fuller, 31, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine, 280 grams or more of crack cocaine, and 400 grams or more of fentanyl, and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The charges carry a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
Source: United States Department of Justice
MOBILE, AL – Two non-citizens were arrested and charged today with unlawfully voting in federal elections. Staciann Pollion Davis and Silvia Delgado Phelps appeared before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Mobile following their arrests on federal charges of voting as an alien.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
Orlando, Florida – Colleen Kieran (57, Clermont) has pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud in connection with a long-running embezzlement scheme. She faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each count. The court ordered forfeiture money judgment of approximately $3.9 million against Kieran and ordered her to pay restitution in the same amount to the victims of her wire fraud. The United States can collect those penalties from any asset Kieran owns now or later acquires.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald of the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division (the Fraud Division) today released Directive 26-13, outlining the Division’s comprehensive approach in the fight against fraud.
Expanding on earlier guidance regarding the Division’s priorities (available here) and corporate enforcement policy (available here), Directive 26-13 sets out the Division’s prosecutorial methodology for investigating, disrupting, and prosecuting fraud. This directive marks a significant operational shift, requiring the Division’s prosecutors to attack fraud from all angles using the Division’s tax, securities fraud, consumer fraud, and cybercrime authorities.
This directive also requires Division prosecutors to deploy early, pre‑indictment asset seizures and digital‑infrastructure takedowns to halt fraud schemes and freeze assets in real time. Finally, this directive urges Division prosecutors to develop practice cooperators, zealously prosecute corporate bad actors, seek arrest and detention in appropriate cases, and deliver fulsome advocacy at sentencing. This new, comprehensive approach will drive the Division forward in its mission to preempt, disrupt, and dismantle fraudulent networks before they can inflict widespread harm.
Read the full memo here.
The Fraud Division has a clear mission: to prosecute fraud in the United States, no matter its size or complexity. This mission is critical to restoring public confidence in the federal government’s ability to responsibly steward taxpayer dollars. The Government Accountability Office recently estimated that the federal government loses between $233 billion to $521 billion annually to fraud — with other models showing even higher annual losses. Accordingly, Fraud Division personnel will work tirelessly to bring to justice individuals and corporations who have defrauded the public fisc, and threaten the health, safety, security, and prosperity of Americans.