Category: MIL-OSI

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

Fifteen defendants are charged in a twelve-count superseding indictment unsealed today in U.S. District Court in connection with a sprawling, transnational drug trafficking organization that imported massive quantities of methamphetamine from California and gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) from South Korea for distribution in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere along the East Coast, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. 

Source: United States Department of Justice

Carten-Fujikin, Inc. (CFI), a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Cheshire, Connecticut, has agreed to pay $774,812.51 to resolve allegations that it improperly obtained a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for which it was not eligible. 

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

Today, the Department of Justice’s Civil Division released its Annual Report to Congress on its efforts to Combat Elder Fraud and Abuse. The report summarizes the department’s extensive enforcement, victim support, training and myriad other efforts to promote elder justice during the reporting period from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. 

This year, the Department pursued nearly 350 criminal and civil enforcement actions involving fraud or abuse that targeted or disproportionately affected older adults. Approximately 96% of the cases were criminal in nature and 45% involved international schemes. These cases named 712 defendants charged with stealing or alleged to have stolen $4,841,305,931 from 711,353 victims.   

During that same period, the Department also engaged in nearly 1200 public awareness and training events, reaching over 62 million Americans.  The Department also helped to organize and participated in the Never Ever Campaign, a public-private coordinated consumer education effort to raise awareness about government and business imposter scams, collectively reaching over 95 million individuals.   

The Department continued to develop training and resources to support the efforts of state and local prosecutors, law enforcement, victim service providers, and elder justice multidisciplinary teams. Of note this year, the Department supported the development of an online training titled Toolkit for Law Enforcement and Emergency Medical Services When Called to a Long-Term Care Facility, with over 700 professionals taking the course in the first month of its release.  The Department also continued to actively support older victims, whether harmed by family members or strangers. For example, Victims of Crime Act funded organizations allocated $52 million to elder abuse victim services. Further, the Department was able to return millions to older victims, or freeze millions, through a variety of programs.

The Department is committed to advancing elder justice through enforcement, public awareness, resources and training for elder justice professionals, and support for older victims and their families.  The Department stands united in its fight against elder abuse, neglect, financial exploitation and fraud to improve the quality of life for older Americans.  

For more information on elder fraud and abuse, visit the Department’s Elder Justice Initiative website. If you or someone you know has been the victim elder fraud, please call the National Elder Fraud Hotline at 833–FRAUD–11or or 833–372–8311.

Source: United States Department of Justice

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Maksim Sergeevich Shakirov, 29, a citizen of Uzbekistan residing in Rawlins, Wyoming, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of voting by an alien, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 611. Shakirov appeared before Chief U.S. District Judge Kelly H. Rankin for his initial appearance and entry of his guilty plea.

Source: United States Department of Justice

Gerald Brevard, III, 35, of Washington, D.C., was found guilty today of bias-related hate crimes in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia, on charges stemming from the murder of 54-year-old Morgan Holmes, a homeless man and attacks on two other homeless men, in March 2022, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

CASPER, Wyo. — Katrina Marie Amaya-Lopez, 47, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release for passing a stolen U.S. Treasury check that she falsely endorsed and passed at a Wyoming bank. U.S. District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl imposed the sentence on Oct. 20, 2026, in Casper. Amaya-Lopez was also ordered to pay $150,590 in restitution.

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

Seattle – The owner of a restaurant in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 13 months in prison and three years of supervised release for willfully failing to pay over more than $1.4 million in unemployment, Social Security, and Medicare taxes – some of which were withheld from employee paychecks, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd. 

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

LAS VEGAS – A Dallas, Texas, woman was sentenced today by United States District Judge Gloria M. Navarro to 36 months in prison for bringing more than 12,000 fentanyl pills into the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas and attempting to transport the drugs on an airplane to Texas. The government recommended a sentence of 57 months in prison. 

Source: United States Department of Justice

Memphis, TN – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Tennessee, in coordination with the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, announces its comprehensive strategy to oversee federal voting protections and investigate potential election fraud for the 2026 midterm elections.The initiative is part of a nationwide effort to ensure a secure, transparent, and accessible voting process. The U.S. Attorney’s Office, alongside federal law enforcement partners…