Category: MIL-OSI

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, an indictment was unsealed charging Zhuoying Chen, also known as “Jolene,” and Haojie Zhang, also known as “Kevin,” with money laundering conspiracy in connection with their participation in a scheme to launder funds derived from cyber investment fraud scams, or “pig butchering” scams.  The defendants were arrested today and will be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge James R. Cho.

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

A member of the South Los Angeles-based Crips street gang was sentenced today to 108 months in federal prison for his role in a $2.8 million scheme in which he stole checks in the mail, altered them, then used Instagram to recruit bank account holders to give him access to their accounts so he could deposit the checks and quickly withdraw the funds before banks could detect the fraud.

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

SAN DIEGO – Ten-time felon Robert Stokes of San Diego was sentenced in federal court today to 10 years in prison for his latest crimes: Trafficking PCP and methamphetamine and illegally possessing multiple firearms as a convicted felon. According to court records, on August 28, 2025, members of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Narcotics Task Force and the San Diego Police Department were conducting proactive patrols in Logan Heights when they observed what appeared to be a drug sale involving Stokes and another individual. Officers stopped Stokes’ Jeep and found 67 small vials of PCP and several baggies of methamphetamine inside.

Source: United States Department of Justice

Seattle – A 65-year-old Bellevue, Washington tax preparer was sentenced to 18 months in prison late yesterday in U.S. District Court in Seattle for three counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of false tax returns, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd. 

Source: United States Department of Justice

New York Packaging II LLC d/b/a Redi-Bag USA, a New York-based supplier of custom bags, liners, and packaging, along with the company’s CEO, Jeffrey Rabiea, have agreed to pay a total of $7.3 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by misrepresenting on customs entry forms the country of origin of polyethylene retail carrier bags (PRCBs), thereby evading antidumping duties owed to the United States.

Source: United States Department of Justice

United States Attorney Ron Parsons, United States Marshal Dan Satterlee, and Sioux Falls Chief of Police Jon Thum, along with representatives of other law enforcement agencies, held a joint press conference at the Sioux Falls Police Department on Thursday, July 16, 2026, to announce the overall impact of a local three-day Homeland Security Taskforce, Operation Repeat Offender Project.

Source: United States Department of Justice

On July 7, 2026, Nikki Vancuren, age 51, of Amsterdam, New York, pled guilty to attempted bank fraud. This action is a part of the Trump Administration’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud. First Assistant U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Buffalo Office Acting Special Agent in Charge Anthony Patrone, made the announcement. 

Source: United States Department of Justice

Maddesyn Jones, 22, of Copenhagen, NY, has been charged by complaint with assaulting, resisting, or impeding an officer engaged in the performance of official duties. First Assistant United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Acting Special Agent in Charge of the HSI Buffalo Field Office Anthony Patrone, made the announcement.

Source: United States Department of Justice

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – On June 25, 2026, JAEQUAN BAILEY (“BAILEY”), age 31, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(8), announced United States Attorney David I. Courcelle. 

Source: United States Department of Justice

Tampa, Florida – Leeman Brown has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Virgina M. Hernandez Covington to 5 years and 10 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and aiding and assisting false and fraudulent tax returns. Brown pleaded guilty on October 27, 2025. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe mad the announcement.