Former Eastside real estate broker convicted of real estate investment fraud scheme that stole more than $2 million from Washington victims

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

Seattle – A former real estate professional who operated a real estate investment fund was convicted late yesterday in U.S. District Court in Seattle of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and multiple counts of wire fraud, money laundering, and tax fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd. 

Pelican man indicted for advertising, distributing child pornography

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

JUNEAU, Alaska – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment this week charging a Pelican man with advertising and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). This case is one of three cases charged in Alaska through Operation Relentless Justice, a coordinated enforcement effort to identify, track and arrest child sex predators.

District Man Sentenced in Armed Carjacking at Northeast Washington D.C. Gas Station

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

Terrell Edmondson, 19, of the District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 84 months in federal prison in connection with an October 2024 armed carjacking in Northeast Washington that was documented by multiple surveillance cameras and by evidence that Edmondson posted to his own Instagram account, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. 

Former Ketchikan youth minister indicted for child exploitation offenses

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

JUNEAU, Alaska – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment this week charging a former Ketchikan youth minister with sexually exploiting a child outside the U.S. and with possessing child sexual abuse materials (CSAM). This case is one of three cases charged in Alaska through Operation Relentless Justice, a coordinated enforcement effort to identify, track and arrest child sex predators.

TWO LAFAYETTE MEN PLEAD GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT IN A MULTI-STATE VEHICLE THEFT, FIREARM TRAFFICKING, AND IDENTITY THEFT CONSPIRACY

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

United States Attorney Kurt L. Wall announced that Dennis Loyd Sizemore, age 54, and Gregory Brazell, age 41, both of Lafayette, Louisiana, pled guilty before U.S. Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick to conspiracy to transport a stolen motor vehicle; altering, removing and obliterating a vehicle identification number; possession of fifteen or more unauthorized access devices; and conspiracy to sell or dispose of a firearm and the transfer of a firearm to a prior convicted felon.