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Justice Department Announces Improvements to Conditions in Erie County Holding Center and Erie County Correctional Facility

The Justice Department announced today that it has joined with Erie County, New York, to request that the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York...

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Man Sentenced for Sex Trafficking of Minors

A Pennsylvania man was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for trafficking four minors in Philadelphia.

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Pharmacist Convicted for $1M Opioid Distribution Conspiracy

A federal jury in the Southern District of Texas convicted a Texas pharmacist today for conspiracy to unlawfully distribute and dispense opioids and maintaining a drug-involved premises.

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Russian Nationals Charged With Hacking One Cryptocurrency Exchange and Illicitly Operating Another

The Justice Department unsealed charges related to the 2011 hack of the cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox and the operation of the illicit cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e.

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Special Counsel Jack Smith Delivers Statement
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Good afternoon. Today, an indictment was unsealed charging Donald J. Trump with felony violations of our national security laws as well as participating in a conspiracy to obstruct...

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Addresses Latin American Judges at Justice Department’s Judicial Studies Institute

From Our Most Wanted Files

  • Photograph of Arnoldo Jimenez
    Arnoldo Jimenez
    FBI Field Office: Chicago
    Wanted For: Arnoldo Jimenez is wanted for allegedly killing his wife on…
    Locations:
    Unknown, Unknown
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    Omar Alexander Cardenas
    FBI Field Office: Los Angeles
    Wanted For: Omar Alexander Cardenas is wanted for his alleged…
    Locations:
    Unknown, Unknown
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    Wilver Villegas-Palomino
    FBI Field Office: Houston
    Wanted For: Wilver Villegas-Palomino is a ranking member of the National…
    Locations:
    Unknown, Unknown
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    Ruja Ignatova
    FBI Field Office: New York
    Wanted For: Ruja Ignatova is wanted for her alleged participation in a…
    Locations:
    Unknown, Unknown
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    Bhadreshkumar Chetanbhai Patel
    FBI Field Office: Baltimore
    Wanted For: Bhadreshkumar Chetanbhai Patel is wanted for allegedly…
    Locations:
    Unknown, Unknown
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    Alejandro Rosales Castillo
    FBI Field Office: Charlotte
    Wanted For: Alejandro Rosales Castillo is wanted for his alleged…
    Locations:
    Unknown, Unknown
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    Alexis Flores
    FBI Field Office: Philadelphia
    Wanted For: Alexis Flores is wanted for his alleged involvement in the…
    Locations:
    HND, USA, US-PA
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    Donald Eugene Fields Ii
    FBI Field Office: St. Louis
    Wanted For: Donald Eugene Fields II is wanted for the alleged sex…
    Locations:
    Unknown, Unknown
  • Photograph of Jose Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez
    Jose Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez
    FBI Field Office: Dallas
    Wanted For: Jose Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez, also known as “El Gato,”…
    Locations:
    Unknown, Unknown
  • Photograph of Yulan Adonay Archaga Carias
    Yulan Adonay Archaga Carias
    Wanted For: Yulan Adonay Archaga Carias is charged federally in the…
    Locations:
    Unknown, Unknown
  • Photograph of Alan Gabriel Nunez-Herrera
    Alan Gabriel Nunez-Herrera
    DEA Field Office: New York Southern
    Wanted For: : FENTANYL IMPORTATION CONSPIRACY, FENTANYL TRAFFICKING…
    Locations:
    Unknown, Unknown
  • Photograph of Ivan Archivaldo Guzman-Salazar
    Ivan Archivaldo Guzman-Salazar
    DEA Field Office: New York Southern
    Wanted For: Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Controlled…
    Locations:
    Unknown, Unknown