Press Releases - 2016 December 2016 Former Guinean Minister of Mines Charged with Receiving and Laundering $8.5 Million in Bribes from Chinese Companies 12/13/2016 Gabonese National Pleads Guilty to Foreign Bribery Scheme 12/09/2016 Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell Delivers Remarks Highlighting Cybercrime Enforcement at Center for Strategic and International Studies 12/07/2016 Avalanche Network Dismantled in International Cyber Operation 12/05/2016 International Arms Trafficker Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Kill Americans and Provide Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization 12/02/2016 November 2016 Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Hosts the 64th Annual Attorney General’s Awards Ceremony Honoring Justice Department Employees and Others for Their Service 11/10/2016 Futures Trader Pleads Guilty to Illegally Manipulating the Futures Market in Connection With 2010 “Flash Crash” 11/09/2016 Two Pakistani Nationals Sentenced for Conspiring to Illegally Ship Pharmaceuticals into the United States 11/04/2016 North Carolina Woman Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison for Fleeing Country to Avoid Telemarketing Fraud Sentence 11/03/2016 Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Announce Indictment of Seven Individuals and Six Arrests in United States and Mexico on Sex Trafficking and Related Charges 11/01/2016 October 2016 Embraer Agrees to Pay More than $107 Million to Resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Charges 10/24/2016 Yevgeniy Nikulin Indicted for Hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox and Formspring 10/21/2016 Foreign National Pleads Guilty To International Wire Fraud Scheme 10/11/16 Wayne James Out on $100,000 Bond; Will Remain Under House Arrest Until Trial 10/07/16 American and Dutch Teenagers Arrested on Criminal Charges for Allegedly Operating International Cyber-Attack-For-Hire Websites 10/05/16 September 2016 Barrio Azteca Gang Associate Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Participating in Racketeering Conspiracy 9/29/16 Och-Ziff Capital Management Admits to Role in Africa Bribery Conspiracies and Agrees to Pay $213 Million Criminal Fine 9/29/16 Syrian Electronic Army Hacker Pleads Guilty 9/28/16 Four Chinese Nationals and China-Based Company Charged with Using Front Companies to Evade U.S. Sanctions Targeting North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons and Ballistic Missile Programs 9/26/16 ISIL-Linked Kosovo Hacker Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison 9/23/16 Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Delivers Remarks at the International Bar Association’s 2016 Annual Conference 9/21/16 May 2016 Two Men Extradited from Mexico and Charged with Participation in Murder of ICE Special Agent Jaime Zapata and Attempted Murder of ICE Special Agent Victor Avila 5/16/16 Syrian Electronic Army Member Extradited to the United States 5/10/16 Liberty Reserve Founder Sentenced to 20 Years For Laundering Hundreds of Millions of Dollars 5/6/16 Conspirators in Two Android Mobile Device App Piracy Groups Plead Guilty 5/2/16 April 2016 Malian National Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Murder U.S. Diplomat 4/26/16 Foreign National Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Human Smuggling 4/22/16 Former Owner and President of Pennsylvania Consulting Companies Pleads Guilty to Bribing Official at European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 4/20/16 Former U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Employee Sentenced to Prison for Attempted Spear-Phishing Attack on Department of Energy Computers 4/11/16 U.S. Department of Defense Employee in Korea Pleads Guilty to Illegally Obtaining More than $141,000 in Government Housing Allowance Funds 4/6/16 Two Former Senior Executives of Global Financial Services Company Charged in Scheme to Defraud Clients through Secret Trading Commissions on Billions of Dollars in Securities Trades 4/5/16 Singapore Man Extradited to United States in Connection with Plot Involving Exports to Iran of U.S. Components Later Found in Bombs in Iraq 4/4/16 Romanian National “Guccifer” Extradited to Face Hacking Charges 4/1/16 March 2016 Former President of Honduran Soccer Federation Pleads Guilty to Racketeering and Corruption Charges 3/28/16 Chinese National Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Hack into U.S. Defense Contractors’ Systems to Steal Sensitive Military Information 3/23/16 Leaders of Lorenzana Drug Trafficking Organization Convicted on International Narcotics Trafficking Charges 3/23/16 Miami Businessman Pleads Guilty to Foreign Bribery and Fraud Charges in Connection with Venezuela Bribery Scheme 3/23/16 Former U.S. State Department Employee Sentenced to 57 Months in Extensive Computer Hacking, Cyberstalking and “Sextortion” Scheme 3/21/16 Former Head of Offshore Brokerage Sentenced to 18 Years for Conspiracy to Commit International Stock Fraud and Money Laundering 3/18/16 Former CEO of Canadian Hazardous Waste Treatment Company Convicted of Conspiracy to Pay Kickbacks and Committing Major Fraud against the United States 3/16/16 Canadian Man Detained on Money Laundering Charges Stemming from Conspiracy to Smuggle Narwhal Tusks 3/16/16 Los Angeles Man Sentenced to 150 Years in Prison for Sexually Abusing Minors in Russia 3/14/16 Medical Equipment Company Will Pay $646 Million for Making Illegal Payments to Doctors and Hospitals in United States and Latin America 3/11/16 Two Former Rabobank Traders Sentenced to Prison for Manipulating U.S. Dollar and Japanese Yen LIBOR Interest Rates 3/10/16 February 2016 Two Former Executives of Houston-Based Oil Supply Company Plead Guilty to Fraud in Illegal Kickback Scheme 2/26/16 Alfredo Beltran Leyva Pleads Guilty to International Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Charges 2/23/16 Former California Attorney Sentenced to 60 Months for His Role in International Investment Fraud Scheme 2/23/16 VimpelCom Limited and Unitel LLC Enter into Global Foreign Bribery Resolution of More Than $795 Million; United States Seeks $850 Million Forfeiture in Corrupt Proceeds of Bribery Scheme 2/18/16 Former Member of Croatian Defense Council in Bosnia and Herzegovina Sentenced for Fraudulently Obtaining Green Card and Consents to Removal from United States 2/11/16 Vermont Man Surrenders U.S. Citizenship and Consents to Removal from United States 2/3/16 Former U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Employee Pleads Guilty to Attempted Spear-Phishing Cyber-Attack on Department of Energy Computers 2/2/16 January 2016 Founder of Liberty Reserve Pleads Guilty to Laundering More Than $250 Million through His Digital Currency Business 1/29/16 Al-Shabaab Member Sentenced to Nine Years for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to the Terrorist Organization 1/29/16 ISIL-Linked Hacker Arrives in United States to Face Terrorism Charges 1/27/16 Two Members of Al-Shabaab Sentenced for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to the Terrorist Organization 1/15/2016 Irish National Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison for Trafficking in Endangered Rhinoceros Horns 1/13/2016 U.S. Citizen Indicted for Supporting and Receiving Military Training from Al Shabaab 1/11/2016 Member of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Charges 1/8/2016 Federal Jury Convicts Member of International Child Exploitation Conspiracy 1/8/2016 International Operation Concludes in Montana; Convicts 21 Defendants of Child Pornography-Related Crimes 1/7/2016 Updated February 13, 2017