Press Releases

Artem Stryzhak, 36, a Ukrainian national, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for conspiracy to commit computer fraud in connection with a series of ransomware attacks that targeted hospitals, government entities, law firms, and other businesses around the world.

The Department of Justice announced today that it has entered into a non-prosecution agreement with Extreme Networks, Inc.  The company agreed to pay criminal penalties totaling $975,721.84 to resolve the Department’s investigation of sanctions and export control offenses. 

Donelfert Monterroso Vasquez, 51, a Guatemalan national, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to import more than 450 kilograms of cocaine into the United States.

An indictment was unsealed today charging Arthur Nelson, of Staten Island, New York, and Sunny Isles Beach, Florida; Joseph Free, of Staten Island; Paul Vasquez, of Englishtown, New Jersey; and Ulysses Jude Devocion, of Queens County, New York, with various crimes including conspiring to defraud the IRS, tax evasion, willfully failing to withhold and pay over employment taxes, failing to file income tax returns, helping to file false corporate tax returns, interfering with the administration of the internal revenue laws, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, failure to file reports of foreign bank

 New preliminary estimates from the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ (BJS) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) show that the rate of violent crime, property victimization, burglary or trespassing, motor vehicle theft, and other types of household theft fell significantly in 2025.

Today, the Justice Department announced charges involving 48 aliens in Pennsylvania, California, Florida, New York, and Nevada in connection with illegal voting, fraudulent voter registration, and related election crimes. The cases include voting by aliens in federal elections and false claims of U.S. citizenship to register to vote or to vote.

Xue Fang Cheng, 55, of New York, was arrested today after a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of New York returned an indictment on Oct. 23 charging Cheng with providing illegal check cashing services.

A Florida Certified Public Accountant (CPA) was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for evading the payment of more than $2.2 million in income taxes.  

The owner of a telemedicine company was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for organizing and leading a $46.2 million Medicare fraud conspiracy that spanned more than six years. In addition to the prison term, the defendant was ordered to pay $17,942,402 in restitution to Medicare and $10,431,463 in forfeiture.

The Justice Department today announced that four additional individuals have pleaded guilty in connection with a conspiracy to create and distribute videos depicting extreme violence and sexual abuse against monkeys.

Linh Luu and Kevin Le, a husband and wife of Anaheim, California, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Eugene, Oregon, to violating the Lacey Act. The court sentenced them to three years’ probation and a $10,000 fine each for their roles in trafficking wildlife between Oregon and Vietnam. 

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit today affirmed the issuance by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) of a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit for the Cainhoy Plantation development in Charleston, South Carolina. The published decision paves the way for a major, long‑term housing initiative designed to meet the needs of one of the country’s fastest‑growing metropolitan areas.