Press Releases

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and Special Agent in Charge of the New York Regional Office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“HHS-OIG”), Naomi Gruchacz, announced that the United States has settled a civil healthcare fraud lawsuit against COMMUNITY CARE HEALTH NETWORK, LLC, D/B/A MATRIX MEDICAL NETWORK (“MATRIX”), a health services company headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, that contracts with Medicare Advantage Organizations (“MAOs”) to perform in-home health assessments of Medicare patients.  

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, Acting Attorney General for the United States, Todd Blanche, United States Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, Director of Joint Task Force Vulcan (“JTFV”), Jacob Warren, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), Jessica S. Tisch, and Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”), Pete Gizas, announced today that four members of the designated foreign terrorist organization Tren de Aragua (“TdA”), Keiber Jaen Martinez, a/k/a

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), James C. Barnacle, Jr., and Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation (“DOI”), Nadia I. Shihata, announced the unsealing of a Complaint charging JOSHUA SMITH with conspiracy to commit bribery.  

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced today that FRANCISCO ALBERTO LOPEZ REYES, a/k/a “Frank,” and EDWARD EUSTATE JIMENEZ, a/k/a “Chino,” were found guilty by a jury following a six-week trial before U.S. District Judge John P. Cronan.  

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced the guilty plea of JORDAN TROUGHT for his role as a high-ranking member of an international fraud ring that stole more than $9 million from more than 200 elderly victims in the United States via sweepstakes scams.  

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Task Force Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), Christopher Roberts, and the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), Jessica S. Tisch, announced today the unsealing of a Superseding Indictment charging ARISTIDES CABRERA, a/k/a “Buddha,” with drug crimes resulting in the fatal poisoning of Alex DeFilippo and Kyla McCarthy on May 29, 2022.  

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced today that EDSON BROWN, a Bronx resident, pled guilty to an 18-count indictment, charging him with crimes in connection with a firearms trafficking scheme spanning more than a year and involving at least two straw purchasers.  

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced that JOVANNY CONCEPCION pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman to making false statements relating to healthcare matters in connection with use of force incidents that took place within Rikers Island. 

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced that SAUL ARISMENDY DE LA CRUZ, a/k/a “Nene,” a/k/a “Venom,” a former member of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), was sentenced today before U.S. District Judge Nelson S. Román to 75 months in prison for accepting bribes to provide members of a theft crew in which he participated with confidential police information about potential victims and ongoing investigations.  

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, Acting Attorney General for the United States, Todd Blanche, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), Kash Patel, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the FBI, James C. Barnacle, Jr., and Assistant Director in Charge of the Washington Field Office of the FBI, Darren Cox, announced today an eight-count indictment charging MOHAMMAD BAQER SAAD DAWOOD AL-SAADI, a dual Iranian-Iraqi national, with terrorism-related offenses for his activities as an operative of Kata’ib Hizballah and

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”), Pete Gizas, and Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), Jessica S. Tisch, announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging three defendants in connection with the August 7, 2025, murder of Ralph Herrera, a/k/a “Chicken,” who was shot from point-blank range in the side of the head while standing on a Bronx sidewalk.  

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”), Bryan DiGirolamo, announced today the unsealing of a Complaint charging ANDY DAVID PALACIOS ORTIZ in a conspiracy to commit armed robberies in January 2026 of two New York stores that sold collectible Pokémon trading cards.