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An Armenian citizen, extradited from Ukraine to the United States, was sentenced to federal prison today for his role in RYUK ransomware attacks and an extortion conspiracy targeting companies throughout the United States, including in Oregon.

MOLINE, Ill., - A Markham, Illinois, man, Orlando Dampier, 47, of the 15000 block of Whipple Street was sentenced on September 16, 2026, to 15 years of imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine.  

HONOLULU – United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Bernadette Acaso, 20, a Filipino national residing in Honolulu, Oahu and Kahului, Maui, pleaded guilty on September 18, 2026, to unlawfully voting as an alien.

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney David I. Courcelle announced that on September 17, 2026, PHALANDERS RASHAAD KING (“KING”), age 37, was sentenced to 87 months as to Counts One, Two, Three, Four, and Six of the superseding bill of information pending against him, and a consecutive term of 60 months as to Count Five, for a total of 147 months. 

Andrew Hubbard has admitted hatching a plan to kill his mother with spiked cocaine base in order to receive $150,000 in insurance proceeds.

Charles Reeser has been charged in federal court after allegedly pointing a loaded AK 47 style rifle at two Homeland Security Investigations agents who were conducting surveillance as part of an unrelated warrant operation.

Tyron Begay has been charged in connection with an alleged assault that left the victim seriously injured.

Andrew Reed, 23, of Joplin, Mo., was sentenced in federal court for his illegal possession of a firearm recovered following a shooting.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging three individuals with conspiracy to engage in illegal firearms trafficking, announced Héctor Ramírez-Carbó, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.