The Justice Department has announced the seizure of tickmilleas.com , a fraudulent web domain linked to the Tai Chang scam compound in Kyaukhat, Burma. The site posed as a legitimate cryptocurrency investment platform and was used to lure victims into depositing their funds, which were then diverted through sophisticated fraud and money laundering schemes. The action forms part of the accelerating crackdown on cryptocurrency investment fraud, a threat that continues to genera

The sentencing of Colombian national Michael Nunez Daza highlights the continuing threat posed by sophisticated transnational money laundering networks that exploit U S banks to clean drug trafficking proceeds. As the leader of a long-running organisation spanning Colombia, Mexico and the United States, Nunez Daza relied on bulk cash pickups, third-party bank accounts and rapid cross-border fund transfers to disguise the origin of illicit proceeds and repatriate value to cart

The guilty plea of Mississippi businessman Willie De Gibbs highlights yet another major fraud operation exploiting weaknesses in Medicare oversight and the wider US health care reimbursement system. Gibbs admitted to orchestrating a $19 million scheme centred on the purchase of fraudulent doctors’ orders and the systematic billing of medically unnecessary orthotic braces through seven durable medical equipment (DME) companies. By operating through both personally owned entiti

The indictment of South Florida Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus McCormick presents a significant financial crime case involving the alleged theft of $5 million in FEMA disaster relief funds. Prosecutors claim the congresswoman and several co defendants engaged in a multi layered scheme involving fraud, money laundering, and illegal campaign contributions, all linked to Covid 19 emergency funding. The allegations highlight the ongoing risks of financial crime within public sect

The return of alleged drug trafficker Zhi Dong Zhang to the United States marks a significant escalation in the Justice Department’s global campaign against high level narcotics syndicates and transnational money laundering networks. Zhang, widely known by multiple aliases including Brother Wang, is accused of directing a sprawling criminal enterprise responsible for moving large volumes of cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl across Mexico and the United States while laund

Four California residents have been sentenced for orchestrating an extensive hospice fraud and money laundering operation that extracted nearly $16 million from Medicare. The case highlights the continuing threat of organised health care fraud in the United States and reinforces the Justice Department’s commitment to pursuing those who exploit vulnerable patients and critical public health programmes. On 18 November 2025, the Justice Department confirmed the most recent sente

The latest announcement from the Justice Department marks a significant escalation in US efforts to dismantle North Korea’s illicit global revenue networks. With five guilty pleas secured and over 15 million dollars in virtual currency subject to civil forfeiture, the Department has underscored both the scale and sophistication of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) exploitation of remote IT work and cryptocurrency theft to finance its weapons programmes in def

The sentencing of Travis Ford, founder and chief executive of Wolf Capital Crypto Trading LLC, underscores the persistent risks posed by high-yield cryptocurrency investment schemes and the growing determination of U S authorities to clamp down on digital-asset fraud. Ford was handed a five-year prison term on 13 November 2025 after admitting to orchestrating a Ponzi-style operation that raised 9.4 million dollars from around 2,800 investors, many of whom were lured by claims

A Latvian national has pleaded guilty in a United States federal court to conspiring with American partners to illegally export sensitive...

A New York man has been sentenced to 108 months in prison and 15 years of supervised release for attempting to provide material support...

A Pennsylvania physician has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison after a jury found he ran a scheme that combined health care...

A senior member of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) has been indicted in the United States on charges of wire fraud, money...