Posts Tagged ‘Crime’
Two Americans Plead Guilty to Targeting Multiple U.S. Victims Using ALPHV BlackCat Ransomware
Yesterday a federal district court in the Southern District of Florida accepted the guilty pleas of two men to conspiring to obstruct, delay or affect commerce through extortion in connection with ransomware attacks occurring in 2023. “These defendants used their sophisticated cybersecurity training and experience to commit ransomware attacks — the very type of crime…
Read MoreMS-13 Members Sentenced For Racketeering and Murder for Killing and Stabbing Five Victims, Including a 16-Year Old Girl
Wilson Arturo Constanza-Galdomez, also known as Humilde, also known as Marco Saravia, 26, of El Salvador, Edis Omar Valenzuela-Rodriguez, also known as Little Felon, 24, of Honduras, and Jonathan Pesquera-Puerto, also known as Truney, 24, of Honduras were each sentenced today to life in prison for their convictions at trial of Racketeering (RICO) Conspiracy involving…
Read MoreAlleged leader of Tren de Aragua, labeled as a terrorist group, charged in New York but on the lam
An alleged leader of the Tren de Aragua gang labeled by the United States as a terrorist organization has been charged in a New York federal court with racketeering conspiracy and other crimes, including lending support to terrorists among crimes that stretched more than a decade, authorities announced Thursday. Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, a 42-year-old…
Read MoreU.S. designates notorious Colombian cartel a terrorist group, opening door to possible military action
The Trump administration on Tuesday designated another Latin American drug cartel as a foreign terrorist organization, increasing financial pressure on its members and opening the door to potential military action against them. The U.S. State Department said Clan del Golfo, which is based in Colombia, has been listed both as a foreign and a global…
Read MorePennsylvania Man Sentenced to Prison for Creating and Distributing Videos Depicting Animal Torture and Mutilation
A Pennsylvania man was sentenced today to 38 months in prison and three years of supervised release in connection with his involvement with online groups dedicated to creating and distributing videos depicting acts of extreme violence and sexual abuse against animals. Robert Berndt, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty on May 6 to conspiring to create and…
Read MoreAs online extremists push teens to self-harm, 2 political rivals to propose new law making it a crime
For several years, as U.S. authorities have struggled to stop online extremist networks like “764” from pushing teens to livestream acts of violence or self-harm, including their own suicide, the Justice Department has faced what authorities and victims both say is a vexing challenge: Such coercion is not a federal crime. That could change if…
Read MoreMexico National Guardsman kills 3 fellow service members hours after car bomb kills 5 in cartel stronghold in Mexico
A Mexican National Guardsmen shot and killed three fellow service members at a barracks over the weekend in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, where the government has surged security forces in the wake of recent high-profile killings. A federal official confirmed the shooting Monday to The Associated Press, requesting anonymity because they were not…
Read MoreDOJ charges former Navy sailor, 4 others for alleged roles in ‘monstrous’ online extortion group
The Justice Department has indicted a former Navy sailor and four others for allegedly leading an online extortion group that authorities say later helped spawn the global extremist network known as “764,” which the FBI now describes as “modern day terrorism” for its sadistic and violent tormenting of teens online. An indictment unsealed Tuesday alleges…
Read MoreHoward Police take down father-and-son firearms trafficking operation
Howard County Police said a father and son face charges stemming from a months-long investigation into an alleged firearms trafficking operation. Police received information in July about an individual selling firearms in and around the county. From there, undercover officers purchased firearms from the individual and in the process learned he was working with his…
Read MoreS Korea’s most prolific online sex criminal sentenced to life in prison
The leader of a Telegram sex crime ring which facilitated the exchange of thousands of sexual abuse materials has been sentenced to life imprisonment in South Korea. Kim Nok-wan, 33, was the head of the so-called Vigilantes: a large-scale, pyramid-style group that blackmailed victims into producing explicit content and sharing it in online chatrooms. Between…
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