Government Risk Intelligence

The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Maryland and Attorney General Anthony Brown over sanctuary policies that obstruct federal immigration enforcement.

Three tax preparers from Michigan were indicted for conspiring to defraud the U.S.

Neil Suresh Chandran and Bryan Lee were sentenced to 36 months and 136 months in prison, respectively, for defrauding over 10,000 investors of more than $45 million between 2018…

Angelo Martino, 41, of Land O’Lakes, Florida, was sentenced to 70 months in prison for conspiring with BlackCat ransomware actors to extort multiple victims.

Michael Sam Teekaye Jr., 22, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to ISIS.

Three Texas tax preparers were sentenced to prison for conspiring to file false tax returns, causing tax losses exceeding $3.5 million.

Alexis Aldair Chavez, a member of a Nihilistic Violent Extremist group, was sentenced to 40 years in prison and ordered to pay $10,000 in restitution for racketeering and child …

Agapito Jorge Ventura and Oswaldo Manuel Zavala Quino pleaded guilty to human smuggling charges related to a deadly crash in Chiapas, Mexico, that killed over 50 people.

Ruthia He, founder of Done Global Inc., was sentenced to 72 months in prison for orchestrating a scheme that unlawfully distributed over 37 million pills of Adderall, defrauding…

Gary Topolewski, 64, was sentenced to 78 months in prison for a bank fraud scheme that defrauded seven financial institutions of approximately $39 million.

The HHS-OIG has denied the recertification of the New York State Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, suspending $60 million in federal funding due to low enforcement levels.

The Justice Department proposed a settlement with Willow Bridge Property Company LLC to resolve claims of algorithmic coordination and data sharing in rental markets.

Attorney General Liz Murrill announced the arrest of 21 individuals for Medicaid fraud, resulting in $73 million in ordered restitution in Louisiana.

Juan Jaramillo Vazquez, a 50-year-old Mexican national, was sentenced to two years in federal prison for illegal reentry and aggravated identity theft in Tampa, Florida.

A Guatemalan man, Miranda-Orozco, pleaded guilty for his role in a 2022 alien smuggling event in San Antonio, Texas, resulting in 53 deaths.

Two Romanian brothers pleaded guilty to wire fraud for a scheme that defrauded SNAP benefits across multiple states, stealing over $760,000.

In fiscal year 2025, the DOJ and FTC took 18 merger enforcement actions to maintain competition, with 10 initiated by the DOJ.

The U.S.

Manuel Valenzuela, a Mexican national, was sentenced to five years in prison for smuggling unaccompanied alien children into the U.S.

Alibaba Group and AUS Merchant Services have agreed to pay $600 million to resolve allegations of failing to prevent illegal sales of pharmaceuticals and controlled substances t…

Peter Stokes, a member of the hacking group Scattered Spider, was arrested in Finland and extradited to the U.S.

New York Attorney General Letitia James leads a coalition suing the Trump administration over a federal rule threatening Medicaid coverage for vulnerable New Yorkers.

New York Attorney General Letitia James successfully blocked a Trump administration rule that would have restricted loan forgiveness for public servants based on political ideol…

New York Attorney General Letitia James condemned the Trump administration for cutting funding to the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, which has recovered over $627 million since 2019.

New York AG Letitia James led a coalition winning a case against the Trump administration's illegal conditions on $3 billion in Continuum of Care funding for homelessness.

Zambia Bell, 48, of Milwaukee, faces ten counts of Medical Assistance Fraud and one count of Theft by Fraud for allegedly defrauding Wisconsin Medicaid.

The FTC has brought multiple enforcement actions against imposter scams, recovering over $70 million for consumers.

EagleBank, a community bank, agrees to pay over $9.7 million to resolve a Justice Department investigation into violations of the Bank Secrecy Act, allowing a check kiting schem…

Catherine Beth Washburn, 37, from Irondequoit, NY, was arrested for attempting to provide material support to the Palestine Islamic Jihad, facing up to 20 years in prison and a …

David Lee Woodall and Jason Lee Hathaway, members of the Hells Angels, were sentenced for attempted murder related to gang violence against the Pagan Motorcycle Club.