U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York
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A federal inmate, Daniel V. Smith, has been convicted of first-degree murder following a jury trial in the Southern District of New York.
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Federal prosecutors have unsealed indictments charging two men in connection with a large-scale investment fraud scheme involving water vending machines, which allegedly resulted in more than $200 million in losses to investors and bondholders.
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Three alleged leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel, Kevin Gil Acosta (also known as “El 200”), Martin Zazueta Perez (“Piyi”), and Leobardo Garcia Corrales (“Leo”), appeared in Manhattan federal court after being transferred from Mexico to the United States.
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Federal authorities have charged Richard Kim, the former CEO of Zero Edge Corporation, with securities and wire fraud.
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The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced a settlement in a civil fraud lawsuit involving TCC International LLC, Core Gravity LLC, and Core Club Members Corp. The companies were accused of falsely...
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Servando Gomez-Martinez, also known as "La Tuta," has been taken into U.S. custody on charges of conspiring to import cocaine and methamphetamine into the United States.
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Do Hyeong Kwon, co-founder and former CEO of Terraform Labs, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to commit commodities fraud, securities fraud, and wire fraud, as well as one count of committing wire fraud.
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Two individuals have pleaded guilty to charges related to a fraud scheme that involved using stolen personal data from hospital patients to obtain nearly $1 million in pandemic relief funds.
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A Bronx resident, Carlos Rivas, has been arrested and charged with possession of child pornography following an investigation by federal authorities.
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Federal prosecutors in New York have charged three executives from data intelligence and mobile advertising companies with conspiracy and securities fraud.
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Roman Storm, a co-founder of the cryptocurrency mixing service Tornado Cash, has been convicted in federal court for his role in operating an unlicensed money transmitting business that processed over $1 billion in illegal transactions.
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Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, co-founders of the cryptocurrency mixing service Samourai Wallet, have pleaded guilty to operating a money transmitting business that facilitated over $200 million in illegal transactions.
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A former security officer at the U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, has been extradited to the United States to face charges related to a cocaine importation conspiracy.
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A Bronx resident, John Garcia, has been arrested and charged with assaulting a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier in the Bronx on July 16, 2025.
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Federal authorities have charged Lourdes Rosales Banegas and Ramon Concepcion with operating an investment fraud scheme that allegedly took more than one million dollars from over one hundred victims.
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A Nigerian man, Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu, also known as “Chukwuemeka Victor Eletuo” and “So Kwan Leung,” has been extradited from France to the United States to face charges related to hacking, fraud, and identity theft.
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A Bronx man, Bruce Morris, also known as “G,” has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for his involvement in the 2016 murder of Jerome Jemison and for participating in a narcotics conspiracy.
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A Bronx man, Estherlyn Frias, also known as “Platinum” and “Silver,” has been charged with federal narcotics offenses that allegedly resulted in the death of a person in Greenwich, Connecticut.
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Federal authorities have charged Jingbin Jiang and Su Jian Liu, also known as “Fatty” and “Ah Pang,” in connection with a fraud scheme that targeted elderly victims across the United States.
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Jahreek Bush has been sentenced to 117 months in prison for trafficking fentanyl and cocaine while armed with a loaded firearm.