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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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.
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A Bronx man, Austin Morrishow, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for illegally possessing ammunition related to a shooting that seriously injured a five-year-old girl.
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Juan Carlos Padilla Santos was sentenced to 100 months in prison for illegally re-entering the United States after having been deported twice and being subject to a third removal order.
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United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced the conviction of Jonathan Banyan for possessing ammunition after a felony conviction.
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United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, along with Ricky J. Patel, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and Francis J. Russo, Director of the New York...
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United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and IRS-CI Special Agent in Charge Harry T. Chavis, Jr., have announced charges against Nigel Kenneth Joseph.