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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Financial news: 05/19/2025, 15-11 (Moscow time) the values of the lower limit of the price corridor and the range of market risk assessment for the RU000A100DG5 (EuroplanB6) security were changed.

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: Moscow Exchange – Moscow Exchange –

    05/19/2025 15:11

    In accordance with the Methodology for determining the risk parameters of the stock market and the deposit market of PJSC Moscow Exchange by NCO NCC (JSC) on 19.05.2025, 15-11 (Moscow time), the values of the lower limit of the price corridor (up to 104.35) and the range of market risk assessment (up to 634.25 rubles, equivalent to a rate of 11.25%) of the security RU000A100DG5 (EuroplanB6) were changed

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Financial news: 05/19/2025, 14-27 (Moscow time) the values of the upper limit of the price corridor and the range of market risk assessment for the SU26231RMFS9 security (OFZ 26231) were changed.

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: Moscow Exchange – Moscow Exchange –

    05/19/2025 14:27

    In accordance with the Methodology for determining the risk parameters of the stock market and the deposit market of PJSC Moscow Exchange by NCO NCC (JSC), on 19.05.2025, 14-27 (Moscow time), the values of the upper limit of the price corridor (up to 11.88) and the range of market risk assessment (up to 136.74 rubles, equivalent to a rate of 60.0%) of the security SU26231RMFS9 (OFZ 26231) were changed

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Financial news: 05/19/2025, 13-17 (Moscow time) the values of the lower boundary of the price corridor and the range of market risk assessment for the RU000A0JWHU2 security (RZhD BO-17) were changed.

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: Moscow Exchange – Moscow Exchange –

    05/19/2025 13:17

    In accordance with the Methodology for determining the risk parameters of the stock market and the deposit market of PJSC Moscow Exchange by NCO NCC (JSC) on 19.05.2025, 13-17 (Moscow time), the values of the lower limit of the price corridor (up to 65.4) and the range of market risk assessment (up to 595.29 rubles, equivalent to a rate of 20.0%) of the security RU000A0JWHU2 (RZhD BO-17) were changed

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Financial news: 05/19/2025, 11:46 (Moscow time) the values of the upper limit of the price corridor and the range of market risk assessment for the SU26231RMFS9 security (OFZ 26231) were changed.

    Translation. Region: Russian Federal

    Source: Moscow Exchange – Moscow Exchange –

    05/19/2025 11:46

    In accordance with the Methodology for determining the risk parameters of the stock market and the deposit market of Moscow Exchange PJSC by NCO NCC (JSC), on 19.05.2025, 11-46 (Moscow time), the values of the upper limit of the price corridor (until 11.03) and the range of market risk assessment (up to 128.19 rubles, equivalent to a rate of 50.0%) of the security SU26231RMFS9 (OFZ 26231) were changed

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Making Colorado Safer: Governor Polis Signs Bills to Strengthen Public Safety, Save Coloradans and Businesses Money on Energy, Increase Access to Healthcare, Support Advanced Industries

    Source: US State of Colorado

    COLORADO SPRINGS/PUEBLO – Today, Governor Polis signed bills into law in Colorado Spring and Pueblo to make Colorado safer by strengthening public safety, save Coloradans and businesses money on energy, expand access to the healthcare needed to thrive, support Colorado’s advanced industries, and more. 

    At the Pueblo Chamber of Commerce, Governor Polis signed HB25-1171 – Possession of Weapon by Previous Offender Crimes, sponsored by Representatives Shannon Bird and Andrew Boesenecker, and Senators Nick Hinrichsen and Dafna Michaelson Jenet. 

    “Today, we are taking important steps to make Colorado one of the top ten safest states in the nation. From now on anyone convicted of first degree motor vehicle theft ineligible to possess a firearm, keeping guns out of the wrong hands and protecting our communities. I am proud of our work to improve public safety in Colorado, and with this bill signed into law, I look forward to continuing our bold progress to protect Coloradans and our communities,” said Governor Polis. 

    Governor Polis also signed the bipartisan HB25-1177 – Utility Economic Development Rate Tariff Adjustments, sponsored by Representatives Tisha Mauro and Ty Winter and Senators Nick Hinrichsen and Byron Pelton. 

    “In Colorado, utility rates remain below the national average, and this new bipartisan law will help reduce costs, saving Coloradans and businesses money on energy. This law will provide utilities and businesses the certainty needed to secure new investment, help lower electricity costs, and allow communities and businesses to plan for the future, all while advancing our climate goals, continuing embracing new money-saving clean energy, and protecting our clean air,” said Governor Polis. 

    Governor Polis also signed SB25-008 – Adjust Necessary Document Program sponsored by Senators Nick Hinrichsen and Cathy Kipp and Representative Meg Froelich. 

    Then, Governor Polis visited SkyView Middle School, one of Colorado’s 2024 National Blue Ribbon Award Winning schools. With today’s visit, Governor Polis has visited all four Colorado Blue Ribbon schools. Governor Polis previously visited Mesa View Elementary School in Grand Junction, DSST: Cedar Ridge High School in Denver, and Zach Elementary School in Fort Collins. 

    “Providing every Colorado student with a high-quality education at every level of K-12 education is important for students’ futures, our workforce, and economy. I was honored to visit SkyView Middle School to celebrate its well-deserved national recognition as a blue ribbon school, and learn about how successful strategies at SkyView can help other schools across Colorado,” said Governor Polis. 

    Later this afternoon, Governor Polis will sign the bipartisan HB25-1184 – Community-Based Continuing Care for Seniors, sponsored by Representatives Amy Paschal and Anthony Hartsook and Senators Dylan Roberts and John Carson. 

    “In a Colorado For All, every Coloradan, no matter your age or ability, should have access to the care you need when you need it. Thanks to this law, Coloradans awaiting admission to supportive living facilities will not need to wait before receiving necessary care. By expanding access to the care seniors need, we are ensuring that Colorado is the best state for anyone to live out their golden years,” said Governor Polis. 

    Governor Polis will also sign the bipartisan HB25-1157 – Reauthorize Advanced Industries Tax Credit, sponsored by Representatives Brianna Titone and William Lindstedt, and Senators Marc Snyder and Mark Baisley. 

    “Colorado is a state of innovators, leading the way in the cutting-edge emerging technologies of the future. Advanced industries support hundreds of thousands of good-paying jobs, find solutions in every sector from transportation to health care and agriculture, and are leading the way. These tax credits will ensure that our advanced industries continue to drive our innovation and economy,” said Governor Polis. 

    Governor Polis will also sign the following bipartisan bills: 

    • HB25-1270 – Patients’ Right to Try Individualized Treatments, sponsored by Representatives Rose Pugliese and Lindsay Gilchrist and Senators Barbara Kirkmeyer and Lindsey Daugherty
    • SB25-116 – Spousal Maintenance Guidelines sponsored by Senators Marc Snyder and Lisa Frizell and Representatives Monica Duran and Ryan Armagost

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Man Charged in Connection with Fraudulent COVID-19 Relief Loan Applications Totaling More than $3.39M

    Source: United States Attorneys General 13

    A Georgia man was arrested today in connection with his role in 15 fraudulent COVID-19 relief loan applications administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, totaling more than $3.39 million in fraudulent loan proceeds.

    According to court documents, Ian Patrick Jackson, 37, of Atlanta, conspired with another Atlanta man to solicit, recruit, and direct at least nine business owners to submit fraudulent PPP loan applications using fabricated tax documents. Jackson and his co-conspirator allegedly directed the business owners to falsely claim in the loan applications that each business employed 16 individuals and paid monthly wages of $120,000. After receiving the funds, the business owners wrote “payroll” checks to individuals who did not work for their companies and then either kept the money for themselves or gave the money to the co-conspirator, who in turn provided a share to Jackson. 

    Jackson is the 12th defendant to be charged in connection with the Atlanta-based PPP fraud ring that allegedly fraudulently obtained millions in PPP loans. All eleven previously charged defendants, including the nine business owners, have pleaded guilty or been convicted at trial related to $2.7 million in fraudulent PPP loans. To date, authorities have recovered nearly $1.2 million of the stolen money.

    In addition to the charged conspiracy, Jackson is alleged to have participated in three other schemes to submit fraudulent PPP or EIDL applications: (1) He applied for a fraudulent $237,500 PPP loan on behalf of Parkway Media Group LLC using fabricated tax forms and a doctored bank statement; (2) He used a forged driver’s license to fraudulently apply for approximately $100,000 in PPP and EIDL program loans using false revenue statements; and (3) He fraudulently obtained a $240,035 PPP loan and $125,000 in EIDL program loans and grants on behalf of Express Xchange LLC. As alleged in the indictment, he wrote checks made payable to individuals who did not work for the businesses using the loan proceeds. He also allegedly used the loan proceeds to pay for personal expenses, including restaurant dining, spa services, phone and credit card payments, and a vacation in Aruba. 

    Jackson is charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, two counts of bank fraud, two counts of wire fraud, and two counts of money laundering. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison on each of the conspiracy and bank fraud counts and 20 years in prison on each of the wire fraud and money laundering counts.  

    Matthew R. Galeotti, Head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg for the Northern District of Georgia, Deputy Inspector General Sheldon Shoemaker of the Small Business Administration Office of the Inspector General and Special Agent in Charge Paul Brown of the FBI Atlanta Field Office made the announcement.

    The SBA Office of Inspector General and FBI Atlanta Field Office are investigating the case.

    Trial Attorney Matthew Reilly of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Diane C. Schulman for the Northern District of Georgia are prosecuting the case.

    Since the inception of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section has prosecuted over 150 defendants in more than 95 criminal cases and has seized over $75 million in cash proceeds derived from fraudulently obtained PPP funds, as well as numerous real estate properties and luxury items purchased with such proceeds. More information can be found at www.justice.gov/criminal-fraud/ppp-fraud.

    Anyone with information about allegations of attempted fraud involving COVID-19 can report it by calling the Department of Justice’s National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) Hotline via the NCDF Web Complaint Form at www.justice.gov/disaster-fraud/ncdf-disaster-complaint-form. 

    An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Washington State Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking

    Source: United States Attorneys General 13

    Dominique Terrel Gonzales, 35, was sentenced today to 11 years in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to one count of sex trafficking a minor. Gonzales has been in federal custody since his arrest for illegal firearms possession in August 2020. The court has set a restitution hearing date for Aug. 18.

    According to court documents, Gonzales first met the victim when she was 13 or 14 years old. In July and August 2020, when the victim was 17 years old, Gonzales caused her to engage in commercial sex acts. He arranged her travel across state lines and directed her acts in a rented apartment in Portland, Oregon. Gonzales collected the illicit proceeds and controlled the victim with various rules that he implemented.   

    “Today’s sentence holds the defendant accountable for the criminal conduct he perpetrated for years within the Western District of Washington,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “Predators who target and coerce the vulnerable face appropriately serious sanctions under federal law, and the Justice Department will continue to seek significant sentences to vindicate the rights of human trafficking victims.”

    “For years this defendant used violence, threats, and emotional coercion to force vulnerable young women into having sex with strangers and giving their earnings to him,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller for the Western District of Washington. “He preyed upon teenagers and young women who were insecure and estranged from their families. To maintain control over his victims, Gonzales physically beat them, verbally assaulted them, and forced them to install tracking programs on their cellphones so that he could follow their every move. He used whatever means necessary to ensure that his victims engaged in prostitution to fund his luxurious lifestyle.”

    “Today’s sentencing is a powerful reminder that those who prey on vulnerable children through violence and exploitation will be held fully accountable,” said Acting Special Agent in Charge Matthew Murphy of ICE Homeland Security Investigations Seattle. “This individual used force and coercion to rob a minor of their freedom and dignity, and justice has now been served. This outcome was made possible through the unwavering collaboration with our law enforcement partners across multiple jurisdictions, whose dedication and coordination were vital to this investigation. We remain steadfast in our commitment to protecting victims, dismantling trafficking networks, and ensuring that those responsible face the full weight of the law.”

    Homeland Security Investigations investigated the case with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), Olympia Police Department, Vancouver Police Department, Idaho State Police, Ada County (Idaho) Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Office of Inspector General (USDA-OIG), and the Department of Homeland Security’s Center for Countering Human Trafficking.

    Assistant U.S. Attorney Kate Crisham for the Western District of Washington and Trial Attorney Jessica Arco of the Civil Rights Division’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit prosecuted the case.

    Anyone who has information about human trafficking should report that information to the National Human Trafficking Hotline toll-free at 1-888-373-7888, which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For more information about human trafficking, please visit www.humantraffickinghotline.org. Information on the Justice Department’s efforts to combat human trafficking can be found at www.justice.gov/humantrafficking.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Reconciliation Recommendations of the House Committee on the Judiciary

    Source: US Congressional Budget Office

    Legislation Summary

    H. Con. Res. 14, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025, instructed the House Committee on the Judiciary to recommend legislative changes that would increase deficits up to a specified amount over the 2025-2034 period. As part of the reconciliation process, the House Committee on the Judiciary approved legislation on April 30, 2025, with provisions that would increase deficits.

    Estimated Federal Cost

    The reconciliation recommendations of the House Committee on the Judiciary would increase deficits by $6.9 billion over the 2025-2034 period. The estimated budgetary effects of the legislation are shown in Table 1. The costs of the legislation fall within budget functions 150 (international affairs), 600 (income security), and 750 (administration of justice).

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    Table 1.

    Estimated Budgetary Effects of Reconciliation Recommendations Title VII, House Committee on the Judiciary, as Ordered Reported on April 30, 2025
     

    By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars

    		    
     

    2025

    2026

    2027

    2028

    2029

    2030

    2031

    2032

    2033

    2034

    2025-2029

    2025-2034
     

    Increases or Decreases (-) in Direct Spending

    		    

    Budget Authority

    81,395

    -354

    -667

    -605

    -703

    -789

    -871

    -912

    -990

    -1,113

    79,066

    74,391

    Estimated Outlays

    *

    6,467

    10,273

    15,082

    18,799

    13,657

    8,207

    2,625

    -530

    -1,122

    50,621

    73,458
     

    Increases in Revenues

    		    

    Estimated Revenues

    0

    4,533

    5,916

    6,193

    6,990

    8,004

    8,397

    8,635

    8,872

    9,008

    23,632

    66,548
     

    Net Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit

    From Changes in Direct Spending and Revenues

    		    

    Effect on the Deficit

    *

    1,934

    4,357

    8,889

    11,809

    5,653

    -190

    -6,010

    -9,402

    -10,130

    26,989

    6,910

    Basis of Estimate

    For this estimate, CBO assumes that the legislation will be enacted in summer 2025. CBO’s estimates are relative to its January 2025 baseline and cover the period from 2025 through 2034. Outlays of directly appropriated amounts were estimated using historical obligation and spending rates for similar programs. The estimates account for judicial decisions and administrative actions through April 10, 2025.

    Subtitle A. Immigration Matters

    Subtitle A would impose new or modify existing fees on aliens (non-U.S. nationals) seeking benefits under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Under the legislation, a portion of those fees would remain available to certain agencies to spend without further appropriation; the remaining amounts would be deposited in the Treasury. Subtitle A also would directly appropriate $81.4 billion in total to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Department of Justice (DOJ) for increased immigration enforcement and other activities. CBO estimates that enacting subtitle A would increase direct spending outlays by $73.5 billion and increase revenues by $66.5 billion over the 2025-2034 period (see Table 2).

    Part 1. Immigration Fees

    The legislation would impose fees on aliens for undertaking various activities, including applying for or renewing certain travel or work authorization documents, and applying for other benefits under the INA. Under current law, the Department of State adjudicates requests for visas from aliens abroad; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) adjudicates requests for benefits under the INA for aliens who are physically present in the United States. Fees also can be assessed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP), for inspections of people at ports of entry, and by the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR), which oversees removal proceedings and adjudicates requests from aliens in immigration court. Under current law, those agencies can charge fees to cover the costs of providing services. Any new fees collected under the legislation would be additional to collections under current law.

    A portion of some fees under the legislation would be made available to the Department of State, CBP, EOIR, HHS, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and USCIS; those amounts could be spent without further appropriation. Beginning in 2027, CBO estimates that some of that spending would be subject to sequestration.

    The legislation specifies fee amounts for 2025. In subsequent years, some amounts would increase based on the consumer price index for all urban consumers. The legislation would prohibit any fees from being waived or reduced.

    Indirect taxes and regulatory fees tend to reduce collections of income and payroll taxes. As a result, CBO expects that most of the new fee collections would be partially offset by decreases in tax receipts of about 25 percent of the gross fee collections each year. Unless otherwise noted in the estimates below, that offset is applied to the estimated revenues for each fee.

    CBO’s estimates of the number of people who would pay the fees are based on a January 2025 demographic and economic forecast. Where applicable, those projections were adjusted to account for executive actions and judicial decisions undertaken as of April 10, 2025. Those include ending the use of various categorical parole programs; terminating parole for people who arrived under the Parole Process for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans; and terminating the 2023 designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelan nationals physically present before October 3, 2023. CBO’s estimates also are based on historical trends in filing volume and recent trends in inflows of other foreign nationals since January 2025. Where applicable, CBO’s estimates also account for applicants’ and petitioners’ responses to the fees that would be imposed under the legislation.

    Asylum Fee. Section 70002 would impose a $1,000 fee on aliens applying for asylum. CBO estimates that about 4 million people will apply for asylum over the 2025-2034 period, increasing revenues by $2.3 billion under this section for the same period. Some of those fees would be made available to EOIR and USCIS to retain and spend without further appropriation. CBO estimates that the provision would increase outlays by $1.5 billion over the 2025-2034 period. On net, CBO estimates that enacting this section would decrease the deficit by $784 million over the 2025-2034 period. (Under current law, aliens in removal proceedings can file defensive asylum applications with EOIR; others can file affirmative asylum applications with USCIS. Under this provision, 50 percent of the fees collected from defensive asylum applications would be made available to EOIR and 50 percent of the fees collected from affirmative asylum applications would be made available to USCIS.)

    Employment Authorization Document Fees. Section 70003 would impose a $550 fee on certain aliens applying for initial work authorization. The fee would apply to asylum applicants, parolees, and people granted TPS. Of the fees collected from asylum applicants, 25 percent would be made available to USCIS to retain and spend without further appropriation.

    CBO estimates that about 3 million asylum applicants, 225,000 parolees, and fewer than 1,000 TPS beneficiaries will apply for initial work authorization over the 2025-2034 period, increasing revenues under this provision by $1.4 billion over the same period. CBO also estimates that the provision would increase outlays by $413 million over the 2025‑2034 period. On net, CBO estimates that enacting the provision would decrease Erich Dvorak (for nonimmigration matters)

    Estimate Reviewed By

    Elizabeth Cove Delisle
    Chief, Income Security Cost Estimates Unit

    Ann E. Futrell
    Acting Chief, Natural and Physical Resources Cost Estimates Unit

    Justin Humphrey
    Chief, Finance, Housing, and Education Cost Estimates Unit

    Joshua Shakin
    Chief, Revenue Projections Unit

    Kathleen FitzGerald 
    Chief, Public and Private Mandates Unit

    Christina Hawley Anthony
    Deputy Director of Budget Analysis

    H. Samuel Papenfuss 
    Deputy Director of Budget Analysis

    Chad Chirico 
    Director of Budget Analysis

    Phillip L. Swagel

    Director, Congressional Budget Office

    [Table 2 begins on the next page.]

    Authorization Document Fees

                       

    Budget Authority

    0

    77

    63

    54

    47

    42

    39

    38

    37

    35

    241

    432

    Estimated Outlays

    0

    50

    62

    57

    50

    44

    40

    38

    36

    36

    219

    413

    Sec. 70007, Unaccompanied 
    Alien Child Sponsor Fee

                       

    Budget Authority

    0

    23

    24

    18

    17

    18

    18

    18

    19

    19

    82

    174

    Estimated Outlays

    0

    12

    21

    20

    18

    18

    18

    18

    19

    19

    71

    163

    Sec. 70009, Form I-94 Fee

                       

    Budget Authority

    0

    -702

    -1,012

    -1,063

    -1,131

    -1,204

    -1,283

    -1,355

    -1,442

    -1,544

    -3,908

    -10,736

    Estimated Outlays

    0

    -746

    -1,016

    -1,066

    -1,135

    -1,208

    -1,287

    -1,369

    -1,457

    -1,550

    -3,963

    -10,834

    Sec. 70015, Diversity Immigrant 
    Visa Fees

                       

    Budget Authority

    0

    143

    137

    149

    152

    155

    158

    166

    170

    169

    581

    1,399

    Estimated Outlays

    0

    71

    108

    143

    150

    153

    156

    159

    163

    166

    472

    1,269

    Sec. 70016, EOIR Fees

                       

    Budget Authority

    0

    28

    37

    40

    40

    41

    43

    45

    46

    46

    145

    366

    Estimated Outlays

    0

    18

    30

    37

    40

    41

    43

    43

    44

    45

    125

    341

    Sec. 70017, ESTA Fee

                       

    Budget Authority

    0

    -80

    -10

    116

    123

    129

    136

    146

    155

    159

    149

    874

    Estimated Outlays

    0

    -26

    -38

    15

    80

    123

    130

    136

    144

    152

    31

    716

    Sec. 70018, Immigration User Fees

                       

    Budget Authority

    0

    -96

    -152

    -132

    -134

    -137

    -140

    -128

    -131

    -148

    -514

    -1,198

    Estimated Outlays

    0

    -194

    -174

    -140

    -137

    -139

    -142

    -145

    -148

    -151

    -645

    -1,370

    Sec. 70019, EVUS Fee

                       

    Budget Authority

    0

    11

    14

    15

    16

    17

    18

    19

    20

    20

    56

    150

    Estimated Outlays

    0

    2

    10

    14

    15

    16

    17

    18

    18

    19

    41

    129

                         

    (Continued)

    Table 2.

    Estimated Changes in Direct Spending and Revenues Under Reconciliation Recommendations Title VII, House Committee on the Judiciary, as Ordered Reported on April 30, 2025

    (Continued)
     

    By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars

    		    
     

    2025

    2026

    2027

    2028

    2029

    2030

    2031

    2032

    2033

    2034

    2025-2029

    2025-2034
     

    Increases or Decreases (-) in Direct Spending

    		    

    Part 2. Use of Funds

    		                        

    Sec. 70100, Executive Office for Immigration Review

    		                      

    Budget Authority

    1,250

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    1,250

    1,250

    Estimated Outlays

    *

    47

    153

    322

    553

    144

    31

    0

    0

    0

    1,075

    1,250

    Sec. 70101, Adult Alien Detention Capacity and Family Residential Centers

    		                    

    Budget Authority

    45,000

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    45,000

    45,000

    Estimated Outlays

    *

    4,000

    6,900

    9,550

    11,500

    7,050

    4,200

    1,800

    0

    0

    31,950

    45,000

    Sec. 70102, Retention and Signing Bonuses 
    for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Personnel

    		                    

    Budget Authority

    858

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    858

    858

    Estimated Outlays

    *

    77

    86

    101

    126

    206

    238

    24

    0

    0

    390

    858

    Sec. 70103, Hiring of Additional 
    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
    Personnel

    		                  

    Budget Authority

    8,000

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    8,000

    8,000

    Estimated Outlays

    *

    320

    700

    1,100

    1,500

    2,220

    1,720

    360

    80

    0

    3,620

    8,000

    Sec. 70104, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Hiring Capability

    		                    

    Budget Authority

    600

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    600

    600

    Estimated Outlays

    *

    390

    120

    90

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    600

    600

    Sec. 70105, Transportation and 
    Removal Operations

    		                  

    Budget Authority

    14,400

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    14,400

    14,400

    Estimated Outlays

    *

    625

    1,561

    2,538

    3,575

    3,068

    1,853

    935

    245

    0

    8,299

    14,400

    Sec. 70106, Information 
    Technology Investments

    		                  

    Budget Authority

    700

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    700

    700

    Estimated Outlays

    *

    7

    40

    84

    160

    196

    115

    70

    28

    0

    291

    700

    Sec. 70107, Facilities Upgrades

    		                    

    Budget Authority

    550

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    550

    550

    Estimated Outlays

    *

    6

    30

    66

    128

    154

    92

    52

    22

    0

    230

    550

    Sec. 70108, Fleet Modernization

    		                    

    Budget Authority

    250

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    250

    250

    Estimated Outlays

    *

    20

    44

    70

    69

    35

    12

    0

    0

    0

    203

    250

    Sec. 70109, Promoting Family Unity

    		                    

    Budget Authority

    20

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    20

    20

    Estimated Outlays

    *

    16

    3

    1

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    20

    20
                         

    (Continued)

    Table 2.

    Estimated Changes in Direct Spending and Revenues Under Reconciliation Recommendations Title VII, House Committee on the Judiciary, as Ordered Reported on April 30, 2025

    (Continued)
     

    By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars

    		    
     

    2025

    2026

    2027

    2028

    2029

    2030

    2031

    2032

    2033

    2034

    2025-2029

    2025-2034
     

    Increases or Decreases (-) in Direct Spending

    		    

    Sec. 70110, Funding Section 287(G) of the Immigration and Nationality Act

    		                    

    Budget Authority

    650

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    650

    650

    Estimated Outlays

    *

    50

    105

    165

    190

    100

    40

    0

    0

    0

    510

    650

    Sec. 70111, Compensation for Incarceration of Criminal Aliens

    		                      

    Budget Authority

    950

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    950

    950

    Estimated Outlays

    *

    9

    142

    285

    256

    190

    29

    19

    10

    10

    692

    950

    Sec. 70112, Office of the 
    Principal Legal Advisor

    		                  

    Budget Authority

    1,320

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    1,320

    1,320

    Estimated Outlays

    *

    56

    115

    183

    245

    369

    281

    59

    12

    0

    599

    1,320

    Sec. 70113, Return of Aliens Arriving From Contiguous Territory

    		                    

    Budget Authority

    500

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    500

    500

    Estimated Outlays

    *

    275

    150

    75

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    500

    500

    Sec. 70114, State and Local Participation in Homeland Security Efforts

    		                    

    Budget Authority

    787

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    787

    787

    Estimated Outlays

    *

    394

    236

    157

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    787

    787

    Sec. 70115, Unaccompanied Alien 
    Children Capacity

    		                  

    Budget Authority

    3,000

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    3,000

    3,000

    Estimated Outlays

    *

    90

    180

    450

    600

    600

    450

    270

    120

    0

    1,320

    2,760

    Sec. 70116, Department of Homeland Security Criminal and Gang Checks for Unaccompanied Alien Children

    		                    

    Budget Authority

    20

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    20

    20

    Estimated Outlays

    *

    16

    3

    1

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    20

    20

    Sec. 70117, Department of Health and Human Services Criminal and Gang Checks for Unaccompanied Alien Children

    		                    

    Budget Authority

    20

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    20

    20

    Estimated Outlays

    *

    4

    6

    6

    4

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    20

    20

    Sec. 70118, Information about Sponsors and Adult Residents of Sponsor Households

    		                  

    Budget Authority

    50

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    50

    50

    Estimated Outlays

    *

    10

    15

    15

    10

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    50

    50
                         

    (Continued)

    Table 2.

    Estimated Changes in Direct Spending and Revenues Under Reconciliation Recommendations Title VII, House Committee on the Judiciary, as Ordered Reported on April 30, 2025

    (Continued)
     

    By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars

    		    
     

    2025

    2026

    2027

    2028

    2029

    2030

    2031

    2032

    2033

    2034

    2025-2029

    2025-2034
     

    Increases or Decreases (-) in Direct Spending

    		    

    Sec. 70119, Repatriation of 
    Unaccompanied Alien Children

    		                    

    Budget Authority

    100

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    100

    100

    Estimated Outlays

    *

    80

    15

    5

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    100

    100

    Sec. 70120, United States 
    Secret Service

    		                    

    Budget Authority

    1,170

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    1,170

    1,170

    Estimated Outlays

    *

    61

    188

    333

    469

    94

    25

    0

    0

    0

    1,051

    1,170

    Sec. 70121, Combating Drug 
    Trafficking and Illegal Drug Use

    		                    

    Budget Authority

    500

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    500

    500

    Estimated Outlays

    *

    350

    100

    50

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    500

    500

    Sec. 70122, Investigating and Prosecuting Immigration Related Matters

    		                    

    Budget Authority

    600

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    600

    600

    Estimated Outlays

    *

    128

    150

    150

    150

    22

    0

    0

    0

    0

    578

    600

    Sec. 70123, Expedited Removal for 
    Criminal Aliens

    		                  

    Budget Authority

    75

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    75

    75

    Estimated Outlays

    *

    60

    11

    4

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    75

    75

    Sec. 70124, Removal of Certain Criminal 
    Aliens Without Further Hearing

    		                    

    Budget Authority

    25

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    25

    25

    Estimated Outlays

    *

    20

    4

    1

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    25

    25

    Subtitle C. Other Matters

    		                        

    Sec. 70300, Limitation on Donations Made Pursuant to Settlement Agreements to Which the United States Is a Party

    		                    

    Budget Authority

    a

    a

    a

    a

    a

    a

    a

    a

    a

    a

    a

    a

    Estimated Outlays

    a

    a

    a

    a

    a

    a

    a

    a

    a

    a

    a

    a

    Total Changes

    		                        

    Budget Authority

    81,395

    -354

    -667

    -605

    -703

    -789

    -871

    -912

    -990

    -1,113

    79,066

    74,391

    Estimated Outlays

    *

    6,467

    10,273

    15,082

    18,799

    13,657

    8,207

    2,625

    -530

    -1,122

    50,621

    73,458
                         

    (Continued)

    Table 2.

    Estimated Changes in Direct Spending and Revenues Under Reconciliation Recommendations Title VII, House Committee on the Judiciary, as Ordered Reported on April 30, 2025

    (Continued)
     

    By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars

    		    
     

    2025

    2026

    2027

    2028

    2029

    2030

    2031

    2032

    2033

    2034

    2025-2029

    2025-2034
     

    Increases and Decreases (-) in Revenues

    		    

    Subtitle A. Immigration Matters

    		                      

    Part 1. Immigration Fees

    		                        

    Sec. 70002, Asylum Fee

    		                    

    Estimated Revenues

    0

    356

    361

    287

    244

    219

    206

    198

    195

    194

    1,248

    2,260

    Sec. 70003, Employment Authorization Document Fees

    		                      

    Estimated Revenues

    0

    234

    205

    167

    148

    134

    125

    120

    118

    116

    754

    1,367

    Sec. 70004, Parole Fee

    		                    

    Estimated Revenues

    0

    4

    5

    5

    5

    6

    6

    6

    6

    6

    19

    49

    Sec. 70005, Special Immigrant 
    Juvenile Fee

    		                    

    Estimated Revenues

    0

    2

    2

    2

    2

    2

    2

    2

    2

    2

    8

    18

    Sec. 70006, Temporary Protected 
    Status Fee

    		                    

    Estimated Revenues

    0

    126

    212

    154

    155

    209

    142

    162

    205

    139

    647

    1,504

    Sec. 70007, Unaccompanied 
    Alien Child Sponsor Fee

    		                    

    Estimated Revenues

    0

    68

    69

    53

    51

    52

    53

    54

    56

    57

    241

    513

    Sec. 70008, Visa Integrity Fee

    		                    

    Estimated Revenues

    0

    2,154

    2,992

    3,115

    3,080

    3,216

    3,355

    3,499

    3,646

    3,798

    11,341

    28,855

    Sec. 70010, Yearly Asylum Fee

    		                    

    Estimated Revenues

    0

    0

    0

    0

    61

    118

    231

    231

    233

    237

    61

    1,111

    Sec. 70011, Fee for Continuances Granted in Immigration Court Proceedings

    		                    

    Estimated Revenues

    0

    30

    41

    42

    43

    44

    45

    46

    47

    48

    156

    386

    Sec. 70012, Fee Relating to Renewal and Extension of Employment Authorization for Parolees

    		                    

    Estimated Revenues

    0

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    *

    Sec. 70013, Fee Relating to Termination, Renewal, and Extension of Employment Authorization for Asylum Applicants

    		                  

    Estimated Revenues

    0

    313

    489

    622

    1,462

    1,984

    2,155

    2,200

    2,205

    2,211

    2,886

    13,641

    Sec. 70014, Fee Relating to Renewal and Extension of Employment Authorization for Aliens Granted Temporary Protected Status

    		                  

    Estimated Revenues

    0

    229

    364

    549

    546

    543

    538

    534

    531

    526

    1,688

    4,360
                         

    (Continued)

    Table 2.

    Estimated Changes in Direct Spending and Revenues Under Reconciliation Recommendations Title VII, House Committee on the Judiciary, as Ordered Reported on April 30, 2025

    (Continued)
     

    By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars

    		    
     

    2025

    2026

    2027

    2028

    2029

    2030

    2031

    2032

    2033

    2034

    2025-2029

    2025-2034
     

    Increases and Decreases (-) in Revenues

    		    

    Sec. 70015, Diversity Immigrant 
    Visa Fees

    		                    

    Estimated Revenues

    0

    703

    717

    734

    750

    766

    783

    800

    817

    835

    2,904

    6,905

    Sec. 70016, EOIR Fees

    		                    

    Estimated Revenues

    0

    76

    104

    107

    109

    112

    114

    116

    118

    121

    396

    977

    Sec. 70017, ESTA Fee

    		                    

    Estimated Revenues

    0

    0

    208

    288

    299

    571

    592

    603

    626

    648

    795

    3,835

    Sec. 70019, EVUS Fee

    		                    

    Estimated Revenues

    0

    13

    18

    18

    19

    20

    21

    22

    23

    24

    68

    178

    Sec. 70020, Fee for Sponsor of Unaccompanied Alien Child who Fails to Appear in Immigration Court

    		                    

    Estimated Revenues

    0

    210

    110

    30

    -5

    -15

    5

    15

    15

    15

    345

    380

    Sec. 70021, Fee for Aliens Ordered 
    Removed in Absentia

    		                    

    Estimated Revenues

    0

    10

    13

    13

    14

    14

    14

    15

    15

    15

    50

    123

    Sec. 70022, Customs and Border Protection Inadmissible Alien Apprehension Fee

    		                    

    Estimated Revenues

    0

    5

    6

    7

    7

    9

    10

    12

    14

    16

    25

    86

    Subtitle C. Other Matters

    		                        

    Sec. 70300, Limitation on Donations Made Pursuant to Settlement Agreements to Which the United States Is a Party

    		                    

    Estimated Revenues

    a

    a

    a

    a

    a

    a

    a

    a

    a

    a

    a

    a

    Total Changes

    		                        

    Estimated Revenues

    0

    4,533

    5,916

    6,193

    6,990

    8,004

    8,397

    8,635

    8,872

    9,008

    23,632

    66,548
     

    Net Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit

    From Changes in Direct Spending and Revenues

    		    

    Effect on the Deficit

    0

    1,934

    4,357

    8,889

    11,809

    5,653

    -190

    -6,010

    -9,402

    -10,130

    26,989

    6,910

    a. CBO has no basis on which to estimate the direction or magnitude of the changes in direct spending and revenues or the effect on the deficit that would stem from the enactment of section 70300.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Man Charged in Connection with Fraudulent COVID-19 Relief Loan Applications Totaling More than $3.39M

    Source: US State Government of Utah

    A Georgia man was arrested today in connection with his role in 15 fraudulent COVID-19 relief loan applications administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, totaling more than $3.39 million in fraudulent loan proceeds.

    According to court documents, Ian Patrick Jackson, 37, of Atlanta, conspired with another Atlanta man to solicit, recruit, and direct at least nine business owners to submit fraudulent PPP loan applications using fabricated tax documents. Jackson and his co-conspirator allegedly directed the business owners to falsely claim in the loan applications that each business employed 16 individuals and paid monthly wages of $120,000. After receiving the funds, the business owners wrote “payroll” checks to individuals who did not work for their companies and then either kept the money for themselves or gave the money to the co-conspirator, who in turn provided a share to Jackson. 

    Jackson is the 12th defendant to be charged in connection with the Atlanta-based PPP fraud ring that allegedly fraudulently obtained millions in PPP loans. All eleven previously charged defendants, including the nine business owners, have pleaded guilty or been convicted at trial related to $2.7 million in fraudulent PPP loans. To date, authorities have recovered nearly $1.2 million of the stolen money.

    In addition to the charged conspiracy, Jackson is alleged to have participated in three other schemes to submit fraudulent PPP or EIDL applications: (1) He applied for a fraudulent $237,500 PPP loan on behalf of Parkway Media Group LLC using fabricated tax forms and a doctored bank statement; (2) He used a forged driver’s license to fraudulently apply for approximately $100,000 in PPP and EIDL program loans using false revenue statements; and (3) He fraudulently obtained a $240,035 PPP loan and $125,000 in EIDL program loans and grants on behalf of Express Xchange LLC. As alleged in the indictment, he wrote checks made payable to individuals who did not work for the businesses using the loan proceeds. He also allegedly used the loan proceeds to pay for personal expenses, including restaurant dining, spa services, phone and credit card payments, and a vacation in Aruba. 

    Jackson is charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, two counts of bank fraud, two counts of wire fraud, and two counts of money laundering. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison on each of the conspiracy and bank fraud counts and 20 years in prison on each of the wire fraud and money laundering counts.  

    Matthew R. Galeotti, Head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg for the Northern District of Georgia, Deputy Inspector General Sheldon Shoemaker of the Small Business Administration Office of the Inspector General and Special Agent in Charge Paul Brown of the FBI Atlanta Field Office made the announcement.

    The SBA Office of Inspector General and FBI Atlanta Field Office are investigating the case.

    Trial Attorney Matthew Reilly of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Diane C. Schulman for the Northern District of Georgia are prosecuting the case.

    Since the inception of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section has prosecuted over 150 defendants in more than 95 criminal cases and has seized over $75 million in cash proceeds derived from fraudulently obtained PPP funds, as well as numerous real estate properties and luxury items purchased with such proceeds. More information can be found at www.justice.gov/criminal-fraud/ppp-fraud.

    Anyone with information about allegations of attempted fraud involving COVID-19 can report it by calling the Department of Justice’s National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) Hotline via the NCDF Web Complaint Form at www.justice.gov/disaster-fraud/ncdf-disaster-complaint-form. 

    An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Washington State Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking

    Source: US State Government of Utah

    Dominique Terrel Gonzales, 35, was sentenced today to 11 years in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to one count of sex trafficking a minor. Gonzales has been in federal custody since his arrest for illegal firearms possession in August 2020. The court has set a restitution hearing date for Aug. 18.

    According to court documents, Gonzales first met the victim when she was 13 or 14 years old. In July and August 2020, when the victim was 17 years old, Gonzales caused her to engage in commercial sex acts. He arranged her travel across state lines and directed her acts in a rented apartment in Portland, Oregon. Gonzales collected the illicit proceeds and controlled the victim with various rules that he implemented.   

    “Today’s sentence holds the defendant accountable for the criminal conduct he perpetrated for years within the Western District of Washington,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “Predators who target and coerce the vulnerable face appropriately serious sanctions under federal law, and the Justice Department will continue to seek significant sentences to vindicate the rights of human trafficking victims.”

    “For years this defendant used violence, threats, and emotional coercion to force vulnerable young women into having sex with strangers and giving their earnings to him,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller for the Western District of Washington. “He preyed upon teenagers and young women who were insecure and estranged from their families. To maintain control over his victims, Gonzales physically beat them, verbally assaulted them, and forced them to install tracking programs on their cellphones so that he could follow their every move. He used whatever means necessary to ensure that his victims engaged in prostitution to fund his luxurious lifestyle.”

    “Today’s sentencing is a powerful reminder that those who prey on vulnerable children through violence and exploitation will be held fully accountable,” said Acting Special Agent in Charge Matthew Murphy of ICE Homeland Security Investigations Seattle. “This individual used force and coercion to rob a minor of their freedom and dignity, and justice has now been served. This outcome was made possible through the unwavering collaboration with our law enforcement partners across multiple jurisdictions, whose dedication and coordination were vital to this investigation. We remain steadfast in our commitment to protecting victims, dismantling trafficking networks, and ensuring that those responsible face the full weight of the law.”

    Homeland Security Investigations investigated the case with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), Olympia Police Department, Vancouver Police Department, Idaho State Police, Ada County (Idaho) Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Office of Inspector General (USDA-OIG), and the Department of Homeland Security’s Center for Countering Human Trafficking.

    Assistant U.S. Attorney Kate Crisham for the Western District of Washington and Trial Attorney Jessica Arco of the Civil Rights Division’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit prosecuted the case.

    Anyone who has information about human trafficking should report that information to the National Human Trafficking Hotline toll-free at 1-888-373-7888, which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For more information about human trafficking, please visit www.humantraffickinghotline.org. Information on the Justice Department’s efforts to combat human trafficking can be found at www.justice.gov/humantrafficking.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: Jefferson Man Convicted of Sex Trafficking Two Victims in Texas

    Source: US State Government of Utah

    A federal jury in the Eastern District of Texas convicted Corey Lamar Johnson, 42, of Jefferson, Texas, today on two counts of sex trafficking and related charges for his conduct in trafficking multiple young women in several states, compelling the victims to engage in commercial sex through acts and threats of physical and psychological harm. Specifically, the jury convicted Johnson of two counts of sex trafficking, conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, obstruction of a sex trafficking investigation, three counts of interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution, interstate travel in aid of racketeering, and conspiracy to commit interstate travel in aid of racketeering. Johnson’s co-defendants, Jessica Smith, 38, and Rachel Walker, 31, previously pleaded guilty respectively to conspiracy to commit interstate travel in aid of racketeering, and interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution sex trafficking.    

    “The defendant used violence and threats of violence to compel his victims to engage in commercial sex for his profit,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “There is no place in a civilized society for the defendant’s inhumane conduct, and the Justice Department is committed to punishing human trafficking and achieving justice for its victims.”

    “Congratulations to the team who brought Corey Johnson to a well-deserved appointment with justice,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Abe McGlothin Jr. for the Eastern District of Texas. “For far too long, the defendant treated vulnerable, young women in ways no person should ever be treated, but today justice was served. There is no more important work for the U.S. Attorney’s Office than to rescue the oppressed and protect those who cannot protect themselves.”

    Evidence at trial showed that Johnson recruited young and vulnerable women through alluring posts online of his supposedly extravagant lifestyle. Johnson promised the victims he recruited that they, too, could achieve such a lifestyle. Once recruited, however, Johnson had the victims engage in commercial sex acts, and when the victims wanted to leave Johnson, he turned violent, using threats, physical force, brandishing his firearms, and bragging about having “beat” a murder charge, all to keep the victims engaging in commercial sex for his profit.

    A sentencing hearing will be scheduled at a later date. Johnson faces a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum penalty of life in prison as well as mandatory restitution. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

    The Texas Department of Public Safety investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Nathaniel Kummerfeld and Robert Wells for the Eastern District of Texas, and Trial Attorney Slava Kuperstein of the Civil Rights Division’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit are prosecuting the case.

    Anyone who has information about human trafficking should report that information to the National Human Trafficking Hotline toll-free at 1-888-373-7888, which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For more information about human trafficking, please visit www.humantraffickinghotline.org. Information on the Justice Department’s efforts to combat human trafficking can be found at www.justice.gov/humantrafficking.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Marion County man convicted of federal sex trafficking violations

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    TYLER, Texas – A Jefferson man has been found guilty of federal sex trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe McGlothin, Jr.

    Corey Lamar Johnson, 42, was found guilty by a jury on all counts following a six-day trial before U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker, on May 19, 2025. Specifically, the jury convicted Johnson of two counts of sex trafficking, conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, obstruction of a sex trafficking investigation, three counts of interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution, and conspiracy to violate the Travel Act.  Johnson’s co-defendants, Jessica Smith and Rachel Walker, previously pleaded guilty to related charges.     

    “Congratulations to the team who brought Corey Johnson to a well-deserved appointment with justice,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Abe McGlothin, Jr.  “For far too long, the defendant treated vulnerable, young women in ways no person should ever be treated, but today justice was served. There is no more important work for the U.S. Attorney’s Office than to rescue the oppressed and protect those who cannot protect themselves.”

    “The defendant used violence and threats of violence to compel his victims to engage in commercial sex for his profit,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “There is no place in a civilized society for the defendant’s inhumane conduct, and the Justice Department is committed to punishing human trafficking and achieving justice for its victims.”

    On June 15, 2023, Johnson and two co-conspirators were named in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury, charging them with sex trafficking conspiracy, sex trafficking, transportation, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy to violate the Travel Act.

    Evidence presented at trial showed that Johnson trafficked young women across the United States and compelled them to engage in commercial sex through force, threats of force, fraud, and coercion.  Johnson recruited vulnerable, young women through social media posts that boasted of his lavish lifestyle.  He promised the victims he recruited that they could also achieve such a lifestyle.  Once they were recruited, Johnson introduced the victims to commercial sex, and when the victims wanted to leave him, he became violent, using force and threats, brandishing firearms, and bragging about having “beat” a murder charge, all to keep the victims engaged in commercial sex for his profit.

    At sentencing, Johnson faces a minimum sentence of 15 years and a maximum sentence of life in federal prison as well as mandatory restitution.  The statutory sentence prescribed by Congress is provided here for information purposes, as the sentencing will be determined by the court based on the advisory sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors.  A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the U.S. Probation Office.

    This case was investigated by the Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigations Division with assistance from the Canton Police Department, the Chandler Police Department, the Arlington Police Department, and the Bossier City Police Department.  It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Robert A. Wells, and James Mack Noble, IV, and Trial Attorney Slava Kuperstein of the Civil Rights Division’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit with the assistance of Trial Attorney Julie Pfluger and Assistant U.S. Attorney Nathaniel C. Kummerfeld.

    Anyone who has information about human trafficking should report that information to the National Human Trafficking Hotline toll-free at 1-888-373-7888, which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For more information about human trafficking, please visit www.humantraffickinghotline.org. Information on the Justice Department’s efforts to combat human trafficking can be found at www.justice.gov/humantrafficking.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: 5 Connecticut Residents Charged with Defrauding Connecticut and Washington Small Business Loan Programs

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and P.J. O’Brien, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned a 20-count indictment charging MYCALL OBAS, 42, of Danbury, MBALI NCUBE, 35, of Danbury, PIERRE OBAS, 49, of Danbury, TERESA VARGAS, 43, of Hartford, and STEPHEN WALKER, 30, of New Canaan, with offenses related to fraudulent small business loan applications in Connecticut and Washington.

    The indictment was returned on May 14, 2025.  Mycall Obas, Ncube, Pierre Obas, and Vargas were arrested on May 15, and Walker was arrested today.  Each has entered a plea of not guilty and is released on bond pending trial.

    According to the indictment, the National Development Council (“NDC”), now known as Grow America, was a not-for-profit lender that provided capital to small businesses, including through state-sponsored small business loan programs.  The Connecticut Small Business Boost Fund (“CT Boost”) was an economic initiative supported by the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development that connects Connecticut small businesses and non-profits with support services, including access to flexible funding for capital expenditures.  The Small Business Flex Fund (“Flex”) was an economic initiative supported by the Washington State Department of Commerce that connected Washington state small businesses and nonprofits with support services, including access to flexible funding for capital expenditures.  NDC worked with CT Boost and Flex to provide loan funding to small businesses in Connecticut and Washington, respectively.

    As alleged in the indictment and statements made in court, Mycall Obas, Ncube, Pierre Obas, and Walker used stolen personal and business identities, or created false business identities, to apply to NDC for small business loans through the CT Boost and Flex programs.  In connection with the loan applications, they created and submitted false business records, including fraudulent certificates of organization, false income statements, false balance sheets, and false tax returns.  Vargas, who was a contractor for NDC and responsible for processing and underwriting small business loan applications, processed some of the fraudulent loan applications and submitted them to NDC for approval.  She also specifically requested to be the loan processor on certain loan applications submitted by her co-conspirators in order to further the scheme. 

    It is alleged that the co-conspirators applied for and obtained 12 loans totaling more than $2 million through this scheme.

    The indictment charges each of the five defendants with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, and multiple counts of wire fraud.  Each of these charges carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years.  The indictment also charges each of the five defendants with one more counts of making illegal monetary transactions, an offense that carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years on each count.  Mycall Obas and Pierre Obas are also charged with aggravated identity theft, which carries a mandatory term of imprisonment of two years.

    U.S. Attorney Sullivan stressed that an indictment is not evidence of guilt.  Charges are only allegations, and each defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

    This matter is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation with the assistance of the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation Division, and the Meriden and Danbury Police Departments.  The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephanie T. Levick.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Ojo Amarillo Man Charged in Brutal Assault

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    ALBUQUERQUE – A Ojo Amarillo man has been charged by criminal complaint with assault following an incident that left the victim with multiple fractures and severe facial injuries.

    According to court documents, on May 6, 2025, the Navajo Nation Police Department responded to a residence in Ojo Amarillo, New Mexico, where officers discovered the victim suffering from extensive facial lacerations, swelling, and a right eye swollen shut. She was immediately transported to San Juan Regional Medical Center for emergency treatment.

    The victim reported that Kyle Kee, 33, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, attacked her without warning, striking her repeatedly in the face, back, and stomach. The assault only ended when a phone call interrupted the attack. The victim said that Kee had previously assaulted her and was on probation for a prior offense.

    Officers located Kee hiding in a nearby field. After initially attempting to evade capture, Kee was apprehended and became verbally aggressive, spitting on and kicking an officer during the arrest.

    Medical records confirm the victim sustained an orbital fracture, nasal bone fractures, multiple contusions, and a laceration above her right eye requiring sutures.

    Keeis charged with assault resulting in serious bodily injury and will remain in custody pending trial, which has not been set. If convicted, Kee faces up to 10 years in prison.

    U.S. Attorney Ryan Ellison and Philip Russell, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office, made the announcement today.

    The Farmington Resident Agency of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office investigated this case with assistance from the Navajo Police Department and Navajo Department of Criminal Investigations. Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron Jordan is prosecuting the case.

    A criminal complaint is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Former Tulare County Medical Doctor Pleads Guilty to Distributing Misbranded Drugs Using False Claims about COVID-19

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    Stephen D. Meis, M.D., 73, formerly of Visalia, pleaded guilty today to one count of introduction of misbranded drugs into interstate commerce, Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith announced.

    According to court documents, Meis was the Medical Director of Golden Sunrise Pharmaceutical Inc. and Golden Sunrise Nutraceutical Inc. that manufactured, marketed, and sold products claiming to effectively treat a variety of medical conditions.

    Beginning on March 30, 2020, Meis and Golden Sunrise’s Chief Executive Officer Huu Tieu, 62, of Porterville, began selling a set of herbal mixtures they called the “Emergency D-Virus Plan of Care” as a COVID-19 treatment. The treatment consisted of a box containing various vials of Golden Sunrise drug products, including one called “Imunstem,” together with an “Emergency D-Virus Plan of Care” information sheet. Meis and Tieu mailed the products to various practitioners, public officials, and other individuals both inside and outside of California.

    The labeling for the drugs, including the information sheet that accompanied the drugs, was false and misleading and stated that ImunStem and other Golden Sunrise products were “uniquely qualified to treat and modify the course of the virus epidemic in China and other countries.” Golden Sunrise falsely claimed the products had been the first dietary supplement in the United States to be approved as a prescription medicine by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat the COVID-19 virus. In fact, the drugs were not FDA approved, and no Golden Sunrise product had ever been approved by the FDA for any purpose.

    On June 12, 2024, Tieu was sentenced to 18 months in prison for introduction of misbranded drugs into interstate commerce.

    This case is the product of an investigation by the FDA Office of Criminal Investigations, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation with assistance from the Tulare County District Attorney’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jeffrey A. Spivak and Emilia P.E. Morris are prosecuting the case.

    Meis is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on July 14, 2025. Meis faces a maximum statutory penalty of 12 months in prison and a $100,000 fine. The actual sentence, however, will be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of variables.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Haysville woman indicted for distributing child pornography

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    WICHITA, KAN. – A Kansas woman made her initial appearance in federal court after a grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging her with distributing child sexual abuse materials. 

    According to court documents, Addilynn Jean Onuffer, 23, of Haysville is charged with three counts of distribution of child pornography for alleged actions that took place between June 2024 and July 2024. 

    The defendant made initial court appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Brooks Severson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. 

    The Kansas Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce (ICAC) and Wichita Police Department are investigating the case.

    Assistant U.S. Attorney Molly Gordon is prosecuting the case.

    Project Safe Childhood
    This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.

    An indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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  • MIL-OSI Security: Retired U.S. Navy Admiral Found Guilty in Bribery Scheme

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

                WASHINGTON – Admiral Robert Burke (USN-Ret.), 62, of Coconut Creek, Florida, was found guilty of bribery today in connection with accepting future employment at a government vendor in exchange for awarding that company a government contract.   

              Following a five-day trial, a federal jury found Burke guilty of conspiracy to commit bribery, bribery, performing acts affecting a personal financial interest, and concealing material facts from the United States. U.S. District Court Judge Trevor N. McFadden scheduled sentencing for August 22, 2025. 

              The verdict was announced by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro, Matthew R. Galeotti Head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Special Agent in Charge Greg Gross of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) Economic Crimes Field Office, and Assistant Director in Charge Steven J. Jensen of the FBI Washington Field Office.   

              “When you abuse your position and betray the public trust to line your own pockets, it undermines the confidence in the government you represent,” said U.S. Attorney Pirro. “Our office, with our law enforcement partners, will root out corruption – be it bribes or illegal contracts – and hold accountable the perpetrators, no matter what title or rank they hold.”

              According to court documents and as the evidence proved at trial, from 2020 to 2022, Burke was a four-star Admiral who oversaw U.S. naval operations in Europe, Russia, and most of Africa, and commanded thousands of civilian and military personnel. The two co-defendants Kim and Messenger were the co-CEOs of a company (Company A) and provided a workforce training pilot program to a small component of the Navy from August 2018 through July 2019. The Navy terminated a contract with Company A in late 2019 and directed Company A not to contact Burke. 

              Despite the Navy’s instructions, the co-defendants met with Burke in Washington, D.C., in July 2021, to reestablish Company A’s business relationship with the Navy. At the meeting, the charged defendants agreed that Burke would use his position as a Navy Admiral to steer a contract to Company A in exchange for future employment at the company. They further agreed that Burke would use his official position to influence other Navy officers to award another contract to Company A to train a large portion of the Navy with a value one of the co-defendants allegedly estimated to be “triple digit millions.” 

              In December 2021, Burke ordered his staff to award a $355,000 contract to Company A to train personnel under Burke’s command in Italy and Spain. Company A performed the training in January 2022. Thereafter, Burke promoted Company A in a failed effort to convince another senior Navy Admiral to award another contract to Company A. To conceal the scheme, Burke made several false and misleading statements to the Navy, including by falsely implying that Company A’s employment discussions with Burke only began months after the contract was awarded and omitting the truth on his required government ethics disclosure forms. 

              In October 2022, Burke began working at Company A at a yearly starting salary of $500,000 and a grant of 100,000 stock options. 

              This case was investigated by the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and the FBI’s Washington Field Office. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Rebecca G. Ross for the District of Columbia and Trial Attorneys Trevor Wilmot and Kathryn E. Fifield of the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section. It was investigated and indicted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua Rothstein.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Westwego Woman Guilty of Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud by Defrauding State Offices of Unemployment Insurance

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – Acting United States Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced today that REHA JANEE ARVIE,(“ARVIE”), age 34, of Westwego, LA, pled guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349. ARVIE faces up to twenty (20) years imprisonment, up to three (3) years of supervised release, a fine up to $250,000.00, or twice the gross gain to the defendant, or twice the gross loss to any victim, and a $100.00 mandatory special assessment fee.

    According to the indictment, beginning in or around July 2020, ARVIE defrauded, and attempted to defraud, various state offices of Unemployment Insurance (“UI”) through the submission of approximately 100 fraudulent UI applications. ARVIE recruited friends and family, via Facebook, to file these fraudulent UI applications. Additionally, ARVIE filed fraudulent UI applications for herself and others, in various states including Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Indiana, Missouri, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Utah, Texas, and the territory of Guam. ARVIE charged those for whom she filed fraudulent UI claims fees, ranging from    $1,200.00 to $1,500.00. For example, ARVIE obtained $267,612.00 in UI benefits from California’s Employment Development Department. Moreover, during the investigation, ARVIE lied to federal agents during an interview.

    Sentencing in this matter is scheduled for September 10, 2025, before United States District Judge Sarah S. Vance.

    On May 17, 2021, the Attorney General established the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force to marshal the resources of the Department of Justice in partnership with agencies across government to enhance efforts to combat and prevent pandemic-related fraud. The Task Force bolsters efforts to investigate and prosecute the most culpable domestic and international criminal actors and assists agencies tasked with administering relief programs to prevent fraud by, among other methods, augmenting and incorporating existing coordination mechanisms, identifying resources and techniques to uncover fraudulent actors and their schemes, and sharing and harnessing information and insights gained from prior enforcement efforts. For more information on the Department’s response to the pandemic, please visit https://www.justice.gov/coronavirus. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of the Inspector General, is an active member of the PRAC Fraud Task Force.

    “The PRAC was established to promote transparency and facilitate coordinated oversight of the federal government’s COVID-19 pandemic response. The PRAC’s 20 member Inspectors General identify major risks that cross program and agency boundaries to detect fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement in the more than $5 trillion in COVID-19 spending, including spending via the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. This case was also supported by the PRAC’s Pandemic Analytics Center of Excellence, which applies the latest advances in analytic and forensic technologies to help OIGs and law enforcement pursue data-driven pandemic relief fraud investigations.”

    Anyone with information about allegations of attempted fraud involving COVID-19 can report it by calling the Department of Justice’s National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) Hotline at 866-720-5721 or via the NCDF Web Complaint Form at https://www.justice.gov/disaster-fraud/ncdf-disaster-complaint-form.

    The United States Attorney’s Office would also like to acknowledge the assistance of the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General; the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Inspector General; the National Unemployment Insurance Fraud Task Force; The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee; the United States Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General COVID Fraud Unit; and the California Employment Development Department with this matter. The prosecution of this case is being handled by Assistant United States Attorney Brian M. Klebba, Chief of the Financial Crimes Unit.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Jefferson Man Convicted of Sex Trafficking Two Victims in Texas

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    A federal jury in the Eastern District of Texas convicted Corey Lamar Johnson, 42, of Jefferson, Texas, today on two counts of sex trafficking and related charges for his conduct in trafficking multiple young women in several states, compelling the victims to engage in commercial sex through acts and threats of physical and psychological harm. Specifically, the jury convicted Johnson of two counts of sex trafficking, conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, obstruction of a sex trafficking investigation, three counts of interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution, interstate travel in aid of racketeering, and conspiracy to commit interstate travel in aid of racketeering. Johnson’s co-defendants, Jessica Smith, 38, and Rachel Walker, 31, previously pleaded guilty respectively to conspiracy to commit interstate travel in aid of racketeering, and interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution sex trafficking.    

    “The defendant used violence and threats of violence to compel his victims to engage in commercial sex for his profit,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “There is no place in a civilized society for the defendant’s inhumane conduct, and the Justice Department is committed to punishing human trafficking and achieving justice for its victims.”

    “Congratulations to the team who brought Corey Johnson to a well-deserved appointment with justice,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Abe McGlothin Jr. for the Eastern District of Texas. “For far too long, the defendant treated vulnerable, young women in ways no person should ever be treated, but today justice was served. There is no more important work for the U.S. Attorney’s Office than to rescue the oppressed and protect those who cannot protect themselves.”

    Evidence at trial showed that Johnson recruited young and vulnerable women through alluring posts online of his supposedly extravagant lifestyle. Johnson promised the victims he recruited that they, too, could achieve such a lifestyle. Once recruited, however, Johnson had the victims engage in commercial sex acts, and when the victims wanted to leave Johnson, he turned violent, using threats, physical force, brandishing his firearms, and bragging about having “beat” a murder charge, all to keep the victims engaging in commercial sex for his profit.

    A sentencing hearing will be scheduled at a later date. Johnson faces a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum penalty of life in prison as well as mandatory restitution. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

    The Texas Department of Public Safety investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Nathaniel Kummerfeld and Robert Wells for the Eastern District of Texas, and Trial Attorney Slava Kuperstein of the Civil Rights Division’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit are prosecuting the case.

    Anyone who has information about human trafficking should report that information to the National Human Trafficking Hotline toll-free at 1-888-373-7888, which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For more information about human trafficking, please visit www.humantraffickinghotline.org. Information on the Justice Department’s efforts to combat human trafficking can be found at www.justice.gov/humantrafficking.

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  • MIL-OSI Video: Inside the FBI Podcast: Protecting Chinese Students from Scammers

    Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (video statements)

    On this episode of the Inside the FBI Podcast, we’re warning the public about a financial fraud scheme involving scammers who impersonate Chinese law enforcement and target the U.S.-based Chinese community—in particular, Chinese students attending American universities. For a full transcript and additional resources, visit https://www.fbi.gov/news/podcasts.

    If you believe you’ve been contacted by an individual or group claiming to be a Chinese authority, contact your local FBI field office. You can visit https://www.fbi.gov/fieldoffices for more information.

    And if you’ve experienced or witnessed any fraudulent or suspicious activities, please report them to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center at https://www.ic3.gov as soon as you can. Be sure to include as much transaction information as possible, such as wire instructions, wallet addresses, telephone numbers, and text or email communications.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: U.S. Marshals Arrest Teen Charged with Reckless Endangerment Who Was on Bond for Previous Attempted Murder, Reckless Endangerment Charges

    Source: US Marshals Service

    Henderson County, TN – On May 19, 2025, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) arrested Dawson Maness for Felony Reckless Endangerment against a law enforcement officer.

    On May 16, 2025, a State Trooper with the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) met a white Chevrolet truck traveling left of center of the roadway in Henderson County, TN. The Trooper was forced to run off the road to avoid a collision with the truck. When the Trooper activated his emergency equipment, the truck fled the scene in a reckless manner, endangering the lives of others. An investigation by the THP determined that Dawson Maness was the driver.

    The USMS Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force in Jackson was asked to assist in finding and apprehending Maness. This morning, deputy marshals and task force officers went to Maness’ residence on Bargerton Road in Lexington, TN and took him into custody.

    This was not the task force’s first encounter with Maness. He was released from jail on bond for a December 2024, incident where he is alleged to have shot and struck a FedEx delivery truck during a road rage incident in Jackson, TN. The Jackson Police Department charged him with Attempted First-Degree Murder and Felony Reckless Endangerment. The USMS subsequently arrested him at his home on January 22, 2025, for those charges.

    The U.S. Marshals Service Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force is a multi-agency task force within Western Tennessee. The TRVFTF has offices in Memphis and Jackson, and its membership is primarily composed of Deputy U.S. Marshals, Shelby, Fayette, Tipton, and Gibson County Sheriff’s Deputies, Memphis and Jackson Police Officers, Tennessee Department of Correction Special Agents and the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Since 2021, the TRVFTF has captured over 3,000 violent offenders and sexual predators.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: OVW Fiscal Year 2025 Children and Youth Program Pre-Application Information Session

    Source: United States Attorneys General 1

    OVW conducted a pre-application information session for its Fiscal Year 2025 Grants to Prevent and Respond to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking, and Sex Trafficking Against Children and Youth Program. During the presentation, OVW staff reviewed this NOFO’s requirements and discussed the program.

    • Introduction and session overview: 0:00 – 4:10
    • What do Children and Youth projects do?: 4:11 – 15:40
    • Am I eligible to apply for a CY grant? : 15:41 – 22:22
    • What goes into a CY grant application?: 22:23 – 36:24
    • How will my application be reviewed?: 36:25 – 38:03
    • How can I write a competitive application?: 38:04 – 40:50
    • Resources for applicants and closing: 40:51-42:39

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  • MIL-OSI Security: New Orleans Resident Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Possession and Receipt of Online Child Sexual Abuse Material

    Source: Office of United States Attorneys

    NEW ORLEANS, LA – Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced today that STEPHEN BADON (“BADON ”), age 35, of New Orleans, was sentenced on May 13, 2025, to 120 months imprisonment, followed by 25 years of supervised release, by U.S. District Judge Jay C. Zainey, after previously pleading guilty to receipt of child pornography, and distribution of child pornography, both in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252(a)(2) and (b)(1).  Additionally, BADON was ordered to pay $86,500 in restitution to numerous victims, as well as a $100 mandatory special assessment fee.

    According to court documents, the case against BADON stemmed from an online Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).  On August 2, 2023, FBI special agents executed a federal search warrant at BADON’s New Orleans home. FBI agents seized four electronic devices from BADON’s residence and subsequently located over 88,000 files of CSAM material throughout the four devices.  BADON was subsequently arrested by the FBI.

    This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice.  Led by United States Attorney’s Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.  For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

    Acting U.S. Attorney Simpson praised the work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Stuart Theriot of the Narcotics Unit.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Victim of fatal stabbing in Brent named

    Source: United Kingdom London Metropolitan Police

    Detectives investigating the murder of a 26-year-old man in Brent have named the victim.

    Ali Faris Muhammad, who lived in Harrow, sadly died following an altercation in the early hours on Sunday, 18 May.

    At 03:31hrs, police were called to reports of the incident in Kingsbury Road, NW9.

    Ali was taken to hospital with a stab wound. Despite the best efforts of medical staff, he died.

    His next of kin are being supported by specially trained officers. A murder investigation is under way.

    Detective Chief Inspector Allam Bhangoo, who is leading the investigation, said:

    “Our thoughts are with Ali’s family and loved ones. They have asked for their privacy to be respected at this difficult time.

    “Our team of detectives and forensic specialists are working at pace to establish the full circumstances that led to his tragic death. We urge anyone who witnessed the incident, or who has any information that could assist us, to come forward as soon as possible.

    “We understand this incident may cause concern within the Kingsbury community, and we’re grateful for their continued patience and co-operation as we carry out our investigation.”

    Anyone who can help is asked to call police on 101, quoting reference: 1052/18May. Information can also be provided anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

    Or please visit the Major Incident Police Portal (MIPP) – https://mipp.police.uk/operation/01MPS25X74-PO1

    The crime scene remains in place. No arrests have been made at this stage.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Jury Convicts Kansas City Man in Murder-for-Hire Conspiracy

    Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) State Crime Alerts (b)

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Mo., man was convicted in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire.

    Thomas D. Clegg, 42, was found guilty by a jury of participating in a conspiracy to commit murder for hire.

    Clegg and others conspired from Aug. 19, 2021, to June 13, 2022, to murder a victim identified as “J.C.” and his family members for payment in cash and marijuana.

    The conspiracy included two occasions when Clegg shot J.C. On Aug. 19, 2021, Clegg shot J.C. in the leg and back in the parking lot of Ugly Joe’s bar in Kansas City, Mo.  On May 25, 2022, Clegg shot J.C. in the back in the parking lot of a strip mall located at 4010 Sterling Avenue, Kansas City, Mo.  The businesses in and near the strip mall included an accounting firm, daycare, and fitness center.  One witness had just picked two of her children up from the daycare when her vehicle was struck by the gunfire.  One of her windows was shot out, but no one in her vehicle was injured.

    Investigators seized Clegg’s cell phone when he was arrested. Investigators also obtained search warrants for Clegg’s cell phone.  Text messages between Clegg and co-conspirators indicated that Clegg was hired to murder J.C.

    Following the presentation of evidence, the jury in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Mo., deliberated for approximately two and a half hours before returning guilty verdicts to U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips, ending a trial that began Monday, May 12.

    Clegg pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm utilized in the May 2022 shooting on Tuesday, May 6.

    Under federal law, it is illegal for anyone who has been convicted of a felony to be in possession of any firearm or ammunition.  Clegg has two prior felony convictions for possession of a controlled substance, as well as prior felony convictions for unlawful use of a weapon, trafficking in drugs, voluntary manslaughter, discharging a firearm from a motor vehicle, assault, armed criminal action, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

    Under federal statutes, Clegg is subject to a sentence of up to 30 years in federal prison without parole. The maximum statutory sentence is prescribed by Congress and is provided here for informational purposes, as the sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the court based on the advisory sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.

    This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Ashleigh A. Ragner and Heather Siegele.  It was investigated by the FBI, the Kansas City, Mo. Police Department, the Independence, Mo. Police Department, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

    Project Safe Neighborhoods

    This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Former Employee Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing From Psychiatrist

    Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) State Crime News

    BEAUMONT, Texas – A Beaumont man has been sentenced to federal prison for fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe McGlothin, Jr.

    Jerry Leonard Carnley, Jr., 55, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Marcia A. Crone on May 16, 2025.  Carnley was also ordered to pay restitution of $191,251.35 to his victims.

    According to information presented in court, Carnley was employed as an office manager and information technology (IT) specialist for a local psychiatric practice. As such, Carnley had access to the business checking account.  As part of his scheme to defraud the business, Carnley would utilize the business checking account, which had a debit card attached to it, and withdraw money from ATMs for matters other than business, including his own personal use. One of Carnley’s responsibilities was to provide an accounting firm with documents necessary for the filing of federal income tax returns. From December 2020 to September 2021, However, Carnley purposefully refused to provide the accounting firm with requested information such as quick books and bank statements. Eventually, Carnley told the accounting firm that he would file the taxes himself and that the doctor would no longer be using their services.  These actions allowed Carnley to continue to discretely withdraw money from the business checking account. Carnley befriended the doctor’s mother with the pretense of getting to know the doctor better and obtained information that would help him change passwords to bank accounts.  From November 2020 to December 2021, Carnley made 355 unauthorized withdrawals from an ATM machine located at the Delta Downs Racetrack, Hotel and Casino in Vinton, Louisiana, and 53 unauthorized cash withdrawals from banks in and around Beaumont, Texas. As a result of the scheme, Carnley was responsible for obtaining over $191,000 by fraud.

    This case was investigated by FBI’s Beaumont field office and the Beaumont Police Department and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Reynaldo P. Morin.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: FBI Announces Extradition of Fugitive Miguel Angel Urbano-Vazquez

    Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) State Crime News

    Special Agent in Charge (SAC) W. Mike Herrington of the Seattle Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced today that Miguel Angel Urbano-Vazquez was extradited to the United States. He had been arrested without incident in Chimalhuacan, Estado de Mexico, Mexico, on Tuesday, March 14, 2023.

    Urbano-Vazquez was wanted for his alleged involvement in the homicide and rape of Sharon Van Gilder in Pierce County, Washington, in 2002. Additionally, he has been charged for the rapes of three other individuals in 2002. Between 2002 and 2012, the rape cases and the murder case were unsolved, but in 2012 the cases were linked by DNA evidence to Urbano-Vazquez, who was identified as the suspect in all four. 

    Urbano-Vazquez was charged with murder and three separate rapes in the Superior Court of Washington for Pierce County, Washington, and a local arrest warrant was issued for him in October 2012.

    In 2018, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office requested assistance from the FBI in locating and apprehending Urbano-Vazquez, as the investigation determined he had been deported to Mexico. 

    “This extradition should send a message to those who commit violence in our communities: you can run, but you can’t hide. Thanks to strong international partnerships, Mr. Urbano-Vazquez has learned that lesson first-hand and now will face justice here in the State of Washington for his horrific actions threatening our community,” said SAC Herrington.

    The FBI Seattle Field Office credits the FBI’s Legal Attaché office in Mexico City, Mexico, Unidad Especializada de Combate al Secuestro (UECS), Fiscalia General de Justicia del Estado de México, Agencia de Investigación Criminal (AIC) Fiscalía General de la República, and the Western District of Washington’s U.S. Attorney’s Office in coordinating the arrest of Urbano-Vazquez, who was deported to the U.S. where he will be tried in the Pierce County, Washington, Superior Court.

    The public is reminded that indictments contain only allegations of criminal misconduct and that defendants are presumed to be innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.

    FBI Seattle is one of the 55 FBI field offices located in the United States. The mission of the FBI is to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution of the United States. For more information, visit www.fbi.gov or www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/seattle.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: Help FBI Find One-Hit Wonders Bank Robbers

    Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) State Crime Alerts (b)

    The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force, along with the Denver and Greenwood Village Police Departments, need the public’s help identifying three individuals who independently robbed three banks earlier this year. Although the images of these suspects are clear, none of these individuals have been positively identified.

    The FBI Denver Division has referred to them as the “One-hit Wonders” because we have linked each suspect to one bank robbery, and we are wondering who these individuals are. Hence, we are requesting assistance publicizing the subjects’ photographs with the goal of generating information that results in identifying the subjects.

    “We know that mobilizing the general public is a powerful crime-fighting tool,” said FBI Denver Special Agent in Charge Mark Michalek. “In fact, we have a recent federal sentencing in which we identified the so-called Penguin Bandit after a tip came in from the public. Someone out there will recognize these suspects if we can get the images in front of enough eyes.”

    The suspects are believed to be responsible for the following bank robberies:

    • Suspect 1: January 2 at approx. 3:15 p.m. CrossFirst Bank Denver, 4582 South Ulster St., Denver
    • Suspect 2: January 3 at approx. 5:35 p.m., ENT Credit Union, 1499 Wyncoop St., Denver
    • Suspect 3: January 14 at approx. 11:25 a.m., Bank of America, 5117 S. Yosemite St., Greenwood Village

    A photograph of Suspect 1 is included in the CrimeStoppers poster. No written description was provided.

    Suspect 2 is described as a white male, 50 to 60 years old, with a large build, who wore glasses during the bank robbery.

    Suspect 3 is described as a white female, approximately 5’5” tall, 40-50 years old, wearing a camouflage trapper hat, prescription glasses, a blue coat, and black gloves. The suspect walked with a limp.

    Please be on the lookout for anyone matching the above descriptions. Be aware of anyone similar who might have recently changed their spending habits or discussed coming into money suddenly.

    Bank robbery is punishable by up to 20 years in prison for each federal offense, and sentences can increase if a dangerous weapon is used in the commission of the crime.

    Anyone with information about one of these robberies or the identity of a One-hit Wonder suspect is asked to contact the Denver Police, Greenwood Village Police, FBI, or Metro Denver CrimeStoppers.

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  • MIL-OSI USA: ICE RGV, federal partner investigation results in the sentencing of a Mexican illegal alien for possession of sexually explicit images and videos of children

    Source: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement

    BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A Mexican illegal alien was sentenced May 14 for possession of child sexual abuse material following an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with the assistance of U.S. Border Patrol.

    Felix Raymundo Mora-Gonzalez, 47, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Rolando Olvera to 70 months in federal prison. He was further ordered to pay $13,000 in restitution to the known victims and will serve 25 years on supervised release following the completion of his prison term. During that time, he will have to comply with numerous requirements designed to restrict his access to children and the internet. Mora-Gonzalez will also be ordered to register as a sex offender. Mora-Gonzalez pleaded guilty Feb. 20.

    “Crimes against children are among the most disturbing we investigate,” said ICE Homeland Security Investigations Rio Grande Valley Deputy Special Agent in Charge Mark Lippa. “This sentencing sends a clear message that those who exploit the most vulnerable will face serious consequences. HSI remains committed to working with our law enforcement partners to protect children and bring predators to justice.”

    According to court documents, Mora-Gonzalez was arrested Feb. 21, 2023, in connection with his involvement in an alien smuggling investigation. Mora-Gonzalez was originally arrested for harboring illegal aliens. However, the investigation uncovered a cell phone at the stash house that belonged to him. A forensic examination of the cell phone revealed Mora-Gonzalez knowingly possessed 29 videos and nine images of CSAM. He also pleaded guilty to the alien smuggling charges and was previously sentenced to 15 months.

    Mora-Gonzalez remains in custody pending transfer to a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future.

    Assistant U.S. Attorneys Ana C. Cano, Israel Cano and Joe Esquivel from the Southern District of Texas prosecuted the case.

    Members of the public can report crimes or suspicious activity by calling the ICE Tip Line at 866-DHS-2-ICE (866-347-2423) or by completing the online tip form.

    For more information about HSI San Antonio and its public safety efforts in Central and South Texas, follow HSI San Antonio on X at @HSI_SanAntonio.

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  • MIL-OSI Security: St. Louis Area Man Accused of Fentanyl, Methamphetamine Dealing

    Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) State Crime Alerts (b)

    ST. LOUIS – A man accused of involvement in methamphetamine and fentanyl dealing was arrested by the FBI in Richmond Heights, Missouri Friday.

    Albert James, 47, was indicted Wednesday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on one count of conspiracy with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl and one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. He pleaded not guilty Friday.

    The indictment accuses James of agreeing with others in 2021 to possess with the intent to distribute more than 500 grams of meth and 400 grams of fentanyl. The indictment also seeks the forfeiture of $18,920 in cash.

    In court, Assistant U.S. Attorney Dianna Edwards said the charges related to a traffic stop in Oklahoma, when James was caught with pounds of meth and fentanyl.

    “This is part of a larger on-going investigation,” said Special Agent in Charge Chris Crocker of the FBI St. Louis Division. “Perpetrators should not underestimate the FBI’s expertise, resources, and tenacity to dismantle criminal networks.”

    Each charge carries a potential prison sentence of at least 10 years, with a maximum term of life.

    Charges set forth in an indictment are merely accusations and do not constitute proof of guilt.  Every defendant is presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty.

    The FBI and the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Dianna Edwards is prosecuting the case.

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