Two high-ranking former Syrian Air Force Intelligence officers who worked for former President Bashar al-Assad are facing war crime charges, according to a DOJ press release.
Do Kyeong Kwon, 33, a national of South Korea, was extradited from Montenegro to stand before a Manhattan court on Jan. 2 to formally face federal charges for his part in a cryptocurrency scheme to defraud investors of $40 billion, according to a DOJ press release.
Jack Danaher Molloy, 24, a dual citizen of the United States and the Republic of Ireland who formerly lived in Pittsburgh, was arrested on Dec 6, 2024, and then transported to Pittsburgh by the U.S. Marshals Service on Dec. 30, 2024, according to a DOJ press release. A grand jury formally indicted Molloy on Jan. […]
The City of Antioch, Calif., the Antioch Police Department (APD) and the Justice Department have agreed to resolve an investigation concerning discriminatory conduct and racial discrimination of citizens by APD officers, according to a DOJ press release.
On Jan. 3, 2025, Johnny Buscema of New Port Richey, Fla., along with his companies, USA Manufacturing and SAFE Structure Designs, reached a settlement with the Justice Department to resolve allegations that he caused another vendor to submit false contracts, according to a press release. Buscema will pay $1 million to avoid further prosecution under […]
Fresh Mark, Inc., entered a non-prosecution agreement with the Northern District of Ohio’s U.S. Attorney’s Office after multiple investigations led to arrests between 2013 and 2018, according to a Dec. 31, 2024, DOJ press release. Among those arrested was Yelwin Omar Munoz-Solis, 43, from Salem, Ohio, who was accused of crimes related to identity theft […]
Paul Kenneth Cromar, 65, formerly from Cedar Hills, Utah, was sentenced to six years in prison for committing tax evasion and re-seizing a property taken by court order for failure to pay taxes, according to a DOJ press release.
Wendell Lynn Smallwood, Jr., 30, a former running back from Wilmington, Del. and resident of New Jersey, pleaded guilty to wire fraud, conspiracy, and defrauding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), according to Smallwood’s plea agreement.
On Dec. 18, the Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General announced they were looking into the military’s efforts to clean up PFAS contamination, according to an IG memo.
Zerion Marcos Franklin, 35, from Fayetteville, N.C., was sentenced on Dec. 27, 2024, to 48 months in prison for his role in a scheme to steal $750,000 from the United States Treasury, according to a DOJ press release.
Sun Tong Lin, 37, and Xueliang Chen, 36, both from Staten Island, N.Y., were indicted on Dec. 17, 2024, on charges of conspiracy and wire fraud, according to a DOJ press release. The charges were related to a scheme to defraud at least nine people of $288,000.
On Dec. 20, Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen, a 44-year-old Jordanian native living in Orlando, Fla., pleaded guilty to four counts of threatening to use explosives and one count of destruction of an energy facility, according to a Justice Department press release.
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