CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois issued the following news release: A federal judge in Chicago has sentenced a Chinese national to a decade in prison for laundering $62 million in illegal drug proceeds on behalf of traffickers in Mexico. From 2016 to 2018, HAIPING PAN schemed with others to launder up to $3 million per month in drug proceeds using secretive money pickups in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and other parts of the more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: * * * Rui-Siang Lin Used the Identity of 'Pharoah' to Operate Incognito Market, Which Sold More Than $100 Million of Illegal Narcotics to Customers Around the World * * * Edward Y. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that RUI-SIANG LIN, a/k/a "Ruisiang Lin," a/k/a "Pharoah," a/k/a "faro," pled guilty to narcoti more PR

BROOKLYN, New York, Dec. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: * * * When Watson Needed to Prove His False Claims To Investors, He Directed Conspirators to Forge Documents and Impersonate Executives from Other Companies * * * Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Carlos Watson, the founder and former Chief Executive Officer of Ozy Media, Inc. (Ozy), was sentenced by United States District Judge Eric R. Komitee to  more PR

BROOKLYN, New York, Dec. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: Today, in federal court in Central Islip, Klaus Pflugbeil was sentenced by Judge Joan M. Azrack to 24 months' imprisonment for conspiring to send trade secrets that belong to a leading U.S.-based electric vehicle company (Victim Company-1). Pflugbeil, a resident of the People's Republic of China (the "PRC" or "China") and a Canadian and German national, and his  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the following transcript of a foreign press center briefing on Dec. 16, 2024 featuring Brian A. Nichols, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs: * * * Summary * In this on-the-record briefing, Assistant Secretary Nichols provides an overview of U.S. priorities in the Western Hemisphere. Topics of discussion include how the U.S. is working with regional partners on migration, inclusive economic prosperity, and long more PR