Santina Green of Georgia pleaded no contest to racketeering and fraud charges for a scheme defrauding TJX Companies Inc. stores of up to $300,000 by returning cheaper rugs with forged price codes using duplicate receipts. She faces up to 75 years in prison.
A jury convicted three MS-13 gang members in Las Vegas of racketeering charges linked to nine killings between 2017 and 2018. The men face life in prison. The verdict is seen as a victory for the Trump administration's crackdown on the gang.
Two rhino horn traffickers, Dawie Groenewald and Tielman Erasmus, have been sentenced in South Africa for over 1,700 charges including illegal hunting and racketeering. Groenewald received a fine or prison time after a plea deal, marking a significant development in a nearly two-decade legal battle against rhino horn poaching.
Héctor Guerrero, conhecido como "Niño Guerrero" e líder da organização criminosa Tren de Aragua, foi morto em uma operação conjunta entre EUA e Venezuela no estado de Bolívar. Guerrero, que chefiava a facção de dentro da prisão de Tocorón, era procurado por diversos crimes e enfrentava acusações nos EUA.
Héctor Guerrero, líder da organização criminosa Tren de Aragua, foi morto em operação conjunta entre EUA e Venezuela no estado de Bolívar. Conhecido como 'Niño Guerrero', ele era procurado por diversos crimes e chefiava a facção de dentro da prisão.
The US has designated the Tren de Aragua as a terrorist organization. Guerrero Flores was charged in a New York federal court with racketeering conspiracy and supporting terrorists. The gang is accused of violence, extortion, and drug trafficking across North America, South America, and Europe.
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld federal racketeering convictions of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and ex-lobbyist Matt Borges in a $60 million bribery scheme funded by Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. Householder, 66, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for masterminding the scheme to pass a $1 billion bailout of two nuclear plants through House Bill 6 and defend it from repeal efforts.
