According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release from May 14, 2021, three Peruvian nationals pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud thousands of Spanish-speaking U.S. residents. Omar Cuzcano Marroquin, 32, Jerson Renteria Gonzales, 37, and Evelyng Milla Campuzano, 35, each of Lima, Peru used Peruvian call centers to extort Spanish-speaking individuals in the US for money, threatening them with arrest and deportation if they did not comply.

According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release dated May 11, 2021, Jessica Palacio, 34, of Miami, FL was charged with conspiring to falsify clinical trial data surrounding asthma medication for children. She worked as a study coordinator at a clinical trial firm called Unlimited Medical Research.

According to a Department of Justice press release dated May 5, 2021, two former city officials in Calexico, California were sentenced to two years in prison for accepting bribes in return for a city permit to open a cannabis dispensary. The defendants were caught by an undercover FBI agent.

According to a Department of Justice press release from April 28, 2021, a North Carolina man pleaded guilty to production of child pornography. Raul Ayala Jr., 72, admitted to molesting minors going as far back as the 1970s. Following this admission, police executed a warrant to search Ayala’s home, where they found child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on multiple digital devices.

According to a Department of Justice press release dated April 20, 2021, a 51-year old man from Dublin, Ohio, Yu Zhou, was sentenced to 33 months in prison after pleading guilty to stealing scientific trade secrets related to exosomes and exosome isolation from Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s Research Institute for personal financial gain and conspiring to commit wire fraud.

According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release dated April 12, 2021, a San Antonio man, 58-year-old Kevin Charles Kowalis, was charged with four counts of mail fraud and four counts of misrepresentation of Indian goods under the Indian Arts and Crafts Act.

According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release dated April 1, 2021, James Bradley, aka Abdullah, and his wife Arwa Muthana were arrested at a seaport in New Jersey while attempting to travel overseas to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS).

A Department of Justice (DOJ) press release dated March 26, 2021 announced an update on DOJ’s efforts to combat crimes related to COVID-19 relief fraud, such as illegal schemes surrounding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program and Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs.

According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release dated March 22, 2021, Mun Chol Myong, 55, is the first North Korean national to be extradited the United States. Mun was extradited to the United States to face charges of money laundering in order to circumvent U.S. sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release dated March 17, 2021, a Nevada man, Eric Blair McCartt, 37, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for producing images of child sexual abuse of minors under the age of twelve.

According to a Department of Justice press release dated March 8, 2021, a doctor, a clinic owner, and staff have been charged with falsifying clinical data.

According to a Department of Justice press release dated February 26, 2021, Richard Holzer, 28, was sentenced in federal court for planning to blow up a synagogue in Pueblo, Colorado. Holzer pleaded guilty to federal hate crime and explosives charges and was given a sentence of over 19 years in federal prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release.

According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release from February 22, 2021, a Puerto Rican man was sentenced to one year in federal prison for violating the Lacey Act, which prohibits the trafficking and false labeling of protected coral reef organisms.

According to a Department of Justice press release from February 16, 2021, a North Carolina sport supplement company owner, Brian Michael Parks, pleaded guilty to one count of distributing unapproved new drugs with the intent to mislead and defraud the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and consumers. He was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison.

According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release, Indian drug manufacturer Fresenius Kabi Oncology Limited (FKOL) has agreed to plead guilty to concealing and destroying records prior to a 2013 U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspection. FKOL has agreed to pay $50 million in fines and forfeiture.

According to a Department of Justice press release, on February 1, John Ed James, 51, of Katy, Texas pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit commodities fraud and wire fraud for his role in an insider trading scheme.

According to a Department of Justice press release dated January 26, 2021, Wisconsin pharmacist Steven Brandenburg was charged with two counts of attempting to tamper with consumer products with reckless disregard for the risk that another person will be placed in danger of death or bodily injury.

The first civil settlement to resolve fraud allegations against the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has been entered, according to a January 12, 2021 press release from the Department of Justice. The PPP was part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to provide up to $349 billion to small businesses and corporations to keep them afloat. In December 2020, Congress authorized nearly $285 billion in additional Paycheck Protection Program funding.

According to a Department of Justice press release from January 8, thirteen people have already been charged in federal court following the violence at the Capitol on January 6. About 40 others are being charged in Superior Court. Additionally, over 25 cases have been opened to investigate possible domestic terrorism charges following the events that transpired at the Capitol.

A Department of Justice press release dated January 5, 2021 announced that the United States has collected $7 million in Iranian assets to be distributed to American victims of international state-sponsored terrorism. The funds were collected as a part of civil forfeiture investigation that led to millions of dollars being claimed from several Iranian nationals and others who attempted to circumvent U.S. economic sanctions on Iran.