DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA
Material regulatory developments from U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division are tracked daily by Cresthaven Analytics. Over the last 90 days, 20 material briefs relevant to professionals operating in the financial & capital markets sector have been published below. Each brief is sourced directly from the primary regulatory feed, summarized for institutional readers, and scored for materiality.
Recent material activity
A selection of recent published briefs; this is not a complete archive.
Former Puerto Rico bank CEO sentenced to 112 months for wire fraud and Venezuela sanctions evasion
The DOJ sentenced Tomás Niembro Concha on September 21, 2026 to 112 months in prison for defrauding Nodus International Bank of at least $24.9 million and conspiring to evade U.S. sanctions against Venezuela. The court o…
Read the full DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA brief →DOJ sentences Georgia financial adviser to seven-plus years for $10 million elderly-client fraud
The DOJ's U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced on September 14, 2026 that financial adviser Ejiroghene O. Okuma was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for wire fraud. Th…
Read the full DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA brief →DOJ charges hedge fund founder Vuk Vukovic with securities and wire fraud over fabricated performance data
On September 11, 2026, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York unsealed a criminal complaint charging Vuk Vukovic — founder of Oraclum Capital LLC and CEO and CIO of the Orca Bason Fund — with securities …
Read the full DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA brief →Joonko Diversity founder pleads guilty to securities fraud for fabricating customer and revenue data
Ilit Raz, founder and former CEO of Joonko Diversity, Inc., pleaded guilty to securities fraud on September 11, 2026, following a U.S. Attorney announcement from the Southern District of New York. The charge stems from a…
Read the full DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA brief →Federal jury convicts former Loop Industries director on securities fraud, obstruction, and perjury charges
A federal jury in the Southern District of California convicted Donald Danks on September 10, 2026, on charges of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, witness tampering, obstruction of justice, and perjury. The convict…
Read the full DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA brief →DOJ secures $12.5 million non-prosecution agreement with Southern Glazer's over bribery and false invoicing
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California announced on September 10, 2026 that Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC entered a non-prosecution agreement resolving a federal investigation into b…
Read the full DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA brief →DOJ sentences Ukrainian national to four years for wire fraud conspiracy tied to Conti ransomware deployment
The Department of Justice sentenced Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko, 44, on September 10, 2026, to four years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The conviction stems from his role in deploying Conti ransomwar…
Read the full DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA brief →DOJ secures four-year prison sentence against Ukrainian national for Conti ransomware wire fraud conspiracy
The Department of Justice sentenced a Ukrainian national to four years in federal prison on September 10, 2026, for wire fraud conspiracy tied to the Conti ransomware operation. The sentence reflects DOJ's sustained pros…
Read the full DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA brief →DOJ SDNY indicts two individuals for wire fraud in multimillion-dollar mortgage modification fee scheme
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York indicted Armando Solis Barron and Dominic Ahiga on September 9, 2026, charging both with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The charges stem from a sch…
Read the full DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA brief →DOJ secures guilty plea in $4 million drug-proceeds laundering case involving cryptocurrency repatriation to Mexico
On September 4, 2026, the Department of Justice announced that Carlos Erick Vazquez Gonzalez, 48, a Mexican national, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to launder approximately $4 million in drug trafficking proceeds. The sch…
Read the full DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA brief →DOJ charges Pacific Private Money founder and COO with wire fraud conspiracy in real estate fund scheme
On September 1, 2026, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California filed a criminal information charging Mark Hanf and Nam Phan — founder-CEO and COO of Pacific Private Money — with wire fraud conspiracy. Th…
Read the full DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA brief →Federal jury convicts cryptocurrency fund founder Japheth Dillman on wire fraud and conspiracy charges
A federal jury convicted Japheth Dillman on August 24, 2026 of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, following a scheme to defraud investors in a cryptocurrency trading fund. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the …
Read the full DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA brief →DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA Enforcement release pending Cresthaven Analytics full analysis: Four Members of the “War Room” Charged in Connection with $12M Medicaid Fraud Scheme
DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA Enforcement published a regulatory release titled 'Four Members of the “War Room” Charged in Connection with $12M Medicaid Fraud Scheme'. Cresthaven Analytics' full intelligence brief is pend…
Read the full DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA brief →DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA Enforcement release pending Cresthaven Analytics full analysis: Founder Of Fashion Tech Company CaaStle Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For $300 Million Fraud Scheme
DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA Enforcement published a regulatory release titled 'Founder Of Fashion Tech Company CaaStle Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For $300 Million Fraud Scheme'. Cresthaven Analytics' full intelli…
Read the full DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA brief →DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA Enforcement release pending Cresthaven Analytics full analysis: Ponte Vedra Beach Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Fraud Scheme Involving COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment
DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA Enforcement published a regulatory release titled 'Ponte Vedra Beach Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Fraud Scheme Involving COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment'. Cresthaven Analytics' …
Read the full DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA brief →DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA Enforcement release pending Cresthaven Analytics full analysis: Senior Executive Charged With Insider Trading
DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA Enforcement published a regulatory release titled 'Senior Executive Charged With Insider Trading'. Cresthaven Analytics' full intelligence brief is pending re-analysis; see the source link be…
Read the full DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA brief →DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA Enforcement release pending Cresthaven Analytics full analysis: Four Members Of The “War Room” Charged In Connection With $12 Million Medicaid Fraud Scheme
DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA Enforcement published a regulatory release titled 'Four Members Of The “War Room” Charged In Connection With $12 Million Medicaid Fraud Scheme'. Cresthaven Analytics' full intelligence brief …
Read the full DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA brief →SDNY indicts corporate finance director Jesse Mitchell on securities fraud charges for alleged insider trading
On August 20, 2026, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and the FBI unsealed an indictment charging Jesse Mitchell, a finance director, with securities fraud arising from alleged insider trading condu…
Read the full DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA brief →DOJ SDNY unseals insider trading indictment against corporate senior director for misappropriating employer financial data
A federal indictment unsealed on August 18, 2026 charges David Pidgeon with securities fraud based on alleged insider trading. The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York alleges that Pidgeon misappropriated …
Read the full DOJ Criminal Division & FCPA brief →Former Williams-Sonoma procurement executive pleads guilty to wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies causing $16 million in losses
On August 11, 2026, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California announced that Eric Marsiglia, a former Williams-Sonoma executive, pleaded guilty to three federal conspiracy counts. The charges cov…
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