BALTIMORE, MD—United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, Erek L. Barron, announced his resignation effective Wednesday, February 12, 2025. Barron has held his position since October 7, 2021. “Serving as United States Attorney has been the honor of a lifetime,” Barron stated. He expressed his pride in the work done by the office’s attorneys and administrative staff, emphasizing their […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The US Department of Justice announced the unsealing of criminal charges against two Russian nationals, Roman Berezhnoy, 33, and Egor Nikolaevich Glebov, 39, this week. They are accused of operating a cybercrime group that used Phobos ransomware to attack over 1,000 organizations worldwide, earning more than $16 million in ransom payments. Berezhnoy and Glebov are alleged to have been […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore man is facing federal charges after he illegally flew a drone over M&T Bank Stadium last month. A federal criminal complaint has been filed charging Alexis Perez Suarez, 43, of Baltimore, on federal felony charges related to flying a drone over M&T Bank Stadium during the Ravens’ National Football League Wild Card Game on January 11, 2025. […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Florida man has been found guilty of plotting to blow up substations in Maryland, prosecutors said this week. A federal jury on Monday found Brandon Russell, 29, of Orlando, Florida, guilty of conspiracy to damage an energy facility on Monday after a six-day trial, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland said. U.S. Attorney Erek L. […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore County man has been convicted on 13 counts of fraud, three counts of money laundering, two counts of filing false tax returns, and one count of aggravated identity theft for his role in a $20 million life insurance scheme. Federal prosecutors say that 77-year-old James William Wilson, Jr., of Owings Mills, defrauded life insurance companies by taking […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Harford County man has been sentenced to prison for an identity theft and bank fraud scheme that resulted in over $1 million in losses. U.S. District Judge Julie R. Rubin sentenced Victor Ojo, 30, of Belcamp, to 72 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Victor Ojo received the sentence for aggravated identity theft […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The man who used artificial intelligence to fake the voice of Pikesville High School’s principal in a racist tirade last year has been arrested on child pornography charges. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland has filed a federal criminal complaint charging Dazhon Darien, 32, of Baltimore, with sexual exploitation of a child and receiving child sexual […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore man has been indicted on charges of sexual exploiting a minor and producing child sexual abuse material. A federal grand jury has returned an indictment, charging Jose Adan Lopez-Guevara, 37, with five counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child sexual abuse material. Erek L. Barron, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, announced […]