News from 2017
Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Serve 188 Months in Federal Prison on Conspiracy Conviction
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 27, 2017
News Release: DALLAS A defendant charged in a major drug distribution conspiracy that operated in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and elsewhere was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 188 months in federal prison for his role in that conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
Two Romanian Suspects Charged With Hacking of D.C. Metropolitan Police Department Surveillance Cameras in Connection With Ransomware Scheme
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON A criminal complaint and arrest warrants were unsealed today charging two Romanian nationals with a conspiracy to illegally access approximately 123 computers associated with Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) surveillance cameras and to use those computers in connection with a scheme to distribute ransomware in January 2017.