Erik Schleehauf, 43, of Washington, D.C., was indicted in Superior Court on felony charges for the assault of a police officer while armed, assault with a deadly weapon, and assault with significant bodily injury for the April 15, 2025, attack of a Metro Transit Police Officer, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro and Chief Michael Anzallo of the Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD).
Matthew Norman Ballek, 32, of Saskatchewan, Canada, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 46 months in federal prison in connection with distributing child pornography to an undercover law enforcement agent in January 2024, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
Tanade Warsame, 32, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to a total of 66 months in prison for a knife attack during a fight in May 2024, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro and Chief Pamela Smith, of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
Four North Korean nationals, Kim Kwang Jin (김관진), Kang Tae Bok (강태복), Jong Pong Ju (정봉주), and Chang Nam Il (창남일), have been charged in a five-count wire fraud and money laundering indictment arising from a scheme to be hired as remote IT workers and then steal and launder over $900,000 in virtual currency.
The Justice Department announced today coordinated actions against the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK) government’s schemes to fund its regime through remote information technology (IT) work for U.S. companies.
Today, United States Attorney Hayden P. O’Byrne announced criminal charges against thirty-seven defendants in connection with alleged schemes to unlawfully distribute controlled substances and defraud federal health care programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. The charges were filed in federal court and are part of the Department of Justice’s 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown.