COFOUNDER LLC — Federal Records

DOJ: Co-Founder of CJNG Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Trafficking Conspiracy 2026-04-07

A California man and co-founder of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion, one of the world’s most prolific cartels and a designated foreign terrorist organization, pleaded guilty today to federal nar...

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DOJ: Co-Founder of Paycheck Protection Program Lender Service Provider Sentenced for $65M COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme 2025-12-18

A co-founder of a lender service provider was sentenced to 10 years in prison for participating in a scheme to fraudulently obtain over $65 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guarantee...

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DOJ: Co-Founder of Paycheck Protection Program Lender Service Provider Sentenced for $65M COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme 2025-12-18

A co-founder of a lender service provider was sentenced to 10 years in prison for participating in a scheme to fraudulently obtain over $65 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guarantee...

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DOJ: Co-Founder of Paycheck Protection Program Lender Service Provider Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for $63M COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme 2025-11-24

A co-founder of a lender service provider was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on Friday, November 21, 2025, for participating in a scheme to fraudulently obtain over $63 million in Paycheck Pr...

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DOJ: Co-Founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia, Pleads Guilty in Brooklyn to Engaging in a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Other 2025-08-25

BROOKLYN, NY — Ismael Zambada Garcia, also known as “El Mayo,” pleaded guilty today to being a principal leader of a continuing criminal enterprise — the Sinaloa Cartel (the Cartel), one of the most v...

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DOJ: Co-Founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada Garcia, Pleads Guilty to Engaging in a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Racketeering 2025-08-25

Ismael Zambada Garcia also known as El Mayo, 75, of Sinaloa, Mexico, pleaded guilty today to being a principal leader of a continuing criminal enterprise — the Sinaloa Cartel (the Cartel), one of the ...

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DOJ: Co-Founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada Garcia, Pleads Guilty to Engaging in a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Racketeering 2025-08-25

BROOKLYN – Ismael Zambada Garcia also known as El Mayo, 75, of Sinaloa, Mexico, pleaded guilty today to being a principal leader of a continuing criminal enterprise — the Sinaloa Cartel (the Cartel), ...

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DOJ: Co-Founder of Los Cuinis Drug Cartel Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison; High-Ranking Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) Operative Pleads Guilty 2025-06-20

Today, a Mexican national and the co-founder of the armed, violent, and prolific Los Cuinis drug cartel was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in a major drug trafficking conspiracy. Accordi...

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DOJ: Co-founder of Medical Charity in St. Joseph Sentenced for $8 Million Fraud Scheme 2024-11-22

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A co-founder of a so-called Christian health care sharing ministry in St. Joseph, Mo., has been sentenced in federal court for his role in an $8 million wire fraud conspiracy that c...

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DOJ: Co-founder of Medical Charity in St. Joseph Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison for $8 Million Fraud Scheme 2024-06-26

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The co-founder of a so-called Christian health care sharing ministry in St. Joseph, Mo., was sentenced in federal court today for his role in an $8 million wire fraud conspiracy tha...

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DOJ: Co-Founder of Sinaloa Cartel Charged in Superseding Indictment with Conspiracy to Manufacture and Distribute Fentanyl 2024-02-15

A fifth superseding indictment was filed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Ismael Zambada Garcia, also known as “El Mayo,” with conspiring to manufacture and distribute a substance, containi...

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DOJ: Co-Founder and Leader of a Violent Drug and Sex Trafficking Gang called the “Sevens,” Sentenced to Life Plus a Consecutive Ten Years 2023-03-06

PHILADELPHIA, PA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero and announced today that Alexander Malave, 31, of Reading, Pennsylvania, co-founder and Top General of a gang he named the Sevens, was se...

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DOJ: Co-Founder of Shuttered Bucks County Addiction Rehab Center Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud 2020-02-19

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Branden Coluccio, 32, of Doylestown, PA entered a guilty plea to a one-count Information, charging him with conspiracy to commit...

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DOJ: Co-Founder of Oxywater Sentenced for Wire Fraud and Money Laundering 2015-10-02

WASHINGTON – A co-founder of Imperial Integrative Health Research and Development LLC (Imperial) was sentenced to serve 83 months in prison in federal court today for his role in a fraud scheme relate...

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DOJ: Co-Founder of OXYwater Sentenced for Wire Fraud and Money Laundering 2015-10-01

A co-founder of Imperial Integrative Health Research and Development LLC (Imperial) was sentenced to serve 83 months in prison in federal court today for his role in a fraud scheme related to Imperial...

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DOJ: Co-Founder of OXYwater and Wife Sentenced for Wire Fraud, Money Laundering and Tax Crimes 2015-08-31

WASHINGTON – A husband and wife residing in Lewis Center, Ohio, were sentenced to prison in U.S. District Court today for their roles in a fraud scheme related to the company Imperial Integrative Heal...

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DOJ: Co-Founder of OXYwater and Wife Sentenced for Wire Fraud, Money Laundering and Tax Crimes 2015-08-25

A husband and wife residing in Lewis Center, Ohio, were sentenced to prison in U.S. District Court today for their roles in a fraud scheme related to the company Imperial Integrative Health Research a...

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DOJ: Co-Founder of Government Contracting Company Pleads Guilty to Illegal Gratuity Charge 2014-08-28

Timothy S. Miller, 58, a co-founder of a Chesapeake, Virginia, government contracting company, pleaded guilty today to providing illegal gratuities to two public officials working for the United State...

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DOJ: Co-founder of Liberty Reserve Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering in Manhattan Federal Court 2013-10-31

Vladimir Kats, 41, of Brooklyn, N.Y., pleaded guilty today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote to money laundering and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. The c...

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DOJ: Co-Founder of Casino-Cheating Criminal Enterprise Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Targeting Casinos Across the United States 2012-09-28

WASHINGTON – Van Thu Tran was sentenced today in San Diego to 36 months in prison for her role in a scheme to cheat casinos across the country out of millions of dollars, announced Assistant Attorney ...

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DOJ: Co-Founder of NinjaVideo.net Website Sentenced in Virginia to 14 Months in Prison for Criminal Copyright Conspiracy 2012-01-20

WASHINGTON – Matthew David Howard Smith, 24, of Raleigh, N.C., was sentenced today in Alexandria, Va., to 14 months in prison for his role in founding NinjaVideo.net, a website that provided millions ...

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DOJ: Co-Founder of Casino-Cheating Criminal Enterprise Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy Targeting Casinos Across the United States 2011-01-14

WASHINGTON – The co-founder of a criminal enterprise known as the “Tran Organization” pleaded guilty today in San Diego to conspiring to participate in the organization’s scheme to cheat casinos acros...

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DOJ: Co-Founder of Casino-Cheating Criminal Enterprise Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy Targeting Casinos in the United States and Canada 2009-02-13

WASHINGTON – Tai Khiem Tran, 47, pleaded guilty today in San Diego to conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise, the "Tran Organization," in a scheme to cheat casinos across the United St...

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