[
  {
    "case": "Former FBI Director James Comey Threats to Harm President Trump",
    "short_description": "Federal grand jury indicts former FBI Director James Comey for threats to harm President Trump.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-grand-jury-indicts-former-fbi-director-james-comey-threats-harm-president-trump"
  },
  {
    "case": "Southern Poverty Law Center Wire Fraud",
    "short_description": "Federal grand jury charges Southern Poverty Law Center with wire fraud, false statements, and conspiracy to commit money laundering involving covert operations with extremist groups.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-grand-jury-charges-southern-poverty-law-center-wire-fraud-false-statements-and",
    "indictment_pdf": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1437146/dl"
  },
  {
    "case": "Former Senior NIAID Official Records Concealment",
    "short_description": "Former senior NIAID official indicted for conspiracy and destroying/altering records to evade FOIA during COVID-19 research grants.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-senior-niaid-official-indicted-concealing-federal-records-during-covid-19-pandemic-0"
  },
  {
    "case": "U.S. Soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke Classified Information",
    "short_description": "U.S. Army soldier charged with using classified information on military operations (e.g., Maduro capture) for profit in prediction market bets.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-soldier-charged-using-classified-information-profit-prediction-market-bets",
    "indictment_pdf": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/media/1437781/dl"
  },
  {
    "case": "Chicago Six Impeding Federal Agent",
    "short_description": "Federal grand jury in Chicago indicts six individuals for impeding a federal agent engaged in immigration enforcement operations.",
    "year": 2025,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/federal-grand-jury-chicago-indicts-six-individuals-charges-impeding-federal-agent",
    "indictment_pdf": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/media/1416736/dl"
  },
  {
    "case": "New York State Attorney General Letitia James",
    "short_description": "New York State Attorney General indicted on bank fraud and false statements to a financial institution.",
    "year": 2025,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/new-york-state-attorney-general-indicted",
    "indictment_pdf": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/media/1416106/dl"
  },
  {
    "case": "Three U.S. Citizens and 22 Chinese Nationals Drug Trafficking",
    "short_description": "Grand jury indicts three U.S. citizens, 22 Chinese nationals, and four Chinese pharmaceutical companies in international drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracies.",
    "year": 2025,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/grand-jury-indicts-three-us-citizens-22-chinese-nationals-four-chinese-pharmaceutical"
  },
  {
    "case": "Gregory and Danielle Parker Real Estate Ponzi Scheme",
    "short_description": "Couple indicted for real estate investment scam operating a Ponzi scheme and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/couple-indicted-real-estate-investment-scam-operating-ponzi-scheme"
  },
  {
    "case": "Destin Man False Statement to Firearms Dealer",
    "short_description": "Destin man indicted for false statement to a federally licensed firearms dealer.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndfl/pr/destin-man-indicted-false-statement-federally-licensed-firearms-dealer"
  },
  {
    "case": "Brandon Sartor Sex Trafficking",
    "short_description": "Maryland man indicted for sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion and related offenses.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/maryland-man-indicted-sex-trafficking-and-related-offenses"
  },
  {
    "case": "Three Tennessee Men Crypto Robbery Spree",
    "short_description": "Three Tennessee men indicted on robbery, kidnapping, and conspiracy charges related to $6 million cryptocurrency robbery spree.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/three-tennessee-men-indicted-robbery-kidnapping-and-conspiracy-charges-related-6"
  },
  {
    "case": "Nicholson Man Child Exploitation Crimes",
    "short_description": "Nicholson man indicted for production of child pornography, online enticement of a minor, and receipt of child pornography.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdpa/pr/nicholson-man-indicted-child-exploitation-crimes"
  },
  {
    "case": "Fejal et al Insider Trading Scheme",
    "short_description": "Multiple defendants indicted in insider trading scheme involving misappropriation of material non-public information.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/d9/2026-05/usa_v._fejal_et_al_-_indictment.pdf",
    "indictment_pdf": "https://www.justice.gov/d9/2026-05/usa_v._fejal_et_al_-_indictment.pdf"
  },
  {
    "case": "Convicted Felon Gun Charge",
    "short_description": "Convicted felon indicted on gun charge.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndfl/pr/convicted-felon-indicted-gun-charge"
  },
  {
    "case": "Five Louisville Residents Fraud and Money Laundering",
    "short_description": "Five indicted for mail fraud, honest services mail fraud, unlawful production of identification documents, and money laundering conspiracy.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdky/pr/five-indicted-federal-grand-jury-fraud-offenses-and-money-laundering"
  },
  {
    "case": "Vladimir Sklarov $450 Million Stock Loan Scheme",
    "short_description": "Man charged with orchestrating $450 million stock loan scheme involving wire fraud and money laundering.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/man-charged-orchestrating-450-million-stock-loan-scheme"
  },
  {
    "case": "Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones Classified National Defense Information",
    "short_description": "Maryland man indicted on unlawful transmission and retention of classified national defense information.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/maryland-man-indicted-unlawful-transmission-and-retention-classified-national-defense"
  },
  {
    "case": "Dana Williamson California Political Consultant Fraud",
    "short_description": "California political consultant and former public official charged with conspiracy to commit fraud, obstruct justice, false statements, and tax crimes.",
    "year": 2025,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr/california-political-consultant-and-former-public-official-charged-conspiracy-commit",
    "indictment_pdf": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/media/1417121/dl"
  },
  {
    "case": "Yih-Shyan Liaw et al AI Technology Diversion to China",
    "short_description": "Three charged with conspiring to unlawfully divert cutting-edge U.S. artificial intelligence technology to China.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/three-charged-conspiring-unlawfully-divert-cutting-edge-us-artificial-intelligence"
  },
  {
    "case": "San Ramon Man Online Coercion of Minors",
    "short_description": "San Ramon man indicted for using online platforms to coerce and entice nine minor victims to engage in sexual activity.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/san-ramon-man-indicted-charge-using-online-platforms-coerce-and-entice-nine-minor"
  },
  {
    "case": "Courtney Williams Leaking Classified Information",
    "short_description": "Former Army employee and top secret clearance holder arrested and charged with leaking classified national defense information.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-army-employee-and-top-secret-clearance-holder-arrested-and-charged-leaking-classified"
  },
  {
    "case": "Cole Tomas Allen Attempt to Assassinate President",
    "short_description": "Indictment charges Cole Tomas Allen with attempt to assassinate the President and assault on a federal officer with a deadly weapon.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/indictment-charges-cole-tomas-allen-attempt-assassinate-president-and-assault-federal"
  },
  {
    "case": "Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick FEMA Funds Theft",
    "short_description": "South Florida Congresswoman charged with stealing $5 million in FEMA funds and making illegal campaign contributions.",
    "year": 2025,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/south-florida-congresswoman-charged-stealing-5-million-fema-funds-and-making-illegal"
  },
  {
    "case": "Luigi Mangione Murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO",
    "short_description": "Luigi Mangione charged with stalking and murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and use of a silencer in a crime of violence.",
    "year": 2024,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/luigi-mangione-charged-stalking-and-murder-unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-and-use"
  },
  {
    "case": "Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Bribery",
    "short_description": "Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, longtime partner, and two businessmen charged with bribery offenses.",
    "year": 2025,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/former-oakland-mayor-sheng-thao-thaos-longtime-partner-and-two-local-businessmen"
  },
  {
    "case": "Syndicato de Nuevo Mexico Racketeering",
    "short_description": "Federal authorities complete largest racketeering prosecution in district history against Syndicato de Nuevo Mexico prison gang.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/federal-authorities-complete-largest-racketeering-prosecution-district-history-against"
  },
  {
    "case": "Crips Members Racketeering and Murder",
    "short_description": "Three Crips members convicted of racketeering, murder, and other gang-related crimes.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/three-crips-members-convicted-racketeering-murder-and-other-gang-related-crimes"
  },
  {
    "case": "Mexican Mafia 43 Gangsters Racketeering",
    "short_description": "43 Mexican Mafia gangsters arrested on indictments alleging racketeering, drug trafficking, kidnapping, assault, and murder.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/43-mexican-mafia-gangsters-arrested-indictments-alleging-racketeering-drug-trafficking"
  },
  {
    "case": "Gambino Crime Family Soldier Racketeering",
    "short_description": "Gambino crime family soldier pleads guilty to racketeering conspiracy and related charges.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/gambino-crime-family-soldier-pleads-guilty-racketeering-conspiracy-and-related-charges"
  },
  {
    "case": "Raed Naser $4 Million Fraud Schemes",
    "short_description": "Suburban Chicago businessman indicted for orchestrating $4 million fraud schemes involving wire fraud and money laundering.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/federal-indictment-charges-suburban-chicago-businessman-orchestrating-4-million-fraud"
  },
  {
    "case": "Tren de Aragua 27 Members Racketeering",
    "short_description": "27 members or associates of Tren de Aragua charged with racketeering, narcotics, sex trafficking, robbery, and firearms offenses.",
    "year": 2025,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/27-members-or-associates-tren-de-aragua-charged-racketeering-narcotics-sex-trafficking"
  },
  {
    "case": "Sex Money Murder Gang 30 Members Racketeering",
    "short_description": "Thirty gang members and associates indicted on racketeering, murder, drug trafficking, fraud, and firearm charges.",
    "year": 2025,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/thirty-gang-members-and-associates-indicted-racketeering-murder-drug-trafficking-fraud-and"
  },
  {
    "case": "Free Money Gang Racketeering Texas",
    "short_description": "Southern District of Texas brings racketeering, murder, drug trafficking, and firearms charges against 20 alleged Free Money gang members.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/southern-district-texas-brings-racketeering-murder-drug-trafficking-and-firearms"
  },
  {
    "case": "Anthony Herbert Former NYC Official Bribery",
    "short_description": "Former New York City official charged with bribery and fraud.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-new-york-city-official-charged-bribery-and-fraud"
  },
  {
    "case": "Balt SAS Healthcare Foreign Bribery",
    "short_description": "Justice Department resolves foreign bribery investigation; healthcare executive and sales consultant indicted.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-resolves-foreign-bribery-investigation-balt-sas-healthcare-executive-and"
  },
  {
    "case": "Anthony Tepedino Telecom CEO Bribery",
    "short_description": "CEO of telecommunications construction company charged with commercial bribery, fraud, and witness tampering.",
    "year": 2025,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ceo-telecommunications-construction-company-charged-commercial-bribery-fraud-and"
  },
  {
    "case": "Five Alcohol Distribution Company Employees Bribery",
    "short_description": "Five former employees of alcohol distribution company and Napa winery salesman charged in bribery and obstruction scheme.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/five-former-employees-alcohol-distribution-company-and-salesman-napa-winery-charged"
  },
  {
    "case": "Three Indiana PPP Loans Wire Fraud",
    "short_description": "Three indicted for wire fraud conspiracy involving PPP loans.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndin/pr/three-indicted-wire-fraud-conspiracy-involving-ppp-loans"
  },
  {
    "case": "David Sanson and Trent Sanson East Bay Bribery",
    "short_description": "East Bay property developers charged in scheme to bribe Antioch City Councilmember.",
    "year": 2025,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/east-bay-property-developers-charged-scheme-bribe-antioch-city-councilmember"
  },
  {
    "case": "Two Mexican Nationals PEMEX Bribery",
    "short_description": "Two Mexican nationals charged for bribing state-owned energy officials at PEMEX.",
    "year": 2025,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-mexican-nationals-charged-bribing-state-owned-energy-officials"
  },
  {
    "case": "Senior Manager Government Contractor Cybersecurity Fraud",
    "short_description": "Senior manager for government contractor charged in cybersecurity fraud scheme.",
    "year": 2025,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/senior-manager-government-contractor-charged-cybersecurity-fraud-scheme"
  },
  {
    "case": "Gautam Adani Conglomerate Bribery",
    "short_description": "Billionaire chairman of conglomerate and seven other senior business executives indicted in connection with scheme to pay hundreds of millions in bribes.",
    "year": 2024,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/billionaire-chairman-conglomerate-and-seven-other-senior-business-executives-indicted"
  },
  {
    "case": "Real Estate Investment Group Ohio $50 Million Bank Fraud",
    "short_description": "Grand jury indicts owners of real estate investment group and closing/title company employees in more than $50 million bank fraud conspiracy.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdoh/pr/grand-jury-indicts-owners-real-estate-investment-group-closing-title-company-employees"
  },
  {
    "case": "Six Additional Defendants Minnesota Fraud Schemes",
    "short_description": "Six additional defendants charged in ongoing fraud schemes (housing stabilization and autism-related).",
    "year": 2025,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/six-additional-defendants-charged-one-defendant-pleads-guilty-ongoing-fraud-schemes"
  },
  {
    "case": "Cortney Merritts COVID Fraud",
    "short_description": "St. Louis man charged with COVID fraud via wire fraud.",
    "year": 2025,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/indictment-charges-st-louis-man-covid-fraud"
  },
  {
    "case": "Eric Adams New York City Mayor Bribery",
    "short_description": "New York City Mayor Eric Adams charged with bribery and campaign finance offenses.",
    "year": 2024,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/new-york-city-mayor-eric-adams-charged-bribery-and-campaign-finance-offenses",
    "indictment_pdf": "https://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-09/u.s._v._adams_indictment_1.pdf"
  },
  {
    "case": "Nicolas Maduro et al Narco-Terrorism",
    "short_description": "Superseding indictment against Venezuelan officials including Maduro for narco-terrorism conspiracy and related drug charges.",
    "year": 2020,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1422326/dl",
    "indictment_pdf": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1422326/dl"
  },
  {
    "case": "Trump Classified Documents Superseding",
    "short_description": "Charges related to mishandling of classified documents and obstruction.",
    "year": 2023,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/storage/US-v-Trump-Nauta-De-Oliveira-23-80101.pdf",
    "indictment_pdf": "https://www.justice.gov/storage/US-v-Trump-Nauta-De-Oliveira-23-80101.pdf"
  },
  {
    "case": "Trump Election Interference",
    "short_description": "Federal charges against former President Trump for conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and obstruct official proceedings related to 2020 election.",
    "year": 2023,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump_23_cr_257.pdf",
    "indictment_pdf": "https://www.justice.gov/storage/US_v_Trump_23_cr_257.pdf"
  },
  {
    "case": "31 Defendants Organized Crime Poker Cheating",
    "short_description": "Members and associates of organized crime families charged in schemes to rig illegal high-stakes poker games using wireless cheating technology.",
    "year": 2025,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/31-defendants-including-members-and-associates-organized-crime-families-and-national",
    "indictment_pdf": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/media/1416286/dl"
  },
  {
    "case": "First Brands Executives Multibillion-Dollar Fraud",
    "short_description": "Executives charged with massive fraud schemes involving fake financials to secure billions in loans.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/first-brands-executives-charged-multibillion-dollar-fraud"
  },
  {
    "case": "Former NIAID Official Records Concealment (duplicate variant)",
    "short_description": "Senior official indicted for conspiracy and destroying/altering records to evade FOIA during COVID-19 research grants.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-senior-niaid-official-indicted-concealing-federal-records-during-covid-19-pandemic-0"
  },
  {
    "case": "Paul Hodgkins January 6",
    "short_description": "Indictment charging Paul Allard Hodgkins with offenses related to January 6 events.",
    "year": 2021,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/case-multi-defendant/file/1377756/download"
  },
  {
    "case": "Two Foreign Nationals Trump Name Scam",
    "short_description": "Two foreign nationals charged with fraudulently using Trump name to scam victims.",
    "year": 2026,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/two-foreign-nationals-charged-fraudulently-using-trump-name-scam-victims-across-united"
  },
  {
    "case": "Former Member of Congress Unregistered Agent",
    "short_description": "Former member of Congress charged with acting as an unregistered agent of a Venezuelan national.",
    "year": 2024,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/former-member-congress-charged-acting-unregistered-agent-venezuelan-national"
  },
  {
    "case": "Senator Robert Menendez Bribery",
    "short_description": "Senator Robert Menendez and Salomon Melgen indicted for conspiracy, bribery, and honest services fraud.",
    "year": 2015,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/senator-robert-menendez-and-salomon-melgen-indicted-conspiracy-bribery-and-honest-services"
  },
  {
    "case": "Digital Health Company Adderall Distribution",
    "short_description": "Founder/CEO and clinical president of digital health company arrested in $100M Adderall distribution and health care fraud scheme.",
    "year": 2024,
    "link": "https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/founderceo-and-clinical-president-digital-health-company-arrested-100m-adderall-distribution"
  }
]