- The Uniform Crime Reporting Program released “Reported Crimes in the Nation, 2025” on the Crime Data Explorer. Report
- The FBI announced results of Operation Steadfast Promise, a sustained commitment to address violent crime and improve public safety in Indian country. The FBI has concentrated efforts to combat criminal gangs and criminal enterprises that have exploited Tribal lands and communities. Press release/X/FB
- The FBI, in partnership with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), announced a joint initiative to inform student-athletes of cyber-enabled tactics sexual exploitation actors use to obtain and sell their private images to raise awareness so students can protect themselves and prevent further victimization. Press release
- IC3 published a PSA – Sexual Exploitation Actors Stealing and Leaking Explicit Content. PSA
- Twins Test FBI’s Biometrics – How studying twins helps the Bureau evaluate and improve AI biometric systems. FBI.gov story
A Georgia man was convicted of laundering over $2.7 million obtained from victims of romance fraud and other types of online scams. Press release
Announced the results of more than 100 arrests of violent offenders across Maryland and Delaware. From July 20 through August 5, the FBI Baltimore Field Office, in coordination with more than a dozen federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, conducted a regional fugitive apprehension surge resulting in 109 arrests, the seizure of three firearms, and the removal of dangerous offenders from communities across Maryland and Delaware. Press release
- The Chief Financial Officer of SpineFrontier, Inc., a spinal implant company, formerly based in Malden, Mass., has been sentenced for a kickback scheme to bribe surgeons to use company products in exchange for sham consulting fees. Press release
- Boston SAC contributed to an Op-Ed along with other law enforcement partners describing their history of cooperation in handling big events which ran in the Boston Herald this week. Op Ed
- Announced the addition of Gregory Henderson Jr. to the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list. Henderson Jr. was the 542nd addition to the list. Press release
- Henderson was sequentially captured in Mississippi on August 12th. Press release
Announced a $5,000 reward and a new FBI tip line, for information leading to the successful prosecution of criminals who violate the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act, a federal law that carries penalties of up to seven years in prison. Those who have evidence against anyone suspected of breaking this law is encouraged to email the FBI at LA-AnimalCrimesTipline@ic.fbi.gov. Members of the task force include the FBI; the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Environmental Crimes and Consumer Protection Section; the United States Department of Agriculture Office of Inspector General; the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office; the Los Angeles Police Department; Los Angeles City Animal Control, and other state and local law enforcement officers. Press release
(Hudson valley RA) 11 individuals were charged with conspiring, over the course of more than a decade, to orchestrate more than 1,000 sham marriages to fraudulently obtain immigration status for foreign nationals, primarily citizens of the PRC. Press release/Social
On the Big Screen
- The Wall Street Journal releases a documentary, Inside the North Korea’s Operation to Conquer the U.S. Job Market. FBI Assistant Director for the Cyber Division, Brett Leatherman and Assistant Director for the Counterintelligence and Espionage Division, Roman Rozhavsky. YouTube