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You are subscribed to National Security news updates. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Russian Ransomware Administrator Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud Conspiracy 03/04/2026 07:00 AM EST Greenbelt, Maryland – A Russian national pled guilty in federal court today to a charge connected to a ransomware conspiracy. Evgenii Ptitsyn, 43, administered the sale, distribution, and operation of Phobos ransomware. Phobos ransomware, through its affiliates, victimized more than 1,000 public and private entities in the United States and around the world, and extorted ransom payments worth more than $39 million.  International Narcotics And Weapons Trafficker Sentenced To 186 Months In Prison For Conspiring To Import Hundreds Of Kilograms Of Cocaine Into The United States 03/04/2026 07:00 AM EST United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced today that MITTEL PATEL, a United Kingdom national, was sentenced to 186 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Jennifer H. Rearden, before whom he previously pled guilty, for his participation in a conspiracy to import approximately 400 kilograms of cocaine into the United States. Takeshi Ebisawa Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Conspiring To Traffic Nuclear Materials, Narcotics, And Firearms 03/03/2026 07:00 AM EST United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA"), Terrance Cole, and Assistant Attorney General for National Security, John A. Eisenberg, announced today that TAKESHI EBISAWA, a Japanese national, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon for his participation in a conspiracy to traffic nuclear materials, including uranium and weapons-grade plutonium, from Burma to other countries, as well as his participation in international narcotics trafficking, weapons, and money laundering crimes.   Foreign National Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Traffic Nuclear Materials, Narcotics, and Firearms 03/03/2026 07:00 AM EST Takeshi Ebisawa, a Japanese national, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his participation in a conspiracy to traffic nuclear materials, including uranium and weapons-grade plutonium, from Burma to other countries, as well as his participation in international narcotics trafficking, weapons, and money laundering crimes. Ebisawa previously pleaded guilty to six counts for those offenses before U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon for the Southern District of New York.

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