Criminal Press Releases - 2025
This is a list of press releases announcing results of EPA criminal cases adjudicated in U.S. courts. The tables are sortable and can be viewed by date or alphabetically under all other headings.
Previous Years Press Releases: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021
| Date | Defendant | State | Violation | Related Media | Case Status | Press Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/13 | Otilio Rodriguez Toledo, Alicia Aispuro Hernandez | CA | Conspiring to smuggle and distribute illegal (unapproved for use in U.S) pesticides and veterinary drugs | Title 18 FIFRA | Sentencing | DOJ Press Release |
| 7/24 | Santiago Garcia Gutierriz | UT | Fraud - Including Impersonating Federal Agents | Title 18 | Sentencing | DOJ Press Release |
| 7/17 | Robert J. Bullock Sr. | MA | Tampering with a Water System | CWA | Sentencing | DOJ Press Release |
| 7/11 | Murex Management Inc (MMI) | LA | Renewable Fuels Fraud | Title 18 | Sentencing | DOJ Press Release |
| 5/14 | Ruben Montes | CA | Illegal Pesticide and Veterinary Drug Smuggling | FIFRA | Sentencing | DOJ Press Release |
| 5/9 | Isaac Allen | ME | Tampering with Emissions Monitoring Systems | CAA | Sentencing | DOJ Press Release |
| 4/29 | Dlubak Glass Company | TX | Illegal Hazardous Waste Storage; False Statements | RCRA | Sentencing | DOJ Bulletin |
| 4/29 | Tribar Technologies, Inc. | MI | Discharging Insufficiently Treated Wastewater | CWA | Sentencing | DOJ Press Release |
| 4/25 | Jason Christenson | AK | Tampering with a Clean Air Act (CAA) Monitoring Device | CAA | Information | DOJ Bulletin |
| 4/23 | Brendan Trevors | AK | Conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act (Deleting/Tuning Monitoring Systems) | CAA | Plea Agreement | DOJ Bulletin |
| 4/23 | JH Baxter & Co et.al. | OR | Illegally Treating Hazardous Waste | RCRA | Sentencing | DOJ Press Release EPA Press Release |
| 4/17 | Delia Fabro-Miske Miske Enterprise | HI | Fraud, Racketeering, Murder, Pesticides Application and licensing related Fraud | Title 18 | Sentencing | DOJ Press Release |
| 4/16 | Aghorn Operating Inc. Kodiak Roustabout Inc. | TX | Negligent Endangerment Resulting in Deaths | CAA, CWA | Sentencing | DOJ Press Release |
| 4/15 | Melanie Ann Carlin Mold Wranglers Inc. | MT | Knowing Endangerment - Failing to Provide Lead-based Paint Disclosures (Veterans Housing) | Lead | Sentencing | DOJ Press Release |
| 4/15 | Justin Taylor | GA | Tampering with Emissions Monitoring Systems | CAA | Sentencing | DOJ Bulletin |
| 4/11 | Royce Gillham | FL | Biofuels Fraud | CAA | Sentencing | DOJ Bulletin |
| 4/10 | Jose Correa | NY | Illegal Asbestos Removal | CAA | Sentencing | DOJ Bulletin |
| 4/8 | Dumitru Cicai | CA | Smuggling Illegal Pesticide | FIFRA | Indictment | DOJ Bulletin |
| 4/4 | Ryan Spencer | PA | Conspiracy to Violate the Clean Air Act (Deleting/Tuning) | CAA | Indictment | DOJ Press Release |
| 4/3 | Ryan Richter | OR | Illegal/Improper Asbestos Removal | CAA | Sentencing | DOJ Bulletin |
| 4/3 | Idrissa Bagayoko | MD | Transporting and Selling an Unregistered Pesticide | FIFRA | Sentencing | DOJ Press Release |
| 4/3 | Redemption Repairs and Performance | AR | Modifying and Deleting Emissions Control Systems | CAA | Sentencing | DOJ Bulletin |
| 4/2 | Pavel Ivanovich Turlak et. al. | WA | Conspiracy to Violate the Clean Air Act (Deleting/Tuning) | CAA | Sentencing | DOJ Bulletin |
| 3/26 | Robert J. Bullock, Sr. | MA | Tampering with Drinking Water Supply System | CWA | Plea Agreement | DOJ Press Release |
| 3/25 | Robert C. Schmid Atlantic Manufacturing Group | VA | Manufacturing and Selling Hazardous Unregistered Products as safe | FIFRA | Plea Agreement | DOJ Bulletin |
| 3/20 | Kyle Offringa | NY | Tampering with Emissions Monitoring Systems | CAA | Sentencing | DOJ Press Release |
| 3/19 | Hino Motors | MI | Emissions fraud Scheme | Title 18 CAA | Sentencing | DOJ Press Release |
| 3/18 | Jose Manuel Valenzuela | CA | Illegal Refrigerant Smuggling | Title 18 CAA | Plea Agreement | DOJ Press Release |
| 3/14 | William H. Hires | NJ | Illegal Refrigerant Smuggling (HFCs) | CAA | Charge | DOJ Bulletin |
| 3/13 | Royce Gillham | FL | Biofuel Fraud Conspiracy | Title 18 CAA | Sentencing | DOJ Press Release |
| 3/11 | Pedro Luis Bones-Torres | PR | Illegally Constructing and Depositing Material into Wetlands and Waters of the U.S. (Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve) | CWA Rivers and Harbors Act | Sentencing | DOJ Bulletin |
| 3/11 | Bien King Khalil King | PA | Selling Misbranded Animal Drugs | FIFRA | Sentencing | DOJ Bulletin |
| 3/11 | Jose Fernandes | RI | Issuing False Asbestos Training Certificates | Title 18 | Sentencing | DOJ Press Release |
| 3/6 | Benjamin Gathercole | VA | Illegal Hazardous Waste Transportation and Disposal (Buried Drums) | RCRA | Sentencing | DOJ Bulletin |
| 3/6 | Frock Brothers Trucking Leon Martin | PA | Tampering with Emissions Control Systems | CAA | Sentencing | DOJ Press Release |
| 3/4 | National Water Main Cleaning Company | CT | Knowingly Discharging a Pollutant into Cuff Brook (Fish Kill) | CWA | Sentencing | DOJ Bulletin |
| 3/4 | Fidelity Development Group LLC | OH | Illegal/Improper Asbestos Removal | CAA | Sentencing | DOJ Bulletin |
| 2/27 | Vyacheslave Piglitsin | CA | Illegal Pesticide Smuggling | Title 18 | Sentencing | DOJ Bulletin |
| 2/25 | Clancy Logistics Timothy Clancy | OR | Tampering with Emissions Control Systems | CAA | Sentencing | DOJ Press Release |
| 2/24 | Old Dutch Mustard Company Pilgrim Foods Charles Santich | NH | Illegally discharging wastewater into the Souhegan River | CWA | Plea Agreement | DOJ Press Release |
| 2/21 | James Howard Spencer | VA | Directed employees to illegally discharge raw sewage into the East River/New River | CWA | Plea Agreement | DOJ Bulletin |
| 2/14 | Jonathan Achtemeier | WA | Tampering with Emissions Control Systems | CAA | Sentencing | DOJ Press Release |
| 2/11 | Christopher Lee Carroll | MO | Unlawfully Removing Emissions Control Systems; Fraud; Witness Intimidation | CAA Title 18 | Sentencing | DOJ Press Release |
| 2/7 | Chamness Dirt Works, et. al. | OR | Illegal/improper Asbestos Removal | CAA | Plea Agreement | DOJ Press Release |
| 2/6 | Thalia Zambrano | CA | Illegal Pesticide Smuggling | Title 18 | Sentencing | DOJ Bulletin |
| 2/3 | Michael Hart | CA | Illegal Refrigerant Smuggling (HFCs) | CA | Sentencing | DOJ Bulletin |
| 1/22 | J.H. Baxter & Co Inc et. al. | OR | Illegally treating hazardous waste; knowingly violating the Clean Air Act | CAA | Plea Agreement | DOJ Press Release |
| 1/22 | Ryan Hugh Milliken Hardaway Solutions, LLC | WA | Tampering with Emissions Control Systems | CAA | Sentencing | DOJ Bulletin |
| 1/16 | Ruben Montes | CA | Illegal Pesticides Smuggling | Title 18 | Plea Agreement | DOJ Bulletin |
| 1/13 | Tracy Coiteux Racing Performance Northwest et. al. | WA | Tampering with Emissions Control Systems | CAA | Sentencing | DOJ Bulletin |
| 1/7 | Edwin Flores | CA | Illegal Refrigerant Smuggling (HFCs) | Title 18 | Sentencing | DOJ Bulletin |
| 1/7 | Jeremy Pierce Pierce Diesel Performance | ID | Tampering with Emissions Control Systems | CAA | Plea Agreement | DOJ Bulletin |
| 1/2 | Todd Campbell | CA | Illegal Refrigerant Smuggling (HFCs) | CAA | Sentencing | DOJ Bulletin |