Crime & Safety
FBI's Most Wanted Fugitives And Cases In 2024
From the infamous 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft to a suspect in the Boston Chinatown Massacre, here's who's on the MA FBI list.
MASSACHUSETTS — The FBI's Boston office has a list of its most wanted fugitives. While some are believed to have left the country, others may still be on the run domestically.
Officials are also still hoping for the safe return of artworks stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990, with a reward of up to $10 million for information that leads to the return.
Here's the information from the office's most wanted list in Massachusetts as of December 2024, which can also be found at the link here:
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On March 18, 1990, 13 works of art were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. The artwork is valued at more than $500 million, making this the world’s largest property crime, the FBI said.
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An investigation by the FBI has determined that the 13 works of art were separated following the robbery and their location could be anywhere worldwide, though several pieces are believed to have moved along the Eastern seaboard through the Mid-Atlantic states down south.
The FBI is seeking the public’s assistance in recovering the stolen artwork, with a reward of up to $10 million still active.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division’s Merrimack Valley Transnational Organized Crime Task Force and the Lowell Police Department are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Darasy S. Chhim, a member of the Lowell, Massachusetts-based gang One Family Clique (OFC), and the Bloods, officials said.
Chhim is wanted for his alleged role in a large-scale and long-running drug trafficking conspiracy in which 15 alleged gang members and associates were charged. He is the only remaining fugitive.
A federal arrest warrant was issued for Chhim on June 9, 2021, after he was charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute heroin, 500 grams or more of cocaine, cocaine base, 40 grams or more of fentanyl and 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and MDMA.
Hung Tien Pham is wanted for his alleged involvement in the execution-style murders of five men at a Chinatown social club in Boston on Jan. 12, 1991, known locally as the Boston Chinatown Massacre.
In the early morning hours, Pham, a known associate of the Ping On crime syndicate, allegedly entered an illegal gambling den located at 85A Tyler Street in Boston and allegedly shot six men, execution-style, while they were playing cards. Of the six victims, only one survived the attack.
On January 18, 1991, a local arrest warrant was issued for Pham by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Suffolk County, after he was indicted by a grand jury in Suffolk County Superior Court on five counts of murder, one count of armed assault with intent to murder, one count of conspiracy and one count of carrying a firearm without a license.
However, following the shooting, Pham went to New York City, New York, and boarded a flight to Hong Kong on Feb. 1, 1991. A federal arrest warrant was issued for Pham by the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, on Feb. 15, 1991, after he was charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
Marwan Abusrour and Behzad Mohammadzadeh
Marwan Abusrour and Behzad Mohammadzadeh are wanted for their alleged involvement in criminal activities to include defacing public websites around the world with pro-Iranian and pro-hacker messages, officials said.
Abusrour was a self-described spammer, carder, and black hat hacker who allegedly defaced at least 337 web sites around the world with "pro-Islamic, pro-Palestinian, and pro-hacker messages, which he began no later than on or about June 6, 2016, and continued through at least in or about July 2020."
On Sept. 3, 2020, a grand jury in the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, indicted Abusrour and Mohammadzadeh, and federal arrest warrants were issued for them after they were charged with conspiracy to commit intentional damage to a protected computer and intentional damage to a protected computer.
"Mohammadzadeh allegedly defaced more than 1100 websites around the world with pro-Iranian and pro-hacker messages, which he began no later than on or about September 4, 2018, and has continued through the present day."
He is also alleged to have transmitted computer code to approximately 51 websites hosted in the United States, and defaced those websites by replacing their content with pictures of the late Iranian General Qasem Soleimani against a background of the Iranian flag, along with the message, “Down with America.”
On Sept. 3, 2020, a grand jury in the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, indicted Mohammadzadeh and Abusrour, and federal arrest warrants were issued for them after they were charged with conspiracy to commit intentional damage to a protected computer and intentional damage to a protected computer.
Yanqing Ye is a Lieutenant in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the armed forces of the People’s Republic of China, and a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Ye studied at the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT), a top military academy directed by the CCP in China.
It is alleged that, on her J-1 visa application, Ye falsely identified herself as a “student” and lied about her ongoing military service at the NUDT. During Ye's time in the United States on her J-1 visa, she maintained close contact with her supervisor at the NUDT and other colleagues.
While studying at Boston University’s Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering from October 2017 to April 2019, Ye allegedly continued to work as a PLA lieutenant, completing numerous assignments from PLA officers such as conducting research, assessing United States military websites and sending United States documents and information to China.
On January 28, 2020, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Ye in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, after she was charged with acting as an agent of a foreign government, visa fraud, making false statements, and conspiracy.
She is believed to be in China.
Andrew P. Dabbs is wanted for allegedly murdering his girlfriend on Oct. 10, 1981.
The couple was driving through Norton, Massachusetts, from their apartment in Derry, New Hampshire, when Dabbs allegedly shot the victim in the chest with a .45 caliber revolver and pushed her body out of the car onto the side of Route 123, officials said.
On Nov. 3, 1981, Dabbs was indicted for murder by the Bristol Superior Court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and a state warrant was issued for his arrest. On Sept. 20, 1982, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Dabbs by a United States Magistrate in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, after he was charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
Ahmad Abousamra was indicted after taking multiple trips to Pakistan and Yemen where he allegedly attempted to obtain military training for the purpose of killing American soldiers overseas, officials said.
On Nov. 5, 2009, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Abousamra in the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, after he was charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists; providing and attempting to provide material support to terrorists; conspiracy to kill in a foreign country; conspiracy; and false statements.
Abousamra grew up near Boston, Massachusetts, and also has ties to the Detroit, Michigan, area.
He is thought to have left the United States in 2006, and may now be living in Aleppo, Syria. He may be with his wife and at least one child, a young daughter.
On the morning of January 6, 2009, the female owner of a nail salon in Cranston, Rhode Island, was at her place of business when a white male wearing a ski-type mask and gloves entered the business through the rear door.
The suspect forced the victim to the ground and put a wet cloth over her nose and mouth which caused her to lose consciousness. The victim awoke in a van or minivan being driven by the suspect. A large plastic storage-type container with a lid was in the vehicle.
While the vehicle was moving, the victim attempted to alert others of her predicament, but was stopped by the suspect.
Approximately two hours after the kidnapping occurred, the suspect pulled into a parking garage in Braintree, Massachusetts, drove to the top level of the garage, and told the victim to get out of the vehicle. The suspect then left.
The suspect was described as being clean-shaven and well-groomed. He wore a black watch with a square face on his right wrist and possibly spoke with a "local" accent. He had a band-aid on his left hand, and his left hand had blood on it at the time.
Charles Martin Vosseler is wanted for the kidnapping of his sons, William Martin Vosseler and Charles Jason Vosseler, from Rochester, New Hampshire, on Oct. 9, 1986. On Feb. 5, 1987, Vosseler was indicted by a Strafford County, New Hampshire, grand jury at Dover, New Hampshire, for two counts of interference with custody.
A federal criminal complaint was filed on April 3, 1987, in the District of New Hampshire, Concord, New Hampshire, and a warrant was issued for his arrest after he was charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
William Martin Vosseler was born on April 21, 1984, in Exeter, New Hampshire. Charles Jason Vosseler was born on December 9, 1982, in Exeter, New Hampshire.
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