EPA Fugitives
Defendants charged with environmental crimes or violations of the U.S. Federal Criminal Code sometimes flee the court's jurisdiction and/or the USA rather than face prosecution or to serve a sentence. When these circumstances occur, the defendants become fugitives from justice. The following wanted posters identify fugitives sought by the EPA's Criminal Investigation Division. Each one provides a brief case summary and instructions on how to report information related to their identity and/or current location. You may also report the information to your local police or if you are outside the United States, to the nearest U.S. Embassy.
Do not attempt to apprehend any of these individuals.
Status of Former EPA Fugitives
New Information concerning the status of Former EPA Fugitives
Yousef Abuteir: In custody in Israel
Current Fugitive Profiles
Christian Tejada
- Wanted Poster
- Tejada was charged in the Northern District of New York.
- Tejada bought and sold motor vehicle simulator devices (a.k.a. emissions emulators or OBD II Simulators) throughout the United States.
- Alleged violations include:
- Conspiracy to Violate the Clean Air Act
- Conspiracy to Defraud the United States Government
- Failure to appear for sentencing
- Tejada currently is a fugitive believed to be living in the Dominican Republic.
- If sighted, contact the U.S. Marshalls Office (315) 473-7620/7601, the EPA-CID Syracuse Resident Office (315) 422-5720, or submit the Report a Fugitive's Location web form.
Omran Alghazouli
- Wanted Poster
- Alghazouli was charged in the Southern District of California.
- Alghazouli sold R-12 Freon, an ozone depleting substance, that had been illegally smuggled from Mexico.
- Alleged violations include:
- Conspiracy to Smuggle
- Conspiracy to Launder Money
- Money Laundering
- Alghazouli currently is a fugitive believed to be living in Syria.
- If sighted, contact the Criminal Investigation Division office in San Diego, California at: 1-619-557-2920 or submit the Report a Fugitive's Location web form.
Raul Chavez-Beltran
- Wanted Poster
- Chavez-Beltran was charged in the Western District of Texas - El Paso Division.
- Alleged violations include:
- Illegal transportation, storage and disposal of mercury contaminated soil
- Conspiracy
- Mail Fraud
- Chavez-Beltran is the President of EnCon Environmental Services, Inc.
- Chavez-Beltran has been a fugitive living and working in Mexico.
- If sighted, contact the Criminal Investigation Division office in Dallas, Texas at: 1-214-665-6600 or submit the Report a Fugitive's Location web form.
John Karayannides
- Wanted Poster
- Karayannides was charged in the Southern District of Florida in a multiple count indictment.
- Alleged violations include:
- Illegal dumping of oil
- Conspiracy
- Karayannides was involved in the illegal discharge of tons of oil-contaminated grain from his ship, into the ocean.
- Karayannides fled the country prior to indictment.
- Karayannides is believed to be in the Athens, Greece area.
- If sighted, contact the Criminal Investigation Division office in Kansas City, Kansas at: 1-913-551-7999 or submit the Report a Fugitive's Location web form.
- News Release
Peter Kuhn
- Wanted Poster
- Peter Martin Kuhn was the president and Chief Executive Office of French Gulch (Nevada) Mining Corporation and Bullion River Gold Corporation.
- Kuhn allegedly engaged in a conspiracy to illegally dispose of mining wastes containing hazardous concentrations of arsenic and lead by dumping those wastes onto the hillside and County Road surrounding the mine, which included public lands owned by the Bureau of Land Management, and on at least one occasion, into a nearby stream.
- Kuhn was charged in the Eastern District of California with five counts.
- Alleged violations include:
- Conspiracy & Aiding and Abetting
- Depredation Against United States Property
- False Statements
- Negligent Discharge of a Pollutant into a Water of the United States
- On July 2, 2010 an arrest warrant was issued.
- Kuhn is believed to be in the Vancouver, Canada area.
- If sighted, contact the Criminal Investigation Division office in Sacramento, California at: 1-916-930-2280 or submit the Report a Fugitive's Location web form.
- News Release (Criminal Press Releases Page)
LOKKEBRATEN
Aage Lokkebraten
- Wanted Poster
- As a ship's Chief Engineer, Lokkebraten was charged in a four count indictment in the Southern District of Florida.
- Alleged violations include:
- Aiding and Abetting false entries into an Oil Record Book
- Conspiracy
- Creating an official false document
- Lokkebraten violated the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships.
- Lokkebraten fled the country prior to being indicted.
- If sighted, contact the Criminal Investigation Division office in Miami, Florida at: 1-305-536-6700 or submit the Report a Fugitive's Location web form.
Michael Evangelos Psomadakis
- Wanted Poster
- Psomadakis, the Chief Engineer on a Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL) vessel, was charged in the Southern District of Florida.
- Alleged violations include:
- Tampering with a witness
- Psomadakis directed other RCCL employees to make false statements to the company and to criminal investigators.
- Psomadakis fled the jurisdiction of the United States prior to arrest. He is believed to be in Athens, Greece.
- If sighted, contact the Criminal Investigation Division office in Miami, Florida at: 1-305-536-6700 or submit the Report a Fugitive's Location web form.
SOLEMDAL
Peter Solemdal
- Wanted Poster
- As a ship's Chief Engineer, Solemdal was charged in a four count indictment in the Southern District of Florida.
- Alleged violations include:
- Aiding and Abetting false entries into an Oil Record Book
- Conspiracy
- Creating an official false document
- Solemdal violated the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships.
- Solemdal fled the country prior to being indicted/arrested. Whereabouts are unknown.
- If sighted, contact the Criminal Investigation Division office in Miami, Florida at: 1-305-536-6700 or submit the Report a Fugitive's Location web form.
- News Release
SORBOE
Kurt Sorboe
- Wanted Poster
- As a ship's Chief Engineer, Sorboe was charged in a four count indictment in the Southern District of Florida.
- Alleged violations include:
- Aiding and Abetting false entries into an Oil Record Book
- Conspiracy
- Creating an official false document
- Sorboe violated the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships.
- Sorboe fled the country prior to being indicted/arrested. Whereabouts unknown.
- If sighted, contact the Criminal Investigation Division office in Miami, Florida at: 1-305-536-6700 or submit the Report a Fugitive's Location web form.
- News Release
Zidzislaw (Jimmy) Szypulski
- Wanted Poster
- Szypulski, an asbestos removal supervisor, was charged in the Southern District of New York, on a one-count indictment.
- Alleged violations include:
- Illegal asbestos removal
- Szypulski failed to appear in court and fled.
- Szypulski is believed to be in Warsaw, Poland.
- If sighted, contact the Criminal Investigation Division office in New York City, New York at: 1-212-637-3610 or submit the Report a Fugitive's Location web form.