Paducah, KY – A federal grand jury in Paducah, Kentucky, returned an indictment on January 14, 2026, charging two Venezuelan nationals with two counts of bank larceny.
Both defendants are Venezuelan nationals that were illegally in the United States.
U.S. Attorney Kyle Bumgarner of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge Olivia Olson of the FBI Louisville Field Office, Paducah Police Chief Brian Laird, and McCracken County Sheriff Ryan Norman made the announcement.
According to the indictment, on October 2 and 3, 2025, Leonel Ramones-Ramos , 24, and Luis Olivares-Davila , 21, both citizens of Venezuela, stole more than $1000 in United States currency from two credit unions located in McCracken County.
On February 13, 2026, Ramones-Ramos made an initial appearance before a U.S. Magistrate Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. He is being held in federal custody. Olivares-Davila is facing other charges in the Northern District of Texas and will make an initial appearance at a future date. He is being held in federal custody pending those charges. If convicted, the men face maximum sentences of 10 years in prison and forfeiture of at least $80,000 in United States currency. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors.
There is no parole in the federal system.
The FBI Paducah Satellite Office, HSI, the McCracken County Sheriff’s Department, and the Paducah Police Department are investigating.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Raymond McGee, of the U.S. Attorney’s Paducah Branch Office, is prosecuting the case.
This case is part of Operation Take Back America a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.
An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office — Western District of Kentucky — U.S. Department of Justice press release.