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Two Pensacola residents, Calvin D. Thomas, Jr., 30, and Satori Ashanti Keys, 45, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to armed drug trafficking.
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Alameda County man charged with stealing rare Chinese manuscripts from university library
A man from Fremont in the San Francisco Bay Area has been charged with stealing rare and historical Chinese manuscripts valued at about $216,000 from a university library system, according to an announcement by the Justice Department.
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Farmington man sentenced for $1.7M embezzlement scheme targeting small business employer
A Farmington man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after admitting to embezzling nearly $1.7 million from his small business employer.
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Honduran man pleads guilty to illegal re-entry in Louisiana federal court
A Honduran national, Abraham Ramirez-Cantor, age 40, pleaded guilty to illegal re-entry into the United States after having been previously removed.
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SpineFrontier CEO sentenced for false reporting under Physician Payment Sunshine Act
Dr. Kingsley R. Chin, the founder, president, and CEO of SpineFrontier, Inc., was sentenced in federal court in Boston for making false statements to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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Nonprofit settles for $1 million over alleged false claims act violation involving PPP loan
The Energy Federation, Inc. (EFI), a nonprofit based in Franklin, Massachusetts, has agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan for which it was not...
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Michigan man sentenced for firearm possession and explosives incident
Arvil W. Bryant, Jr., a 32-year-old resident of Litchfield, Michigan, has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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Omaha man sentenced to six years for drug trafficking and firearm offense
An Omaha resident, Rafael Rashad Adams, 41, has been sentenced to 72 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
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Mexican accountant sentenced for laundering millions through US-based Bitcoin scheme
Angelica Mendoza Rubio, a 49-year-old certified accountant from Mexico, was sentenced to five years in federal prison for her role in an international money laundering conspiracy.
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Connecticut lab agrees to $1.2 million settlement over false urine test billing
GENCO LAB, LLC, a reference laboratory based in Branford, Connecticut, and its owners and officers have agreed to pay over $1.2 million to resolve allegations of submitting false claims to government health care programs.
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Arizona man sentenced for mailing over 1,000 grams of fentanyl to Illinois
A man from Tempe, Arizona, Terence Michael Carroll, 38, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for attempting to distribute more than 1,000 grams of a mixture containing fentanyl.
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Zachary A. Keller sworn in as U.S. Attorney for Western District of Louisiana
Zachary A. Keller has been appointed as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana.
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Fayetteville man sentenced to 40 years for leading major opioid trafficking ring
Courtney Linwood “Blaze” Matthews, 40, of Fayetteville, has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for leading a drug trafficking organization that distributed large amounts of cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl across Eastern North Carolina.
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Florida couple sentenced for defrauding pandemic relief loan programs
A Florida couple who previously lived in Northwest Arkansas have been sentenced to a combined total of more than nine years in federal prison for their involvement in a scheme to defraud pandemic relief loan programs.
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Postal worker pleads guilty to role in Providence mail theft scheme
A U.S. Postal Service employee in Providence has pleaded guilty to participating in a mail theft operation at the U.S. Mail Processing and Distribution Center, according to Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.
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Jasper County man indicted for methamphetamine trafficking in Eastern District of Texas
A Jasper County resident has been indicted on federal drug trafficking charges, according to a statement from Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs for the Eastern District of Texas.
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Coralville woman receives seven-year federal sentence for fentanyl trafficking
A Coralville woman has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a drug trafficking charge.
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Guatemalan man sentenced for illegal reentry after three previous deportations
A Guatemalan national residing in Waterloo, Iowa, has been sentenced to federal prison for illegally reentering the United States after being deported multiple times.
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Tonia Haddix sentenced for lying about fate of Hollywood chimpanzee Tonka
A Missouri woman has been sentenced to 46 months in prison after admitting she lied under oath and in court filings about the fate of Tonka, a chimpanzee that once appeared in Hollywood films.
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Laredo woman sentenced for attempt to smuggle minor across border
A Laredo woman has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for her role in attempting to smuggle a three-year-old child into the United States.
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