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Hussein Mohamed Farah, executive director of New Vision Foundation in St. Paul, Minnesota, has been charged with one count of wire fraud for his involvement in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme.
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Ohio man sentenced to over six years for illegal firearm trading via social media
An Edon, Ohio man has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison after pleading guilty to firearms violations.
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Guhaad Hashi Said pleads guilty in Feeding Our Future fraud case
Guhaad Hashi Said, 49, has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering for his involvement in a scheme that exploited the Federal Child Nutrition...
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Salvadoran gang associate pleads guilty to fentanyl distribution in Boston area
A Salvadoran national associated with the 18th Street Gang pleaded guilty in federal court to distributing fentanyl in the Boston area.
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Stockton man receives over 12 years for role in methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy
Walter Garcia-Ruiz, 37, of Stockton, has been sentenced to 12 years and seven months in federal prison for his involvement in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy.
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Cedar Rapids man receives federal prison sentence for straw purchasing firearms
A Cedar Rapids man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to making a false statement during the attempted purchase of a firearm.
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Former Amarillo employee sentenced for embezzling over $121K from federal housing fund
A former employee of the City of Amarillo has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $121,000 from a federal housing program.
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Amite man pleads guilty to kidnapping resulting in death; sentencing set for November
Daniel Wayne Callihan, a 37-year-old resident of Amite, Louisiana, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of kidnapping resulting in death and transporting a minor across state lines with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.
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Kansas man indicted for bank robbery; other federal charges announced
A federal grand jury in Wichita has indicted Darrel D. Gray, 65, of Benton, Kansas, on one count of bank robbery.
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Feeding Our Future scheme leader sentenced to 28 years for pandemic meal program fraud
A federal judge has sentenced Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, 36, to 28 years in prison for leading a $300 million fraud scheme that targeted a federally funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Former social security worker sentenced for soliciting beneficiary across state lines
A former employee of the Social Security Administration (SSA) has been sentenced to six months in prison and five years of supervised release after pleading guilty to attempting to coerce a beneficiary into crossing state lines for prostitution.
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LaPorte man sentenced for possessing thousands of child sexual abuse images
Ron Deming, a 38-year-old resident of LaPorte, Indiana, has been sentenced to 228 months in federal prison after being convicted by a jury of one count each of receipt and possession of child pornography.
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Arizona man sentenced for illegal guiding operation violating Lacey Act
Timothy Rawlings, a 56-year-old resident of Laveen, Arizona, has been sentenced to twelve months in federal prison for conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act.
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Bronx man charged with slashing USPS mail carrier faces federal assault charge
A Bronx resident, John Garcia, has been arrested and charged with assaulting a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier in the Bronx on July 16, 2025.
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Previously convicted felon sentenced to over two years for illegal firearm possession
Lawrence Jordan, 44, of the District of Columbia, was sentenced to 27 months in prison for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.
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Former Los Angeles resident extradited from Guatemala on child exploitation charges
A Guatemalan national and former Los Angeles resident, Miguel Angel Batz Jr., was extradited from Guatemala to the United States and arraigned on federal charges in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
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Hartford man indicted for alleged drug trafficking after large seizure
A federal grand jury has indicted Rahm Klampert, a 45-year-old resident of Hartford, Vermont, on charges related to drug possession with intent to distribute.
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Arizona man and Mexican citizen sentenced for trafficking fentanyl pills into Utah
Dominic Jared Arias Aceves, a 23-year-old resident of Arizona, and Cristo Alexander Urias Salazar, a 32-year-old citizen of Mexico, have been sentenced in federal court for trafficking about 40,000 fentanyl pills from Arizona to Utah.
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Berkeley County man pleads guilty in large-scale fentanyl distribution case
A Martinsburg resident has admitted involvement in a drug trafficking organization that distributed significant amounts of fentanyl in Berkeley County, West Virginia.
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Boston gang member receives over five-year sentence for gun trafficking and fraud schemes
A Boston man identified as a member of the Mission Hill gang was sentenced to 71 months in prison for a series of federal offenses that included firearms trafficking, credit union fraud, and participation in a mail theft scheme that led to...
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