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A federal indictment was unsealed in Detroit charging Jabari Kadar Long, 45, of Beverly Hills with defrauding the U.S. Small Business Administration by submitting fraudulent loan applications to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic...
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Three foreign nationals sentenced for illegal reentry after prior deportations
Three foreign nationals have been sentenced in Philadelphia for illegally reentering the United States after previous deportations, according to U.S. Attorney David Metcalf.
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Tallahassee man receives 20-year sentence for child exploitation offenses
Austin Marko Coates, a 27-year-old resident of Tallahassee, Florida, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges of sexual exploitation of children and distribution of child pornography.
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Rutland man sentenced to two years for maintaining drug premises
Daniel McSwiggan, 52, of Rutland, Vermont, was sentenced to 24 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for maintaining a drug premises.
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Seattle man sentenced for lying on gun purchase form after making threats
A Seattle man with a history of violent threats and prior convictions was sentenced to 18 months in prison for lying during an attempt to purchase a firearm, according to an announcement from Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller.
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U.S. Attorney’s Office joins National Night Out events across Western Michigan
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan will participate in National Night Out events across the region, joining law enforcement partners and community members.
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Waterloo man receives 12-year federal sentence for second child pornography conviction
A Waterloo man has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography.
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Bullhead man receives 30-year sentence for aggravated sexual abuse of minor
A Bullhead, South Dakota man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for aggravated sexual abuse of a minor and failure to register as a sex offender.
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Nigerian national extradited for alleged cyberfraud targeting US tax firms
A Nigerian man, Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu, also known as “Chukwuemeka Victor Eletuo” and “So Kwan Leung,” has been extradited from France to the United States to face charges related to hacking, fraud, and identity theft.
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Two men charged in Georgia Avenue bank robbery
Bobby Ransom, 46, of the District of Columbia, and Shawn Seegars, 49, of Forestville, Maryland, have been charged in connection with the July 31 robbery of a Truist Bank branch on Georgia Avenue NW.
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Syracuse man sentenced to 15 years for drug trafficking and firearms violations
Uqoeon Lawrence, a 29-year-old resident of Syracuse, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for drug trafficking and firearms offenses.
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Two charged with illegally exporting AI microchips from California company to China
Two Chinese nationals have been arrested in Los Angeles on allegations of illegally exporting sensitive microchips used in artificial intelligence applications to China.
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Second funeral home operator pleads guilty in body mishandling and fraud case
Carie Hallford, 48, of Colorado Springs, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a case involving Return to Nature Funeral Home, which she operated with her husband Jon Hallford.
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Putnam County veterinarian fined nearly $1 million for mishandling opioids
A Putnam County veterinarian has been ordered to pay $956,709 in civil penalties after failing to account for nearly 10,000 dosage units of controlled substances, including oxycodone and hydrocodone/acetaminophen.
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Southbridge man sentenced for leadership role in Central Massachusetts drug trafficking operation
A Southbridge man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role as chief lieutenant of a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed cocaine and fentanyl across the North Shore and Central Massachusetts.
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Bowling Green man sentenced to over 18 years for methamphetamine distribution
A Bowling Green man, Joshua O. Duncan, 40, has been sentenced to 18 years and 4 months in federal prison for drug trafficking and firearms offenses.
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Niagara Falls man admits guilt in $1.8 million COVID relief fraud scheme
A Niagara Falls resident has admitted to participating in a scheme that defrauded federal COVID-19 relief programs of more than $1.8 million.
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California woman receives federal prison sentence for multi-state drug trafficking
Dana Diane Shay, a 37-year-old resident of Fountain Valley, California, has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
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Suburban Atlanta man charged federally for social media threats targeting Jews and Blacks
Christopher Robertson, a 42-year-old resident of Fairburn, Georgia, appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Catherine M. Salinas in Atlanta on federal charges of communicating interstate threats.
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Second defendant receives federal sentence for role in Potter County prison drug scheme
A woman has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison for her involvement in a scheme to supply methamphetamine to inmates at the William Clements Unit, a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) facility in Potter County.
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