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Defense contractor Aero Turbine Inc., based in Stockton, California, and private equity firm Gallant Capital Partners LLC of Los Angeles have agreed to pay $1.75 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act.
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Illumina settles $9.8M False Claims Act case over genomic system cybersecurity flaws

Illumina Inc., a company based in Delaware and headquartered in California, has agreed to pay $9.8 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by selling genomic sequencing systems with cybersecurity vulnerabilities to...
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Wainwright man charged with multiple counts related to alleged child exploitation

A Wainwright resident, Robert Segevan, 31, was arrested by the FBI on charges related to alleged child exploitation offenses.
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Berkeley County man receives nearly 20-year sentence for drug and firearms offenses

Travis Jackson Latta, a 38-year-old resident of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has been sentenced to 235 months in federal prison after being convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute eutylone.
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Oklahoma inmates sentenced for directing meth trafficking ring using contraband cell phones

Twenty-seven people have been sentenced in federal court for their involvement in a methamphetamine trafficking operation that was directed from inside Oklahoma prisons using contraband cell phones.
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Greensboro woman sentenced for multi-million dollar Medicaid fraud involving urine drug testing

A Greensboro resident has been sentenced to more than three and a half years in federal prison for her role in a scheme involving fraudulent Medicaid billing for urine drug tests.
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Rapid City man sentenced for meth distribution conspiracy involving mailed packages

A Rapid City man has been sentenced to 17 years and six months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in and around Rapid City, South Dakota.
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California man sentenced for surreptitiously filming minors in Massachusetts

A California man has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for child exploitation offenses involving a Massachusetts minor.
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Nurse charged with illegally obtaining prescription narcotics in Kansas City

A federal grand jury in Kansas City, Kansas, has indicted Brooke Haller, a 40-year-old nurse from Kansas City, Missouri, on charges related to the illegal acquisition of controlled substances.
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Boston man pleads guilty to failing to register as sex offender

A Boston resident has pleaded guilty in federal court to failing to register as a sex offender, according to an announcement made by United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Acting United States Marshal Kevin Neal.
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Jahreek Bush sentenced to over nine years for armed fentanyl trafficking

Jahreek Bush has been sentenced to 117 months in prison for trafficking fentanyl and cocaine while armed with a loaded firearm.
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Serial armed robber sentenced for multiple violent crimes committed in Detroit

Deandre Martece Williams has been sentenced to over 27 years in prison for his involvement in a series of violent crimes committed in Detroit during 2023.
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Previously convicted felon receives federal sentence for illegal firearm possession

Andre Jamar Turman, 34, from the District of Columbia, has been sentenced to 28 months in federal prison for possessing a loaded Haskell Model JS-45 pistol while being a previously convicted felon.
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Ohio men receive lengthy sentences for sexual crimes against children

Two men from Ohio have been sentenced to a combined total of 62 years in federal prison for sexual crimes involving children, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio.
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Roanoke man sentenced for role in drug-related robbery conspiracy leading to supplier's death

A Roanoke man has been sentenced to 150 months in federal prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to commit robbery that resulted in the death of a drug supplier.
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Walker County man receives nine-year sentence for methamphetamine distribution

A Walker County resident has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for a drug offense, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona. U.S. District Court Judge Anna M. Manasco sentenced Shannon Wayne Herron, 50, of...
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Marshall County man convicted on federal meth trafficking and firearms charges

A federal jury in Wheeling, West Virginia has convicted Joseph William Alfred, also known as “Chris,” of multiple drug and firearms offenses.
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Salvadoran man pleads guilty to illegal reentry after prior deportation

A Salvadoran national living in Chelsea, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to reentering the United States illegally after being deported.
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Second defendant indicted after alleged assault of motorcyclists on Skull Valley Indian Reservation

A federal grand jury has issued a superseding indictment against Alex Doran Craig, 32, of Tooele County, Utah.
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Ithaca man faces federal charges for alleged enticement of minor and child pornography

David Pastorello, 44, of Ithaca, New York, was arrested on Tuesday and appeared in court Wednesday on charges related to the enticement of a minor and distribution of child pornography.
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