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News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in the District of Connecticut charging a Connecticut man and a foreign national with conspiracy, multiple counts of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and money laundering in connection with an alleged scheme to pay bribes to Brazilian officials to win contracts with Brazil’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (Petrobras).
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Kentucky Man Pleads Guilty to Violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - WALTER ALVAREZ TIRADO, age 33, a resident of Madisonville, Kentucky, pled guilty on Feb. 16, 2023 before U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan to possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
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Former NBA Players Keyon Dooling And Alan Anderson Sentenced To 30 And 24 Months In Prison For Defrauding NBA Players’ Health And Welfare Benefit Plan
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that KEYON DOOLING and ALAN ANDERSON were sentenced to 30 months and 24 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a scheme to defraud the National Basketball Association (“NBA") Players’ Health and Welfare Benefit Plan (the “Plan"). U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni sentenced DOOLING today and previously sentenced ANDERSON on Feb. 10, 2023.
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California Man Charged with Federal Hate Crimes for Allegedly Shooting and Wounding Two Victims Leaving Synagogues
News Release: The Justice Department announced today charges against a former Riverside resident with two counts of hate crimes for allegedly targeting and shooting two Jewish men as they departed religious services outside two Los Angeles synagogues over the past two days.
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Pittsburgh Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Attempted Enticement of a Child for Sex
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 25 years’ incarceration and lifetime supervised release on his conviction for four counts related to the sexual exploitation of minors, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
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Two Individuals Sentenced for Multimillion-Dollar Cattle-Trading Ponzi Scheme
News Release: Two individuals were sentenced today to six years in prison for their roles in a cattle-trading Ponzi scheme that resulted in millions of dollars in victim losses.
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Two Maryland Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Armed Home Invasion and Attempted Robbery in Northeast Washington, D.C.
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jose Gonzalez Pacheco, also known as “Jose Gonzalez," 48, and Kenneth Demetrius Harris, also known as “Kenneth Vann," 43, both of Silver Spring, Maryland, were sentenced to federal prison yesterday for their roles in an armed robbery on July 16, 2021.
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Justice Department discusses Notice of Lodging of Proposed Third Amended Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act on Feb. 17
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Michigan Tax Return Preparer Agrees to Preliminary Injunction
News Release: A federal court in the Eastern District of Michigan has endorsed an agreed preliminary injunction barring a Detroit-area tax return preparer and her businesses from preparing federal tax returns for others until the date on which trial on whether a permanent injunction is warranted occurs.
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Armed Fugitive Arrested by U.S. Marshals Task Force
News Release: La Crosse, WI - Members of the U.S. Marshals Service’s Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force captured a fugitive Feb. 16 near the 800 block of Cass Street.
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Hate-Fueled Robbery and Kidnapping Spree Ends in Federal Convictions for Miami Man
News Release: MIAMI - A 21-year-old Miami man who carjacked, kidnapped, and robbed five victims has pled guilty in South Florida federal court to 17 counts of violence. Stevenson Charles faces up to life in prison.
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New York Pharmacist Pleads Guilty to Narcotics and Tax Offenses
News Release: A New York pharmacist pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone, distribution and possession of oxycodone and filing false business and personal income tax returns.
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Violent Felon Pleads Guilty to Armed Robberies Across Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Maryland man pleaded guilty today to committing five different armed robberies of convenience stores, hotels, and banks between October 2021 and December 2021.
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Career criminal sentenced to 20 years in federal prison
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - An Ohio man was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of felony charges for the third time.
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Michigan Man Sentenced to Prison for Fentanyl Crime
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Darion D. Jackson, also known as “D," 23, of Michigan, was sentenced today to two years and six months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl.
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Readout of Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta’s Trip to Memphis
News Release: Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta traveled to Memphis today to attend the investiture of U.S. Attorney Kevin Ritz for the Western District of Tennessee and meet with local Memphis officials and community leaders.
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Trotwood man sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine crimes
News Release: DAYTON, Ohio - Rasean J. Piner, 35, of Trotwood, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 151 months in prison for possessing with the intent to distribute bulk amounts of narcotics.
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Senior Oil and Gas Trader and Brazil-Based Intermediary Charged in Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in the District of Connecticut charging a Connecticut man and a foreign national with conspiracy, multiple counts of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and money laundering in connection with an alleged scheme to pay bribes to Brazilian officials to win contracts with Brazil’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (Petrobras).
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Justice Department discusses Bulk Manufacturer of Controlled Substances Application: Veranova, L.P. on Feb. 17
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Two More Individuals Sentenced to 10 Months for Conspiring to Stage Automobile Accidents in Order to Defraud Insurance and Trucking Companies
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JOHN DIGGS (“J. DIGGS"), age 62, of Thibodaux, Louisiana, and JAMES WILLIAMS (“WILLIAMS"), age 68, of Gibson, Louisiana, were both sentenced Feb. 14, 2023 to 10 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Lance M. Africk...
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