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Mahlega Abdsharafat, known as "Mallie Sharafat," along with Creative Hospice Care, Inc. and related entities, have agreed to pay $9.2 million to settle allegations of engaging in kickback arrangements with medical directors for patient referrals.
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Salvadoran national indicted for illegal reentry after prior deportation

A Salvadoran national residing in Chelsea has been indicted for unlawful reentry into the United States.
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Texas law enforcement announces results from Operation Soteria Shield

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas, in collaboration with the North Texas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and FBI Dallas’s North Texas Child Exploitation Task Force, announced the conclusion of Operation...
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Pennsylvania woman sentenced for role in multi-state fraud scheme

An accountant and adjunct business instructor from Scranton, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to federal prison for her involvement in a fraud and money laundering scheme.
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Lawrence man pleads guilty to money laundering and drug charges

A man from Lawrence has admitted to his role in money laundering and cocaine-related conspiracies.
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Mexican national pleads guilty to unlawful reentry in Oklahoma

Santos Reyes-Garcia, a 37-year-old Mexican national, has pleaded guilty to unlawful reentry in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
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Durant resident sentenced to over six years for illegal firearm possession

Henry Tyler Allen, a 35-year-old resident of Durant, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to 77 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm.
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Mexican national pleads guilty to illegal reentry into US

A Mexican citizen, Gerardo Morales-Ramirez, has entered a guilty plea in a federal court in Sioux City on June 9, 2025.
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Honduran man pleads guilty to illegal re-entry; sentenced to time served

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced that Dimas Bonerge Aguilar Medina, a 27-year-old citizen of Honduras, has pleaded guilty to illegal re-entry before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara in Buffalo, New York.
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Tennessee woman pleads guilty to wire fraud involving multiple states

Acting United States Attorney Ellison C. Travis announced that Trisha Milstead, 53, from Newport, Tennessee, has pled guilty to wire fraud before U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson.
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Wolf Point man pleads guilty to distributing methamphetamine to minor

A Wolf Point man, Brickie Cole Jackson, has pleaded guilty to charges of distributing methamphetamine to a minor. U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme announced the plea on June 10, 2025.
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Folsom man receives prison sentence for visa fraud involving Indonesian caregiver

Marcus Taslim, a 70-year-old resident of Folsom, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for visa fraud, as announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith.
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Philadelphia man convicted in Wilmington resident's kidnapping and murder

Dylan J. Steinberg, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced a significant development in a criminal case involving a fatal kidnapping and murder.
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Brooklyn man sentenced for drug trafficking; receives nearly four years

Kajuan Woods, a 36-year-old from Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced to 47 months in prison by Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss on June 9, 2025.
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Beloit man sentenced to four years for possessing child pornography

Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Craig Daskam, a 69-year-old resident of Beloit, Wisconsin, has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for possessing child pornography.
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Little Eagle man sentenced for assault on Standing Rock Reservation

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that Grady Laine Uses Arrow, a resident of Little Eagle, South Dakota, has been sentenced to two years and 11 months in federal prison.
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Former inmate receives additional prison time over bribery scheme

The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced that Anthony Ellison, a former inmate at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC), was sentenced to 29 months in prison on each of two counts by U.S....
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Hooksett man sentenced for meth distribution under federal operation

A Hooksett man has been sentenced to 90 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Jay McCormack.
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Federal jury convicts man for trafficking rifles in Chicago

A federal jury in Chicago has found Cedric Curtis guilty of trafficking firearms, including six rifles and a handgun.
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Crow Agency resident pleads guilty to making false statements

A woman from Crow Agency has admitted to making false statements to federal law enforcement, according to U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme.
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