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News Release: PROVIDENCE - Another former bank employee today admitted to a federal judge that she stole the banking information of unsuspecting individuals and businesses and provided that information to co-conspirators, who used it to create fraudulent personal and business checks, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
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New Orleans Man Sentenced to 13 Months' Imprisonment for Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - On Jan. 19, 2023, Chief United States District Court Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown sentenced JAMES VAN CLEAVE, 36, of New Orleans, Louisiana, to thirteen (13) months imprisonment for violating the Federal Gun Control Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
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United States Obtains Temporary Restraining Order Against Firearm Companies Illegally Selling Machine Guns

News Release: On Jan. 19, 2023, the United States filed a civil complaint in federal court in Brooklyn against two firearm companies, and two individuals associated with these companies (collectively, “Defendants"), alleging that Defendants have conspired to defraud the United States and consumers, and have engaged ...
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Three More Indicted in Drug-Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Three more defendants have been indicted as part of an investigation into an armed and violent drug-trafficking organization operating in the Kansas City, Mo., metropolitan area.
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Foreign National Pleads Guilty to Mailing Ricin to President of the United States in 2020

News Release: Defendant Also Mailed Threatening Ricin Letters to Texas Law Enforcement Officials.
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60 Southside Locos Gang Members and Associates Convicted For Drug Trafficking Operation Directed From Oklahoma State Prisons

News Release: Law Enforcement Seize Nearly 200 Pounds of Drugs, 69 Guns, and $300,000 in Cash.
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Justice Department discusses Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Naval Surface Technology Innovation Consortium on Jan. 25

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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FBI Denver Launches Spanish-Language Twitter Account

News Release: FBI Denver Launches Spanish-Language Twitter Account.
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Pennsylvania Woman Found Guilty of Felony and Misdemeanor Charges Related to Capitol Breach

News Release: Defendant Fought with Law Enforcement Inside the Capitol Building.
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Seventh Defendant Pleads Guilty in Large-Scale Sacramento Cocaine and Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jerome Adams, 56, of North Highlands, pleaded guilty today to two counts of using a cellphone to facilitate a drug trafficking offense, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
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Illinois Man Charged with Setting Fire to Planned Parenthood

News Release: An Illinois man has been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with malicious use of fire and an explosive to damage, and attempt to damage, the Planned Parenthood Peoria Health Center in Peoria.
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El Paso Woman Arrested for Wire Fraud, Impersonation of Federal Employee

News Release: EL PASO, Texas - An El Paso woman was arrested Monday in El Paso on criminal charges related to her alleged wire fraud and impersonation of a federal employee.
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Oklahoma Man Sentenced to Serve One Year in Federal Prison for Unwanted Sexual Contact Onboard Flight

News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Last week, ANTONIO MAURICE WILSON, 53, of Clinton, Oklahoma, was sentenced to twelve months in federal prison for knowingly engaging in sexual contact with another person without her permission while onboard a flight, announced United States Attorney Robert J. Troester.
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DEA Houston Field Division Partners with Houston Area School Districts to alert parents on the dangers of fentanyl

News Release: HOUSTON - Amid the growing fentanyl epidemic, the Drug Enforcement Administration Houston Field Division created an initiative to educate the youth and parents on the threat of fentanyl through partnering with several area school districts. DEA Houston Field Division, in partnership with Friendswood...
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Florida Woman Arrested for Defrauding Holocaust Survivor of $2.8 Million in Connection with Romance Scam

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the unsealing of an Indictment today charging PEACHES STERGO with engaging...
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St. Louis Man Gets 235 Month Sentence for Involvement in Drug Ring

News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A St. Louis man was sentenced to 235 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons after admitting to his involvement in a methamphetamine operation in southern Illinois.
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Hampden Man Sentenced to 7 Years for Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Materials

News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Hampden man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for possessing child sexual abuse materials.
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Justice Department discusses Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Subcutaneous Drug Development & Delivery Consortium, Inc. on Jan. 25

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Jackson Man Sentenced for Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon and Possession of Marijuana With Intent To Distribute

News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Jackson man was sentenced to serve 63 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony offense and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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Texas Woman Sentenced in Romance Fraud Scams that Defrauded Seniors of More than $2.6 Million

News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Houston, TX, woman who admitted to a federal judge in Providence, RI, that she collected and banked more than $1.26 million of the more than $2.5 million she and co-conspirators bilked from the unsuspecting victims of internet-based “romance scams" that they executed, was sentenced today to 78 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
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