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News Release: LOS ANGELES - The former president and CEO of a Hollywood-based anti-poverty nonprofit agency has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges for embezzling money from the nonprofit for his personal benefit and intentionally misapplying more than $600,000 in grant money to pay for unauthorized expenses and lying on his tax returns, the Justice Department announced today.
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Individual Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Laundering Unemployment Benefits and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Funds

News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Martín Scamaroni-Cintrón was sentenced on Jan. 18, 2023 by United States District Court Judge Aida Delgado-Colón to 30 months in prison for laundering Unemployment Benefits and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Funds from his bank account in Puerto Rico.
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FBI Confirms Lazarus Group Cyber Actors Responsible for Harmony's Horizon Bridge Currency Theft

News Release: FBI Confirms Lazarus Group Cyber Actors Responsible for Harmony's Horizon Bridge Currency Theft.
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Baltimore Man Sentenced for Illegally Possessing a Loaded Firearm in a School Zone

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander today sentenced Turrell Davis, age 25, of Baltimore, Maryland for possessing a firearm within 1,000 feet of a school. Davis has served more than 14 months and as part of his sentence Judge Hollander ordered that Davis be on federal supervised release for three years and participate in the Roca, Inc. - Baltimore’s community violence intervention and response services.
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North Korean National Sentenced for Money Laundering Offenses

News Release: DPRK Businessman Accessed the U.S. Financial System and Deceived U.S. Banks to Circumvent Sanctions Against North Korea.
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Federal Agent Arrested for Receiving Gratuity and Making False Statement

News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment on Friday Jan. 13, 2023, charging Javier Delgado-Padín, a special agent of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security-Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security Investigations, with receiving and accepting something of value in exchange for him performing his official duties and making a false statement.
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Man Charged with the First-Degree Murder of a Washington County Couple

News Release: A Bartlesville man was charged Monday in federal court for killing a Washington County couple, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
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FBI Announces $10,000 Reward for Information About Ebenezer Baptist Church Vandalism

News Release: CLEVELAND, OH and ATLANTA, GA-FBI Cleveland and FBI Atlanta seek the public’s help about the recent vandalism at Ebenezer Baptist Church Heritage Sanctuary and seeking information about a group of 10 people captured on video vandalizing the outside of the Sanctuary. It is believed that one or more of the subjects in the pictures may have ties to Central or Northern Ohio.
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Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Advanced Fluids for Electrified Vehicles discussed on Jan. 24 by Justice Department

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Lakeland Woman Pleads Guilty to Education Loan Fraud

News Release: Memphis, TN - Kelli L. Pollard, 50, of Lakeland, Tennessee pled guilty to a criminal information, charging her with education loan fraud. United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the guilty plea today.
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United States Attorney’s Office Reaches $639,916 Settlement with Governor of Maryland’s Office on Service and Volunteerism to Resolve Alleged False Claims for AmeriCorps Program Funds

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - The State of Maryland Governor’s Office on Service and Volunteerism (“GOSV"), a division within the Governor’s Office on Community Initiatives (“GOCI"), has agreed to pay the United States $639,916 and enter into a compliance agreement to resolve a civil False Claims Act investigation relating to the operation of its AmeriCorps program.
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Columbus woman charged federally with kidnapping infant twins

News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Today a federal grand jury indicted Nalah T. Jackson, 24, of Columbus, on two counts of kidnapping of a minor.
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Notice Pursuant to The National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Open RF Association, Inc. discussed on Jan. 24 by Justice Department

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Lawrence Man Convicted of Threatening U.S. Congressman

News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A federal jury convicted a Kansas man today for making death threats against a United States congressman.
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Justice Department discusses Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-MLCommons Association on Jan. 24

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Justice Department discusses Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Cooperative Research Group On In-Situ Measurement of H2 on Jan. 24

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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New Orleans Woman Pleads Guilty to Theft of More Than $86,000 in Social Security Funds

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DANIELLE COLEMAN, age 39, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty on Jan. 19, 2023 before United States District Judge Carl J. Barbier to Theft of Government Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641.
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Midlothian Family Sentenced for Conspiracy for Years-Long Forced Labor of Pakistani Woman

News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Three Midlothian individuals were sentenced yesterday for conspiracy to commit forced labor for compelling the domestic labor of a Pakistani woman for 12 years.
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2022 FBI Houston Year in Review

News Release: HOUSTON, TX-As we launch into 2023 full throttle, a brief examination of FBI Houston’s successes demonstrates our efforts to remain good stewards of taxpayer dollars and our commitment to the FBI’s mission of protecting the American people and upholding the Constitution of the United States. The men...
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