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News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Brian Carroll (46, Tennessee) has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
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Former Co-Owner and Sales Manager of Defunct Medical Testing Lab Sentenced to Prison
News Release: Seattle - A resident of Astoria, Oregon was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to two years in prison for five federal felonies connected to his scheme to profit from illegal kickbacks in the medical testing industry, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Richard Reid, 53, was convicted...
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Alabama Company Pleads Guilty in Worker Death Case
News Release: ABC Polymer Industries LLC pleaded guilty yesterday to a willful violation of an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standard that caused a worker’s death. The charge involves an Aug. 16, 2017, incident at the Helena, Alabama, plant owned by ABC Polymer Industries LLC, in which a worker was pulled into a cluster of unguarded moving rollers and killed. U.S. District Judge Annemarie Carney Axon for the Northern District of Alabama accepted the plea.
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Justice Department discusses Advisory Board; Notice of Meeting on Jan. 11
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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New Castle Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Cocaine
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pennsylvania resident pleaded guilty in federal court to violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
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United States Attorney Implements Groundbreaking Settlement With Meta Platforms, Inc., Formerly Known As Facebook, To Address Discrimination In The Delivery Of Housing Ads
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, along with Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, announced today that the Justice Department has reached a key milestone in its settlement agreement with Meta Platforms...
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Sun Prairie Man Sentenced to More Than 10 Years for Drug Trafficking
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Daniel Gibbs, 37, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, was sentenced on Friday, January 6, by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 121 months in federal prison for distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Gibbs pleaded guilty to this charge on Sept. 14, 2022.
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Three MS-13 Gang Members Convicted of Racketeering Conspiracy Involving a Murder in Maryland
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal jury convicted Jose Domingo Ordonez-Zometa, a/k/a “Felon," age 33, of Landover Hills, Maryland; Jose Rafael Ortega-Ayala, a/k/a Impaciente," age 30, of Greenbelt, Maryland; and Jose Henry Hernandez-Garcia, a/k/a “Paciente," age 29, of Annandale, Virginia, for racketeering...
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United States Attorney Will Thompson to Help Mark National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Will Thompson will join with officials from the Charleston YWCA and other key stakeholders on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, at 11:30 a.m. for National Human Trafficking Awareness Day.
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Gun Shop and Owner Charged with Transfer of Firearm to a Felon, Aiding and Abetting Unlicensed Firearm Trafficking, and Failure to Maintain Firearm Records
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment against Aileene Mudafort-Fernández and Mudafort Xtreme Sports & Motorsports Inc. for disposing of a pistol to a felon, aiding and abetting in unlicensed firearm trafficking, and failure to maintain firearm records. In a separate indictment, José Berrios-Aquino, an armorer of Mudafort Xtreme Sports & Motorsports Inc., was charged with the possession of a machinegun.
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Former Claims Adjuster Pleads Guilty To Assisting Individuals Who Committed Armed Robberies, Shootings, While Dressed As Police Officers
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Jasmine Weber (28, Tampa) pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act Robbery. Weber faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
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U.S. Attorney Announces Federal Charges Against Man Who Carried Out Machete Attack In Times Square On New Year’s Eve
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Merrick B. Garland, the Attorney General of the United States, Christopher A. Wray, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office...
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Two Men Sentenced To Prison For Distributing Controlled Substances Resulting In Death
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Demetrius Taylor, age 30, of Patterson, New Jersey, and Joseph Decker, age 28, of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, were sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for heroin/fentanyl trafficking offenses resulting in death. Taylor received a sentence of 240 months in prison and Decker was sentenced to 180 months in prison.
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Scott County Man Sentenced for Wire Fraud
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Georgetown, Ky., man, Ralph Tackett, 66, was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison on Monday, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, for wire fraud.
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Former New Jersey Official Admits Defrauding New Jersey Health Care Benefit Program Of More Than $4.5 Million
News Release: New Jersey Woman Also Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud the New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury Fund of Millions of Dollars.
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Former Registered Broker Sentenced to 5 Years' Imprisonment for Conspiring with Long Island Boiler Room to Pump and Dump Stock on Unsuspecting Elderly Investors
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Lawrence Isen, a former registered broker who participated in a criminal conspiracy to promote and manipulate the price of shares in publicly traded companies, was sentenced by United States District Judge Joanna Seybert to 5 years’ imprisonment for conspiracy...
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Renton, Washington, resident sentenced to ten years in prison for drug trafficking while armed with a stolen handgun
News Release: Seattle - A Renton, Washington resident who continued to deal drugs and possess firearms after many of his coconspirators were arrested and charged federally, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to ten years in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Gerson Alberto Flores-Rivera...
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Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Connecticut Drug Ring
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MYRON BROWN, also known as “Farid," 49, of Chester, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.
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Mother, Associate of Federal Fugitive Charged with Aiding Escape from Cass County Jail
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The mother and an associate of former fugitive Trevor Sparks of Kansas City, Mo., who was apprehended today, have been charged in federal court with assisting in his escape from the Cass County Jail earlier this month.
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Ex-Correction Officer Charged with Accepting Bribes to Smuggle Contraband into Rikers Island Jail
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging Karin Robinson, a former correction officer employed by the New York City Department of Correction (DOC), with conspiracy to violate the Travel Act and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances to an inmate incarcerated...
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