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News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced today that John Lopez was arraigned on a 27-count indictment charging him with 16 counts of wire fraud and 11 counts of mail fraud. Lopez, 71, of Flagstaff, Arizona, will remain on conditions of release pending trial, which has not been scheduled.
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U.S. Attorney Announces Fraud And Money Laundering Charges Against Additional Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme Promoters
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the arrest in Spain of NESTOR NUÑEZ, a/k/a “Salvador Molina," on Dec. 28, 2022, on fraud charges and the surrender of RAMON PEREZ on January 6, 2023, on fraud and money laundering charges. The Government...
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Red Lake Man Sentenced to 37 Years in Prison for the Murder of a Red Lake Tribal Police Officer
News Release: BEMIDJI, Minn. - A Red Lake man has been sentenced to 37 years in prison for fatally shooting a Red Lake Tribal Police Officer, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
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Sharon Man Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Crack
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Jeronte Robinson was sentenced to 24 months in prison for conspiring to distribute crack cocaine, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
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Methamphetamine, heroin trafficking conspiracy alleged in newly unsealed federal indictment
News Release: DUBLIN, GA: A newly unsealed federal indictment charges 12 people with participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy distributing large amounts of methamphetamine and heroin in the Laurens County area.
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Man sentenced to 17 and a half years in prison in New Mexico truck stop fraud case
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Bruce Beckner was sentenced on Jan. 4 to 17 years and six months in prison. A federal jury convicted Beckner, 60, on April 7, 2022, on one count of bank fraud, one count of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit fraud.
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Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Violate Iranian Sanctions
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Behrouz Mokhtari, age 72, of McLean, Virginia and Tehran, Iran, a native of Iran and a naturalized citizen of the United States, pleaded guilty today to two conspiracies to violate sanctions imposed by the United States on Iran regarding the exportation, re-exportation, sale, or supply directly or indirectly, any goods, technology, or services to Iran.
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Luzerne County Man Pleads Guilty To Methamphetamine And Fentanyl Trafficking
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that William Heck, age 41, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on January 5, 2023, before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, to a charge of possession with intent to distribute more than fifty grams of methamphetamine and additional amounts of fentanyl.
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Texas Chicano Brotherhood general sent to prison
News Release: VICTORIA, Texas - A 53-year-old resident of Harlingen has been ordered to prison for his role in a cocaine conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
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U.S. Attorney’s Office Collects Nearly $3.8 Million in Civil and Criminal Actions
News Release: (PROVIDENCE) - U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Cunha announced today that the District of Rhode Island collected $3,769,390.83 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2021, an approximately thirty-six percent increase over fiscal year 2020. Of this amount, $2,715,990.83 was collected in criminal cases and $1,053,400 was collected in civil actions.
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Mexican National Sentenced to 96 Months in Federal Prison for Possession of Firearm and Distribution of Methamphetamine
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Porfirio Jimenez-Arizmendi, age 31, a Mexican national unlawfully in the United States and residing in Lincoln, was sentenced today to 96 months in prison for being an unlawful alien in possession of a firearm...
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Former Pennsylvania Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Excessive Force
News Release: A former Philadelphia Department of Prisons sergeant pleaded guilty in federal court in Philadelphia to a civil rights charge and falsification of records related to the use of excessive force on a detainee.
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Warwick Man Convicted on Drug Trafficking, Firearm Charges as Federal Jury Trial is Set to Begin
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Jose Manuel Rosario-Mella, a/k/a Luis Cortes, 55, of Warwick, arrested in August 2020 by Rhode Island DEA Drug Task Force agents following a month-long investigation into his drug trafficking activities, pleaded guilty in federal court today to possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin and being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
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Metairie Woman Sentenced for Theft of Social Security Funds and Cares Act Funds
News Release: Note: The U.S. Attorney's Office would like to acknowledge the assistance of the United States Departmemt of Treasury, Inspector General for Tax Administration in investigating this matter.
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Buffalo Man Going To Prison For Selling Crack Cocaine
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Nikita Burt, 39, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, crack cocaine, was sentenced to serve 21 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
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Lawton Man Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Crimes, Witness Tampering
News Release: A Lawton man was convicted in federal court for attempting to entice an undercover police officer whom he believed was a minor and for enticing a 12-year-old child to send sexually explicit pictures of herself, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
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Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Violate Iranian Sanctions
News Release: Behrouz Mokhtari, 72, of McLean, Virginia, and Tehran, Iran, a naturalized U.S. citizen, pleaded guilty today to two separate conspiracies to violate sanctions imposed by the United States on Iran regarding the exportation, re-exportation, sale, or supply, directly or indirectly, of any goods, technology, or services to Iran.
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Inmate Pleads Guilty to Possessing Weapon at FCI McDowell
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - Ray Ramirez-Bueno, 59, a federal inmate, pleaded guilty today to possession of a weapon while an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) McDowell.
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Mentmore man sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for carjacking and assault
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Nathan Singer Lee was sentenced on Dec. 22, 2022, to seven and a half years in prison. On Aug. 25, 2021, Lee, 28, of Mentmore, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, pleaded...
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San Fernando Valley Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Used and Counterfeit Medical Devices Used for Skin Tightening and Fat Burning
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Tarzana man pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for running a nearly $6 million scheme in which he knowingly sold used skin-tightening medical devices that were deliberately misbranded as new, as well as counterfeit devices that he claimed were to be used with fat-reducing laser machines.
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