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News Release: POCATELLO and BOISE - Walter High Eagle, 51, of Fort Hall, and John Roger March, 60, of Boise, were each sentenced this week in U.S. District Court for separate crimes against federal officers, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today.
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Providence Man on Admits to Wire Fraud Conspiracy, Identity Theft While on Federal Supervised Release for Sex Trafficking
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man today admitted to a federal judge that he participated in a conspiracy to fraudulently submit online applications in his name and in the names of other persons to collect COVID-related unemployment benefits from at least seven states, and that he did so while serving a term of federal supervised release that followed his conviction and incarceration for sex trafficking, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
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South Texas Primary Care Doctor, Staff Sentenced for Unlawful Prescriptions
News Release: DEL RIO, Texas - A licensed primary care physician along with three members of his clinical staff and his office manager were sentenced Thursday for unlawful distribution of controlled substances and Medicaid fraud.
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Michigan Man Sentenced to 105 Years for Armed Drug Trafficking and Attempted Robbery
News Release: LONDON, Ky.- A Flint, Michigan man, Charles Ray Edwards, 39, was sentenced to 105 years in federal prison on Tuesday, by U.S. District Judge Robert E. Wier, after being convicted of armed drug trafficking and attempted robbery.
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Judge Sends Cocaine Dealer To Prison For Covid-Relief Fraud
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - United States Attorney Mark Totten announced today that a local drug dealer has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for his role in a plot to obtain more than $1.4 million COVID-19 relief funds.
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Lockport Man Going To Jail For Threatening To Kill The President, A Judge, His Wife, And A Secret Service Agent
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Jared Marc Brown, 26, of Lockport, NY, who was convicted of making a threat against the president, retaliating against a United States judge, retaliating against a federal law enforcement officer, and mailing three threatening communications, was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Brenda K. Sannes.
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Former Federal Detention Officer sentenced to prison for illegal firearm possession and obstruction of justice
News Release: Seattle - An employee at the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Detention Center (FDC) at SeaTac, Washington, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle for two federal felonies related to his conduct outside of his employment, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Joshua Adam Shuemake, 37...
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Huntington Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Crime
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Eddie Guy Jewell, 49, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl.
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U.S. Attorney’s Office Reaches ADA Settlement with Educational Testing Service
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey has reached a settlement with a New Jersey non-profit organization to resolve allegations of discrimination in violate of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announce today.
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Yuma Contractor Convicted of Insurance Fraud
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Tuesday, Isrrael Millan, III, 40, of Yuma, Arizona, was found guilty by a federal jury on one count of Conspiracy to Commit Fraud, eight counts of Wire Fraud, two counts of Mail Fraud, and four counts of Money Laundering. Sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 21, 2023, before Senior United States District Judge Roslyn O. Silver.
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Two Tennessee Men Arrested for Planning Attacks on Law Enforcement Personnel and the FBI’s Knoxville Field Office
News Release: A criminal complaint was unsealed today charging Edward Kelley, 33, of Maryville, Tennessee, and Austin Carter, 26, of Knoxville, Tennessee, with conspiracy, retaliating against a federal official, interstate communication of a threat, and solicitation to commit a crime of violence. Kelley and Carter...
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Former Police Officer Pleads Guilty To Attempted Online Enticement To Engage In Sexual Activity With A Minor
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Alejandro Carmona-Fonseca (48, Green Cove Springs) has pleaded guilty to attempted online enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. Carmona-Fonseca faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, and up to life...
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FBI and Partners Issue National Public Safety Alert on Financial Sextortion Schemes
News Release: FBI and Partners Issue National Public Safety Alert on Financial Sextortion Schemes.
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Albuquerque man charged in drug, firearms investigation
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 Gerardo Rafael Lara-Yanez was charged in federal court with intent to distribute 400 grams and more of...
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Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine And Gun Charges
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Luis Miguel Cruz Del Moral, 38, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to possession with intent to distribute cocaine and being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
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Two Mexican Men Found Guilty of Smuggling Undocumented Non-Citizens on Panga Boat that Landed on Santa Barbara County Beach
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal jury has found two Mexican men guilty of drug and alien trafficking charges after law enforcement caught them on a panga boat containing 45 pounds of methamphetamine and 11 undocumented non-citizens from Mexico on a Santa Barbara County beach, the Justice Department announced today.
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VENEZUELAN MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO COCAINE POSSESSION
News Release: St. Thomas - United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today that Erickson Bolivar, 32, of Venezuela, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Cocaine. Bolivar was one of three men charged with smuggling 41 kilograms of cocaine into the Territory.
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FBI and Partners Issue National Public Safety Alert on Financial Sextortion Schemes
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.- The FBI, in partnership with Homeland Security Investigations and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, is issuing a national public safety alert regarding an explosion in incidents of children and teens being coerced into sending explicit images online and extorted for money-a crime known as financial sextortion.
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St. John The Baptist Resident Sentenced for Failure to Report International Travel as a Sex Offender
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that GENE MURRAY, age 49, was sentenced on Dec. 14, 2022 for failing to register as a sex offender under the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) 18 U.S.C. § 2250(b).
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Cardiac Monitoring Companies to Pay More than $44.8 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Liability Relating to Services Performed by Offshore Technicians
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - BioTelemetry, Inc. and its subsidiary CardioNet, LLC, both headquartered in Pennsylvania (collectively, “BioTelemetry"), have agreed to pay $44,875,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting claims to Medicare, TRICARE, the Veterans Health...
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