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News Release: LOS ANGELES - Two men - one from Wisconsin, the other from North Carolina - have been charged with participating in a “swatting" spree that, over a one-week span, gained access to a dozen Ring home security door cameras nationwide, placed bogus emergency phone calls designed to elicit an armed police response, then livestreamed the events on social media, sometimes while taunting responding police officers, the Justice Department announced today.
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Tech Company CEO Pleads Guilty to Defrauding His Former Employer
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that SUNI MUNSHANI, the former Chief Executive Officer of a Connecticut-based technology company (the “Victim Company"), pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court in connection with a scheme to defraud...
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Sextortion Crimes on the Increase: Talk to Your Kids Now
News Release: PITTSBURGH - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania, in partnership with Homeland Security Investigations - Philadelphia (HSI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Pittsburgh (FBI), and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), is issuing a public safety alert regarding an alarming increase in the online exploitation of children and teens.
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FBI Media Alert: FBI in New Mexico Warns of Significant Increase in Sextortion
News Release: FBI Media Alert: FBI in New Mexico Warns of Significant Increase in Sextortion.
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Polite: 'Diaz abused her position as a public official to line her pockets'
The former Venezuelan national treasurer and her husband have been convicted in a billion-dollar currency exchange, bribery and money laundering scheme.
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Justice Department Secures Agreement with Massachusetts Department of Correction Investigation Involving Individuals in Mental Health Crisis
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has entered into a settlement agreement with the Massachusetts Department of Correction (MDOC) to resolve the department’s investigation into MDOC’s treatment of incarcerated individuals in mental health crisis.
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New York Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS
News Release: A New York man was sentenced today to 12 years in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release for attempting to provide material support or resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham (ISIS), a foreign terrorist organization.
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Jury Convicts Two Kansas City Men of Kidnapping, Murder
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Two Mexican nationals have been convicted in federal court of kidnapping and murder.
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USDOJ-OJP-OVW grant application closes on March 6
OVW Fiscal Year 2023 Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program Expanding Legal Services Initiative - Solicitation grant opened on Dec. 21.
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Opa-Locka Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material
News Release: MIAMI - Oscar Williams Jr., 30, of Opa-Locka, Fla., has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for extorting four girls into producing child sexual abuse material. He previously had been convicted on four counts of production of child sexual abuse material and one count of extortion.
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Canyon Lake Man Sentenced to 30 Years on Child Pornography Charges
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A Canyon Lake man was sentenced Thursday to 360 months in prison and lifetime supervised release for distribution and receipt of child pornography.
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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: 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 Administration, ...
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D.C. Corrections Officer Charged with Embezzlement
News Release: Defendant Accused of Stealing from Labor Union while Serving as its Chairman.
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Ex-Wall Street Trader Convicted of Fraud in Precious Metals Spoofing Scheme
News Release: A federal jury in the Northern District of Illinois convicted a former trader at JPMorgan Chase and Credit Suisse today of fraud in connection with a spoofing scheme in the gold and silver futures markets.
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U.S. Jail Population Increased While Prison Population Decreased in 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Justice Statistics is announcing the release of statistical tables on Jail Inmates in 2021 and Prisoners in 2021. Of note, the two incarcerated populations diverged in 2021, with the number of persons held in local jails increasing by 16% from 2020, while the number of persons in prison decreased 1%. Both populations decreased from 2019 to 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Two on Charges of Selling Fentanyl, Other Narcotics Through Darknet and Encrypted Messaging Applications
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury has indicted two men who allegedly used the darknet and encrypted messaging applications to sell over 120,000 fentanyl-laced pills and other drugs to thousands of customers across the country.
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Two Idaho Men Sentenced to Prison for Crimes Against Federal Officers
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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Another Defendant from New Orleans Pleads Guilty in Staged Automobile Collision Scheme
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that TROYLYNN BROWN (“BROWN"), age 35, agreed to plead guilty on Dec. 14, 2022 to count one (1) of her indictment, charging Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371. In...
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South Georgia Man Sentenced to More Than 10 Years in Prison for Drug, Gun Felonies
News Release: WAYCROSS, GA: An Atkinson County man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison after admitting to charges involving methamphetamine trafficking and illegal gun possession.
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California Man Pleads Guilty in Scam PACs Scheme
News Release: A California man pleaded guilty today in the Western District of Texas to participating in a scheme to solicit millions of dollars in contributions to two political action committees (PACs) based on false and misleading representations that the funds would be used to support presidential candidates during and after the 2016 election cycle.
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