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News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Elina Martinez, 64, of Miami, FL, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute, and distribute, 400 grams or more of fentanyl. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, and a maximum of life in prison.
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Violent felon sentenced for illegal firearms conviction following shooting
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 48-year-old Aransas Pass resident has been ordered to federal prison for possessing a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
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Massachusetts Man Sentenced for Wire Fraud and Illegally Exporting Defense Articles to Turkey
News Release: A Massachusetts man was sentenced yesterday to 33 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for a scheme to illegally export defense technical data to foreign nationals in Turkey in connection with the fraudulent manufacturing of parts and components used by the U.S. military, in violation of the Arms Export Control Act. The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) later determined that some of the parts were substandard and unsuitable for use by the military.
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United States Settles False Claims Act Allegations Involving Medical Product Manufacturer For $14.5 Million
News Release: Company Self-Reported Violations of Contractual Provisions.
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FARGO, ND, MAN CONVICTIED OF KIDNAPPING AND ATTEMPTED WITNESS TAMPERING
News Release: FARGO - United States Attorney Mac Schneider announced that on December 9, 2022, following a three-day trial, a jury returned guilty verdicts against Sharmake Mohamed Abdullahi, age 31 of Fargo, ND, for Kidnapping and Attempted Witness Tampering.
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Farmington Man Involved in Son's Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Crack
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KEVIN JONES, SR., 58, of Farmington, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine. Judge Thompson also ordered Jones to serve 200 hours of community service while on supervised release.
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Ocenture LLC and Carelumina LLC Settle Allegations of False Claims for Unnecessary Genetic Testing
News Release: Ocenture LLC, a privately held company headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, and its subsidiary, Carelumina LLC (collectively, “Ocenture"), have agreed to pay $3 million to resolve allegations that they caused the submission of false claims to Medicare by paying and receiving kickbacks in connection with genetic testing samples.
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Russian Military and Intelligence Agencies Procurement Network Indicted in Brooklyn Federal Court
News Release: Publicly filed court documents, including a 16-count indictment unsealed today in Brooklyn, charge five Russian nationals - including a suspected Federal Security Service (FSB) officer - and two U.S. nationals with conspiracy and other charges related to a global procurement and money laundering scheme...
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Physician and Office Manager Agree to Pay More Than $420,000 to Settle Kickback Allegations Involving New Jersey, Texas, and South Carolina Laboratories
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Texas doctor and his office manager, who was also his wife, have agreed to pay more than $422,789 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they received illegal kickbacks in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
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Jacksonville Man Pleads Guilty To Possessing Images Of Young Children Being Sexually Abused
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Reece Christopher Depew (24, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to possessing images depicting young children being sexually abused. Depew faces a maximum penalty of 20 years’ imprisonment and a potential lifetime of supervised release. Depew was arrested on Jan. 17, 2020, and has been detained since that time.
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Boyd County Man Sentenced to Life for Violent Kidnapping
News Release: ASHLAND, Ky. - A Catlettsburg, Ky., man, Jonathan Lee Smithers, 41, was sentenced to life in federal prison on Monday, before U.S. District Judge David Bunning, following his conviction for kidnapping.
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Former Mobile Phone Store Owner Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Multimillion-Dollar Scheme to Illegally Unlock Cellphones
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former owner of a T-Mobile retail store in Eagle Rock was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison for his multimillion-dollar scheme in which he stole T-Mobile employee credentials and illegally accessed the company’s internal computer systems to illicitly “unlock" and “unblock" cellphones.
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Owner of Durable Medical Equipment Companies Arrested for $17 Million Kickback Conspiracy
News Release: A New York woman was arrested today for allegedly offering and paying illegal health care kickbacks and money laundering.
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Wildlife Trafficker Sentenced To 57 Months For Large-Scale Trafficking Of Rhinoceros Horns And Elephant Ivory
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that AMARA CHERIF, a/k/a “Bamba Issiaka," a citizen of Guinea, was sentenced to 57 months for conspiring to traffic in millions of dollars in rhinoceros horns and elephant ivory, both endangered wildlife species...
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Seattle man who trafficked young juveniles sentenced to ten years in prison
News Release: Seattle - A 23-year-old Seattle man, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to ten years in prison for attempted sex trafficking of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Issac Shorack was arrested at Sea-Tac Airport in February 2022 as he drove to the arrivals area to pick up a...
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Clearfield Man Sentenced to 120 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Clearfield, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to a total of 120 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
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Trafficker sentenced for distributing more than 500 grams of meth
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 40-year-old Three Rivers resident has been ordered to federal prison for distributing more than 500 grams of methamphetamine announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
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Las Vegas Woman Pleads Guilty in $7.1 Million Wire Fraud Scheme to Defraud Federal Pandemic Programs
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Las Vegas woman pleaded guilty today to one count of wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
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Detroit man sentenced to 12 years for his role in a drug conspiracy
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Kevin Lawrence Jarrett, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to 151 months of incarceration for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
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La Crosse Man Sentenced to 6 Years for Receiving Child Pornography
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Kristopher L. Halverson, 32, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to six years in prison for receiving child pornography. This term of imprisonment will be followed by 20 years of supervised release. Halverson pleaded guilty to this charge on Aug. 10, 2022.
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