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The United States government has reached a settlement with The Prometheus Group, a New Hampshire-based manufacturer of medical devices, and its owner, Richard Poore.
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St. Louis man guilty in $1.7 million check fraud, sentenced to 12+ years

A federal judge in Benton, Illinois, has sentenced Valentino Colic, a 34-year-old man from St. Louis, to over 12 years in prison for participating in a fraudulent scheme involving counterfeit cashier's checks.
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Woman sentenced for mailing fentanyl from Arizona to Dubuque

A woman has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for her role in a conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.
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Memphis man sentenced to prison for fentanyl distribution and firearms offenses

A Memphis man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for fentanyl distribution and firearms offenses.
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Starkville man receives decade-long sentence for federal firearms violations

A Starkville resident, Antonio Johnson, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for violating firearms laws.
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Koreatown medical provider settles $62M lawsuit over false Medicare claims

Seoul Medical Group Inc., based in Los Angeles' Koreatown, along with its subsidiary Advanced Medical Management Inc., has agreed to pay $58.74 million following allegations of submitting false diagnosis codes to the Medicare Advantage program.
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Georgia man indicted for alleged sweepstakes scam targeting victims across multiple states

Marc H. Silverman, the Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division, announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has indicted...
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Humble man sentenced for falsifying firearms records in illegal gun shipment to Iraq

A 53-year-old resident of Humble, Texas, Yashab Idnan Sandhu, has been sentenced to 42 months in federal prison following a guilty plea for providing false information on firearms records.
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Allentown man pleads guilty to Lehigh County armed robberies

United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Rubiel Perez, a 30-year-old resident of Allentown, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty to charges related to an armed robbery spree in Lehigh County in March 2023.
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Sallisaw resident sentenced for felon in possession of ammunition

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced a sentence for Devon Ray Gillispie, a resident of Sallisaw, Oklahoma.
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Fort Dodge man pleads guilty in methamphetamine distribution case

Christopher Lee Caquelin, a 41-year-old resident of Fort Dodge, Iowa, has pleaded guilty to charges related to methamphetamine distribution.
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Illegal alien faces federal firearm charges; could face up to 30 years

An individual identified as an illegal alien and convicted felon has been charged with federal firearm offenses, according to a statement by Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Chad E. Meacham.
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Mexican national in Maine pleads guilty to making false statement

A Mexican national has entered a guilty plea in a U.S. District Court in Bangor for making a false statement to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent.
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Former Haitian mayor convicted of visa fraud by Boston federal jury

The former Mayor of Les Irois, Haiti, Jean Morose Viliena, was convicted by a federal jury in Boston for visa fraud.
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St. Tammany man receives 17-month sentence for threatening federal employee

A resident of Lacombe, Louisiana, John Joseph Keiper Jr., was sentenced on March 18, 2025, for threatening a federal employee.
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Two members convicted in violent Philadelphia drug trafficking case

United States Attorney David Metcalf announced the conviction of Kelvin Jimenez, known as "Nip," and Dominique Parker, known as "Dom," both from Philadelphia.
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Lewiston man pleads guilty to child sexual abuse material charges

A Lewiston man appeared in U.S. District Court in Portland, pleading guilty to charges of possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material.
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Washington man indicted on charges stemming from November stabbing incident

Maurice Felder, a 53-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been indicted on multiple charges related to a stabbing incident that occurred on November 10, 2024.
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Martinez-Chagala sentenced for illegal reentry into the United States, faces deportation

Bernaldo Martinez-Chagala, a 40-year-old, was arrested by the Mobile County Sheriff's Office on January 29, 2025, for a traffic violation.
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Houtzdale man sentenced for attempted enticement of minor

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has announced the sentencing of Walter Sitosky, a 67-year-old resident of Houtzdale, Pennsylvania.
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