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News Release: Scranton, PA - Today, United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Shandell Devone George, a 31-year old man with past addresses in Hazleton and the Bronx, New York.
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Former President of Waterbury Credit Union Admits Embezzling $250,000
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that TARA KEWALIS, 50, of Beacon Falls, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to embezzling from a Waterbury credit union where she was employed.
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O.C. Man Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison for Pimping and Opening Fire on Bystanders While He Was on Supervised Release
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An Irvine man has been sentenced to 72 months in federal prison for - while on supervised release for committing a prior federal felony - engaging in pimping and shooting a firearm at women on the streets of San Bernardino, the Justice Department announced today.
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Five Charged with COVID Fraud
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury returned indictments on Tuesday alleging fraud against five people in connection with COVID-19.
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U.S. Marshals, FBI Urge Public to Report Phone Scams
News Release: Norfolk, VA - U.S. Marshals are requesting the public’s assistance in locating Schuyler Omar Hardy. Hardy is wanted for a shooting that occurred on Nov. 06, 2019 in Norfolk, VA. After the shooting Hardy fled the scene, and the victim was transported to the hospital.
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Felon Stolen Car Sent to Prison for Possessing Meth
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 52-year-old Corpus Christi resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of a mixture or substance containing meth, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
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The United States Attorney of Puerto Rico and the FBI San Juan Encourage You to Think Before You Post (#ThinkBeforeYouPost)
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -The United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, W. Stephen Muldrow, and the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the San Juan Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Joseph González, today warned the public about the serious consequences of issuing threats to schools or colleagues and reminded the community that hoax threats are no joke.
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Washington, D.C. Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison and Ordered to Pay Restitution of More Than $20,000 to the Minor Victim He Sex Trafficked for His Prostitution Business
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte today sentenced Sirron Little, age 32, of Washington, D.C., to 10 years in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for sex trafficking of a minor to engage in commercial sex acts. Little recruited the victim, a homeless 15-year-old...
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Bentonville Man Found Guilty of Business Operations and Non-Commercial Soliciting
News Release: HARRISON - A federal magistrate judge convicted a Bentonville man yesterday on one count of engaging in or soliciting business inside a national park without a permit and one count of soliciting money inside a national park without a permit.
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FBI Announces Reward for Missing Person Cold Case
News Release: FBI Announces Reward for Missing Person Cold Case.
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KC Felon Indicted for Shooting at Officer, Illegal Firearms, Meth Trafficking
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man who fired an assault rifle at law enforcement officers before leading officers on high-speed pursuits in three different vehicles was indicted by a federal grand jury today for illegally possessing firearms and methamphetamine.
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Tomah Man Sentenced to 78 Months for Methamphetamine Trafficking
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Stephen Thompson, 57, Tomah, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 78 months in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Thompson pleaded guilty to this charge on Aug. 31, 2022.
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Five charged with COVID fraud
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury returned indictments on Tuesday alleging fraud against five people in connection with COVID-19.
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Three Time Convicted Felon Going To Prison For Possessing A Gun
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Ernest Green, a/k/a Fire, 40, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted following a jury trial of being a felon in possession of a firearm, was sentenced to serve 120 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
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Former Assistant Atlanta City Attorney and police officer charged in $7 million PPP fraud scheme
News Release: ATLANTA - Shelitha Robertson, who formerly served as an Assistant City Attorney and a police officer for the City of Atlanta, has been indicted for an alleged scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a federal stimulus program authorized as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
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California Man Charged with Laundering Money Obtained from Internet-Related Fraud
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A California man has been indicted for laundering money obtained from business email compromises, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
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Three Health Care Providers Agree to Pay $22.5 Million for Alleged False Claims to California’s Medicaid Program
News Release: Dignity Health (Dignity), a not-for-profit health system that owns and operates three hospitals and one clinic in Santa Barbara County and San Luis Obispo County, California, and Twin Cities Community Hospital (Twin Cities) and Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center (Sierra Vista), two acute healthcare ...
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Chief Technology Officer Of Blockchain Company Charged With Scheme To Defraud The Company Of Over $1 Million And Cryptocurrency
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the unsealing today of an indictment charging RIKESH THAPA with operating...
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Morgantown man charged with bank fraud, identity theft
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Morgantown man is accused of stealing nearly a half a million dollars in a scheme involving the forgery of checks that belonged to a relative.
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Father and Son Sentenced for $1.7 Million COVID-19 Relief Fraud
News Release: Two men were sentenced yesterday for their roles in the submission of fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $1.7 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
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