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A Dominican national residing in Manchester, New Hampshire, has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
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Mexican citizen pleads guilty to methamphetamine distribution in Saratoga Springs

Mauro Esparza-Gutierrez, a 39-year-old Mexican citizen, has pled guilty to charges related to the distribution of methamphetamine.
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Nigerian man faces US charges after extradition for computer intrusion scheme

A Nigerian national, Matthew A. Akande, has been extradited to the United States from Mexico to face charges related to computer intrusion and theft.
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Timothy Courchaine appointed interim US attorney for Arizona

Timothy Courchaine has assumed the role of Interim United States Attorney for the District of Arizona.
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California man sentenced for $1.2 million forged money order scheme

A Lancaster, California resident has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for his involvement in a bank fraud scheme involving over $1.2 million in forged money orders.
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Nigerian man faces charges for defrauding pandemic relief programs

A Nigerian man has been charged with defrauding the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Insurance Benefits Program and the Paycheck Protection Program, according to Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad Meacham.
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Las Vegas man sentenced to 26 years for robberies and assault

A Las Vegas resident with a history of felony convictions has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for his involvement in two armed robberies and the assault of a federal officer.
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Michael J. Heyman appointed interim U.S attorney for Alaska

Michael J. Heyman has been appointed as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.
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Vermont man sentenced for attempted online enticement of minor

Gabriel Charron, a 53-year-old resident of Milton, Vermont, has been sentenced to 132 months in prison followed by 20 years of supervised release.
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Lisa G. Johnston named acting US attorney for Southern District of West Virginia

Lisa G. Johnston has been appointed as the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia.
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Former CPA admits to stealing over $800K from bank

Kenneth Gould, a former Certified Public Accountant from Clovis, has admitted to committing bank larceny by embezzling over $800,000 from a financial institution.
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Kern County man sentenced for role in meth trafficking conspiracy

Mark Garcia, a 25-year-old resident of Lamont, California, has been sentenced to two years in prison for his involvement in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy.
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Harrisburg woman sentenced for health care fraud totaling over $3 million

Ester N. Mbaya, a 43-year-old resident of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for health care fraud and bank fraud.
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Muskogee man pleads guilty to meth possession with intent to distribute

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma has announced that Dewayne Tyree Miller, also known as Dejuan Tyree Miller, a 28-year-old resident of Muskogee, Oklahoma, has pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine...
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Gardena man sentenced for assaulting USPS worker during mail delivery dispute

A Gardena resident has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for assaulting a United States Postal Service (USPS) employee.
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Camden County man sentenced for Bucks County warehouse arson

A Camden County man has been sentenced to six years in prison for his role in orchestrating the arson of a Bucks County warehouse.
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Lafayette man and daughters face indictment over alleged federal food program fraud

A federal grand jury in Lafayette, Louisiana, has indicted a Lafayette man and his two daughters on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud.
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Michael DiGiacomo appointed U.S. attorney for Western District of New York

Michael DiGiacomo has been appointed as the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York, effective February 28, 2025.
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Scranton man receives prison sentence for wire fraud involving pandemic relief funds

James G. Miller, Jr., a 53-year-old resident of Scranton, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for wire fraud.
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Honduran national sentenced to ten months for illegal reentry

Luis Daniel Mejia-Gomez, a 41-year-old Honduran national, has been sentenced to ten months in prison for illegal reentry into the United States.
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