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News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that NICHOLAS TRUGLIA was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for his participation in the theft of over $20 million worth of cryptocurrency during a SIM swap attack of a victim (the “Victim") and was further ordered to pay $20,379,007 in restitution to the Victim within 60 days. TRUGLIA was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein.
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Defendant Convicted of Bribing New York City Correction Officers to Smuggle Contraband into Rikers Island Jail
News Release: Today, a federal jury in Brooklyn convicted James Albert of conspiracy to violate the Travel Act and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances while he was incarcerated at the George R. Vierno Center at Rikers Island (GRVC) as part of a scheme to bribe correction officers to smuggle illegal drugs...
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Former Amazon employees plead guilty to $10 million fraud
News Release: ATLANTA - Kayricka Wortham and Demetrius Hines have pleaded guilty to defrauding Amazon.com, Inc., and stealing nearly $10 million from the company, while employed at the company in managerial and loss prevention roles.
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U.S. Attorney’s Office Hosts Community Event as Part of DOJ’s United Against Hate Initiative
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona held its first United Against Hate event yesterday, at the First Institutional Baptist Church in Phoenix, Arizona. The event provided an opportunity for an informative and interactive discussion with community leaders from...
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U.S. Attorney’s Office and FBI Seeking to Identify Potential Victims in Connection with Online Child Exploitation Case
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI") are seeking to identify potential victims of an online child exploitation scheme which originated in Northeast Louisiana in 2021.
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Portland Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Attempting to Defraud Covid Relief Programs While on Supervised Release
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Portland woman was sentenced to federal prison today for violating the terms of her post-prison supervised release by submitting two fraudulent applications for loans intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Huntington Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Van Lee Harrell, 35, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, also known as “crack.".
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Honduran National Charged with Illegally Reentering the U.S.
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that MARLON AMAYA-LOPEZ, also known as Elder Figueroa, 33, a citizen of Honduras residing in Bridgeport, was arrested yesterday on an indictment charging him with one count of illegally reentering the U.S. after being deported.
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Former Cobb County Sheriff’s Deputy sentenced to prison for child pornography distribution
News Release: ATLANTA - Peter Bilardello, a former Cobb County Deputy Sheriff assigned to the agency’s Sex Offender Unit, has been sentenced to federal prison for distributing child pornography online after entering a guilty plea to the charge in August 2022.

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Parkersburg Man Sentenced for Federal Drug Crime
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Benjamin Michael Nash, 38, of Parkersburg, was sentenced today to five years of federal probation for attempting to possess with intent to distribute quantities of methamphetamine and psilocybin.

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Federal civil rights forum planned for Wheeling
News Release: WHEELNG, WEST VIRGINIA - Civil rights experts will share their knowledge at a special event to be held next week in Wheeling.

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FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award Presented to Jacques Hakim
News Release: FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award Presented to Jacques Hakim.
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Former Customs and Border Protection Agent Indicted for Federal Civil Rights Violation for Sexually Assaulting and Kidnapping a Minor
News Release: A former agent with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) was charged in a superseding indictment, unsealed today, in the District of Arizona with three counts: a civil rights violation for sexually assaulting and kidnapping a minor victim, kidnapping a minor victim, and misleading state investigators.

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Michigan Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Drug Crime
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Kevin Glenn, 38, of Detroit, was sentenced today to five years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.
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Former Louisiana Police Chief, City Councilmember, and Additional Co-Conspirator Sentenced in Vote Buying Conspiracy
News Release: A former police chief in Amite City, Louisiana and a former Amite City councilmember were each sentenced yesterday to one year in prison for violating federal election laws as part of a conspiracy to pay, or offer to pay, voters for voting in a federal election.

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Eight gang members sentenced to federal prison for their roles in the execution of a teenage gang member for suspected "snitching"
News Release: ATLANTA - Gary Terrell Davis, an associate of the 135 Piru gang responsible for a series of violent acts throughout the Northern District of Georgia, is the last defendant to be sentenced for his role in a federal RICO conspiracy. The main targets in the case, including lead defendant Maurice Antonio Kent, were previously convicted and sentenced for their roles in the execution-style murder of a 17-year-old boy and other offenses.

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Jury Convicts Reno Woman Of Straw Purchasing Firearms
News Release: RENO - A jury convicted a Reno woman on Thursday for making false statements in order to buy firearms for her son who is a convicted felon. As a matter of law, convicted felons are prohibited from buying and possessing firearms. The evidence at trial showed that the woman bought seven firearms for her son.
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Jury Finds Penn Hills Man Guilty of Supplying Fentanyl to Hustlas Don’t Sleep Gang
News Release: PITTSBURGH - After deliberating for three hours, a federal jury of five men and seven women found Jamal Knox guilty of Conspiracy to Distribute Forty Grams or More of Fentanyl, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
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New York Diagnostic Testing Facility Owners Sentenced for Health Care Fraud Scheme
News Release: Two New York diagnostic testing facility owners were sentenced today to three years in prison for their roles in a more than $18 million health care fraud scheme.

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Federal Jury Convicts Albuquerque Man of Drug Trafficking Offenses
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that a federal jury returned a guilty verdict on Rafael Columbie on Dec. 1. The jury convicted Columbie, 53, of Albuquerque, on one count each of conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute 50 grams and more of methamphetamine, and possession with intent to distribute 100 grams and more of heroin.

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