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Complaint Seeks Forfeiture of Properties Worth Approximately $75 Million Owned by Viktor Vekselberg and Maintained by Fugitive Vladimir Voronchenko
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Retired U.S. Air Force Officer Pleads Guilty To Unlawful Retention Of Classified National Defense Information
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Robert L. Birchum (55, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing and retaining classified documents relating to the national defense of the United States.
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Tampa Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Attempted Coercion And Enticement Of A Minor To Engage In Sexual Activity
U.S. District Judge Wendy W. Berger has sentenced Demetrius Reddick (36, Tampa) to 10 years in federal prison for attempted coercion or enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity.
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Lake County Man Convicted Of Distributing Fentanyl Resulting In Death
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Jermaine Lamar Harvard (41, Lake County) guilty of distributing fentanyl resulting in the death of another.
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Tampa Man Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Provide Material Support To ISIS
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Muhammed Momtaz Al-Azhari (26, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, namely, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (“ISIS”). Pursuant to the terms of his plea agreement, Al-Azhari and the United States have agreed to the imposition of a stipulated sentence of 18 years in federal prison.
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Cape Coral Man Sentenced To Eight Years For Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Images And Videos
U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Karl Patrick Kluge (54, Fort Myers) to eight years and one month in federal prison for possession of images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children.
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Readout of Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Amy L. Solomon’s Participation in Gun Violence Prevention Forum
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Amy L. Solomon today joined more than 100 executives, clinicians, researchers and policymakers in New York City for the 4th Annual Gun Violence Prevention Forum hosted by Northwell Health.
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BJS Releases Employment of State and Federal Prisoners Prior to Incarceration, 2016
The Bureau of Justice Statistics, a division of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, today released Employment of State and Federal Prisoners Prior to Incarceration, 2016.
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OJP awards $4 million to support the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program
The Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance today awarded $4 million in funding to provide training and technical assistance to support the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program.
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National Institute of Justice Examines Link Between Location of Terrorists and Risk of Terrorism
The Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice today published an article summarizing an NIJ-supported study that examines where terrorists live and plan terrorist acts, in relation to where the acts occur.
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U.S. Correctional Population Continued to Decline in 2021
The total correctional population in the United States fell 1% from yearend 2020 to 2021, according to statistics in Correctional Populations in the United States, 2021 – Statistical Tables and Probation and Parole in the United States, 2021, two reports released today by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
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Texas Man Sentenced to Prison for Wire Fraud Conspiracy
A Texas man was sentenced today to 65 months in prison for wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft.
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Two Individuals Sentenced to Prison for Tax Fraud Scheme
A North Carolina woman and a Maryland man were each sentenced today to 30 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States, aiding in the preparation of false tax returns and stealing government funds.
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A North Carolina man pleaded guilty today to preparing false tax returns for clients.
A North Carolina man pleaded guilty today to preparing false tax returns for clients.
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Michigan Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion
A Michigan endocrinologist was sentenced yesterday to eight months in prison for evading taxes due on income related to his medical practice.
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Co-Leader of COVID-19 Loan Fraud Ring Extradited from Montenegro to Begin Serving Prison Sentence
A California woman who fled to Montenegro to avoid serving a lengthy prison sentence has been returned to the United States after spending approximately one year as a fugitive.
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Former City of Atlanta Official Sentenced for Accepting Bribes
A former City of Atlanta Commissioner of Watershed Management was sentenced today to four and a half years in prison for accepting bribes from an Atlanta contractor in exchange for steering city business worth millions of dollars to the contractor’s company.
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Former Insurance Executive Indicted for $2B Fraud Scheme
A federal grand jury in Charlotte returned an indictment yesterday charging a North Carolina man with masterminding and directing a massive scheme to deceive state insurance regulators and defraud thousands of policyholders and others in connection with insurance companies he controlled.
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Man Pleads Guilty to $55M Investment Fraud Scheme
A Florida man pleaded guilty today to orchestrating an investment fraud scheme that defrauded more than 10,000 victims of over $55 million.
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Task Force KleptoCapture Unseals Two Cases Charging Evasion of Russian Economic Countermeasures
1 Year to Date of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, US Seeks Forfeiture of $75M in Luxury Properties Owned by Oligarch Viktor Vekselberg; Separately Charges Russian National with Illegally Exporting Counterintelligence Equipment to Benefit Russian Government
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