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News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Isaiah Lafoe, age 24, of Lancaster, New Hampshire, appeared in Albany federal court today on charges that he received child pornography, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
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News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jonathan Woodworth, age 44, a citizen of Canada, was charged yesterday with attempting to entice and coerce a minor into sexual activity.
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An Indiana licensed insurance broker was charged by a federal grand jury with six counts of wire fraud for a $4 million investment fraud and Ponzi scheme and has been released from custody under his own recognizance.
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News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - The Justice Department announced today the results of its efforts over the past year to protect older adults from fraud and exploitation. During the past year, the Department and its law enforcement partners tackled maters that ranged from mass-marketing scams that impacted thousands...
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News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced today that Elijah Cudei Etsitty was arraigned on an indictment charging him with assault resulting in serious bodily...
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News Release: CHICAGO - A man was charged today in federal court with intentionally damaging a reproductive health services facility in Chicago.
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News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it has concluded an investigation into whether the State of Nevada subjects children with behavioral health disabilities to unnecessary institutionalization in violation of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
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News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 36 months in jail on his conviction of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
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News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been sentenced to 96 months imprisonment and four years of supervised release on charges of violating federal firearms and drug laws, United States Attorney Cindy K Chung announced today.
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News Release: BOSTON - A Framingham woman was sentenced yesterday for fraudulently receiving Social Security disability benefits, MassHealth, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and Section 8 housing assistance.
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News Release: Tuscaloosa, Ala. - A federal grand jury last week indicted a Gadsden man for conspiring to pay and receive kickbacks and commit health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, Federal Bureau of Investigation Acting Special Agent in Charge Felix A. Rivera-Esparra, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Special Agent in Charge Tamala E. Miles.
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News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Hampton man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for a fraud scheme to obtain unemployment benefits made available because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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News Release: Defendant Sentenced in the Largest-Ever Criminal Fraud Scheme in the Eastern District of Washington.
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News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York announced today that it is joining the Justice Department’s Transnational Elder Fraud Strike Force, as part of its continuing efforts to protect older adults and prosecute perpetrators of fraudulent schemes.
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News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - A Cherokee, N.C. man convicted of second degree murder was sentenced to 168 months in prison today, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Yalegwo Ki Sadongei, 21, an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release after he completes his prison term.
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News Release: MIAMI - Doyle Van Roan, 64, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Donald L. Graham to 120 months in prison for drug trafficking. Roan previously pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
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News Release: LAS VEGAS - A Mohave Valley, Ariz., resident was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro to five years and 10 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for orchestrating a fraudulent adult adoption business scheme which promised U.S. citizenship in exchange for money. In addition to imprisonment, Thayer was ordered to pay $852,355 in restitution to his victims.
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News Release: SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Box Elder, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
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News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - The former mayor pro tem of Adelanto was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for accepting a $10,000 cash bribe and hiring a man to burn down his restaurant so he could fraudulently collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in insurance proceeds.
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News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Dena J. King joins the Justice Department in announcing today the results of the Department’s efforts over the past year to protect older adults from fraud and exploitation. During the past year, the Department and its law enforcement partners tackled matters that ranged...