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The Justice Department is forming three COVID-19 Strike Force Teams to enhance the department's fraud-related COVID-19 prevention and detection work.
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Former Securities Brokers Sentenced to Federal Prison Terms for Perpetrating Securities Fraud SchemeNews Release: MIAMI - A South Florida federal judge has ordered prison sentences for two former securities brokers who defrauded investors out of $1.5 million by -- among other things -- lying about stock offerings, failing to disclose their exorbitant commission rates, and using an alias to hide one of the broker’s disciplinary pasts.
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News Release: BOSTON - A drug distributor within a Boston-area drug trafficking organization (DTO) has pleaded guilty to his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving cocaine and cocaine base (crack cocaine).
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News Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Three Charlottesville men, who admitted to the attempted armed robbery of an Albemarle County man, were sentenced Tuesday in federal court.
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News Release: A Dallas man who allegedly scammed Chinese investors out of more than $26 million has been federally charged, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
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News Release: BOSTON - A former Methuen man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to his role in a Lawrence-based drug trafficking conspiracy involving fentanyl and cocaine.
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News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to five years of imprisonment on his conviction of identity theft offenses, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
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News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Riverside man who previously served a lengthy prison sentence in two aircraft-related cases was sentenced today to nearly four years in federal prison for selling bogus aircraft parts and for falsifying related documents.
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U.S. Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) has introduced legislation that would repeal funding dedicated for 87,000 new IRS employees, which was included in the Inflation Reduction Act. Instead, Banks' legislation would use the funds to increase and make permanent the standard deduction in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA).
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News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Dekalb, Mississippi man was sentenced to one year and three months in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Tyshawn Mack, age 30, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced yesterday to 40 months in prison by United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani for illegally possessing two firearms.
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News Release: INDIANAPOLIS -Justin Cain, 33, of Lebanon, Indiana, was sentenced to 77 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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News Release: A federal jury convicted a former CEO of a health clinic for defrauding the Louisiana Medicaid Program over several years.
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News Release: BOSTON - A former member of the Springfield Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Latin Kings) has been sentenced for drug offenses.
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News Release: CHARLOTESVILLE, Va. - The final two defendants in a four-man robbery team that threatened both an Albemarle County woman and a Charlottesville man at gunpoint pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court.
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News Release: BOSTON - One of the leaders of a local MS-13 clique has agreed to plead guilty to racketeering conspiracy.
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News Release: SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that two South Dakota women have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, and Firearm charges.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty today to assaulting law enforcement officers with a dangerous weapon during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
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News Release: U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance has awarded $253,191 collectively to the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office, the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, and the Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Office.
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News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A federal grand jury returned an indictment against a California woman for wire fraud, identity theft, and filing false tax returns after embezzling more than $1 million from her employer, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.