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News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The leader of a $3 million bank fraud scheme involving stolen checks and two co-conspirators were sentenced to prison today, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
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News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOSHUA BURRELL was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for committing securities fraud in connection with the operation of a New York-based investment firm, Activated Capital, LLC (“Activated Capital").
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News Release: A federal jury convicted a former Assistant Inspector General for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) yesterday for engaging in a scheme to conceal his financial indebtedness to a personal friend and government contractor to whom he steered tens of millions of dollars in government business.
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News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - After a seven-day jury trial, yesterday, a federal jury convicted Jairo Huertas-Mercado and Erik Pizarro-Mercado for six carjackings, one kidnapping, one kidnapping murder, and related firearms offenses.
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There was activity on seven bills related to the Judiciary Committee on Sept. 20.
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News Release: $10 Million Conspiracy Distributed 1,000 Kilos of Meth.
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News Release: FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA - A federal grand jury in Florence returned a five-count indictment against Troy Benjamin Bittner, 53, of Myrtle Beach, for defrauding a local resort out of nearly $1 million during the pandemic.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - From 1993 to 2021, the rate of violent victimization in the United States declined from 79.8 to 16.5 victimizations per 1,000 persons age 12 or older, the Bureau of Justice Statistics announced. Violent victimization includes rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault and simple assault. The overall violent victimization rate did not change between 2020 and 2021.
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News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Tuesday sentenced a St. Louis man to five years and 10 months in prison for using stolen or fake identification documents to buy, lease or steal three cars and a $5,600 puppy.
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News Release: DETROIT - Former Macomb County Commissioner of Public Works Anthony Marrocco pleaded guilty to extortion by withholding county permits from businessmen who refused to contribute to Marrocco’s campaign accounts, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.
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News Release: Four Others Also Arrested on Charges in Case.
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News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Seven members of a New Jersey gang associated with the Bounty Hunter Bloods were charged by indictment today with Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
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News Release: Tacoma - A former employee of Washington State’s Employment Security Department (ESD) was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to five years in prison for three federal felonies for his scheme to exploit his employment for personal enrichment and to fraudulently distribute at least $360,000...
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News Release: Defendant Joined Crowd Pushing Against Officers in Rotunda Area.
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News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for secretly video recording a 14-year-old victim in the victim’s bedroom.
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News Release: Our nation-wide commitment to reducing gun crime in America.
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News Release: Defendants Smuggled Cell Phones and Narcotics to Members of the Bloods Gang.
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News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Donora, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 66-1/2 months on his conviction of federal narcotics charges, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
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News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Brian Shamar Thompson, age 35, of Denver, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.
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News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Marvin Smith, 37, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 115 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to two counts of attempted interference with commerce by robbery and two counts of bank robbery.