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News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig on Friday sentenced a woman from St. Louis County, Missouri to a year and a day in prison and ordered her to repay the $267,239 she reaped in a pandemic-related fraud.
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News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan announced today that Kaleb Franks, one of four conspirators convicted of plotting to kidnap the Governor of Michigan, was sentenced to 48 months (4 years) in federal prison, to be followed by three years of court supervision. In addition, he is required to pay a fine of $2,500.
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News Release: Two men who distributed large quantities of heroin laced with fentanyl and fentanyl analogues were sentenced this week to a total of more than six years in federal prison.
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News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office Law Enforcement Awards Ceremony was celebrated this afternoon in New Haven. The ceremony at the City of New Haven’s aldermanic chambers recognized approximately 190 individuals for their investigative efforts and other contributions to 30 significant federal criminal prosecutions and civil cases in Connecticut since 2019. The awards ceremony, typically an annual event, has not been held since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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News Release: Spokane, Washington - The Justice Department has announced 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: The Boston Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is engaged in a cybersecurity awareness campaign to warn government, academic, and private sector organizations in our region about continued cyber threats.
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News Release: BUFFALO, NY-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Frankie Cook, 29, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute 100 grams of heroin and 40 grams of fentanyl and being a felon in possession of a firearm, was sentenced to serve 108 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
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News Release: A federal jury convicted a Liberty Center, Ohio man on Oct. 6 of tax evasion after he used a sham trust to help conceal three years of income he earned from his business.
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News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DWAYNE JOHNSON, 46, of Norwich, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 130 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for gun and drug offenses.
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News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Anthony Pandrella, an associate of the Gambino organized crime family, was sentenced by United States Chief District Judge Margo K. Brodie to 40 years’ imprisonment for the murder of 77-year-old Vincent Zito, Hobbs Act robbery and unlawful use of a firearm. Pandrella was convicted of the charges following a one and a half-week trial in June 2022. Restitution will be determined at a later date.
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News Release: BOSTON - A partner in a Mumbai-based prescription drug company pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to charges arising from his operation of an overseas pharmacy that sold unapproved prescription drugs and controlled substances, including opioids, and shipped them from Asia into the United States.
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News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced the transfer of Nigerian national Paul Francis Odhiambo Oyugi (a/k/a “Obi"), age 59, from Haiti based on an indictment returned in the Eastern District of Wisconsin. On October 6, 2022, Oyugi had his initial appearance and arraignment before U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen Dries in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On October 7, 2022, Oyugi was ordered detained pending trial.
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News Release: Defendant Was Under the Influence of PCP and Jumped Three Stories Following Assault.
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News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was arrested for distributing and possessing videos of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
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News Release: ST. LOUIS - A woman from Ralls County, Missouri on Thursday admitted embezzling more than $1.2 million from her employer over six years.
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News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Kyle Allen Finch, of Hedgesville, West Virginia has admitted to his role in a drug conspiracy, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
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News Release: BOSTON - The owner of a residential and commercial landscaping business operating in the South Shore area was sentenced yesterday for failing to report approximately $1.5 million in income to the Internal Revenue Service.
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News Release: SOUTH BEND - Shamond Jenkins, 20 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after being found guilty by a jury in December 2021, of bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
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News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that a federal jury on Sept. 28 returned a guilty verdict on Michael Bauldwin. The jury convicted Bauldwin, 43, of Albuquerque, on two counts of production of child pornography.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - A former leader of the Proud Boys pleaded guilty today to seditious conspiracy for his actions before and during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. He and others sought to stop the transfer of power by disrupting a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.