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News Release: Defendant’s Brother Convicted of Running the Money Laundering Service Helix.
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News Release: MIDLAND, Texas - An Odessa man was sentenced yesterday to 151 months in prison for distributing fentanyl.
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Woman Charged with Threatening to Bomb Democratic Campaign Office Detained During Initial AppearanceNews Release: MACON, Ga. - A northeast Georgia resident charged with threatening to bomb the Athens-Clarke County Democratic Committee Campaign headquarters in Athens, Georgia, last month and lying to federal investigators was remanded from state to federal custody at her initial appearance today.
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News Release: A Romanian national was sentenced today to 89 months in prison for his role in a transnational, multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud American victims. He is the 24th member of the organized criminal group to be sentenced, of the 28 who were charged.
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News Release: Behrouz Mokhtari, 72, of McLean, Virginia, and Tehran, Iran, a naturalized U.S. citizen, pleaded guilty today to two separate conspiracies to violate sanctions imposed by the United States on Iran regarding the exportation, re-exportation, sale, or supply, directly or indirectly, of any goods, technology, or services to Iran.
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News Release: A Florida doctor was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for engaging in a massive multi-year scheme to bill health care benefit programs for fraudulent tests and treatments for vulnerable patients seeking treatment for drug and/or alcohol addiction. This case was brought as part of the Department of Justice’s Sober Homes Initiative.
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News Release: COLUMBIA, SC-Applications are now available online for the upcoming FBI Citizens Academy class in Greenville this spring. Classes will be held on Thursdays, beginning April 20 - May 25.
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News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A former Orange County-based bank manager pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for stealing $1.2 million in savings from elderly customers by using one the victims’ identities to fraudulently open a bank account, then impersonating the victim to transfer the stolen money to different bank accounts.
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Two men have been charged in Washington state in connection to the Christmas Day attacks on power substations that resulted in thousands of people losing power and millions of dollars in damage.
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Sheila Warren, CEO of the Crypto Council for Innovation, an organization of crypto industry leaders, said that the collapse of FTX has prompted some to call for more regulation of the crypto industry.
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Three Wisconsin residents have been charged in the Dec. 9, 2022, murder of an on-duty U.S. Postal Service letter carrier.
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OVW Fiscal Year 2023 Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations - Solicitation grant opened on Jan. 9.
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News Release: Austin, TX - The U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force arrested a man wanted for capital murder Thursday in the 8600 block of Key North Way in Converse, Texas.
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News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Nathaniel David Corser, age 23, of Colorado Springs, was sentenced to 20 years in prison today for distribution of fentanyl resulting in death.
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News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Nacoe Ray Brown (54, Baltimore, MD) has pleaded guilty to bank robbery and to violating the terms of his supervised release. Brown faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for the bank robbery offense and up to 3 years’ imprisonment for violating the terms of his supervised release. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
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A federal grand jury recently indicted six Baltimore men on violent racketeering enterprise charges as members of the Black Guerilla Family.
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There was one notice published by the Justice Department in week ending Dec. 31, according to the Federal Register.
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News Release: ATLANTA - Scott Spilberg has been sentenced to prison for embezzling over $300,000 from his employer by using his company charge card for personal visits to adult entertainment clubs.
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News Release: A former local district court judge in Arkansas was arrested today in Little Rock on criminal charges related to his alleged solicitation of sex in exchange for agreeing to take action on a criminal case pending before his court.
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News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A former resident of Johnstown, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to a total of 30 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.