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North Carolina land appraiser Walter “Terry” Douglas Roberts II pleaded guilty on May 12 to conspiring to defraud the U.S. as part of a syndicated conservation easement tax shelter scheme.
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Ukrainian tank crews and maintainers are set to begin training on U.S. M1 Abrams tanks in Germany, a DOD news report said this week.
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A former Homeland Security Investigations special agent has received a life sentence for sexually assaulting two women and preventing them from reporting the attacks.
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Special Counsel John Durham has released a report detailing "intelligence activities and investigations arising out of the 2016 presidential campaigns," in which he concluded that the FBI's basis for investigating Donald Trump's ties with Russia was "seriously flawed." The FBI said in a statement in response to the report that its leadership has already taken steps to correct the issues that led to the conduct described in the report.
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A high-ranking executive and former educator in a Texas school district has been found guilty by a federal jury on kidnapping and sex charges, the U.S. Department of Justice reports.
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Two federal agencies have reached an interim resolution agreement with the Alabama Department of Public Health and a county health department in a nearly two-year environmental-justice investigation.
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A new study by the RAND Corporation found that providing defendants with legal counsel during the initial bail hearing decreases the use of monetary bail and pretrial detention without increasing the likelihood that defendants fail to appear at the subsequent preliminary hearing.
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The Department of Defense (DOD) has authorized a new $1.2 billion security assistance package under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) to bolster Ukraine's air defenses and sustain its artillery ammunition needs.
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DoD Implements the Brandon Act to Enhance Mental Health Support for Service Members
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A Louisiana man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his involvement in a $1.1 million fraud scheme related to COVID-19 relief programs.
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In recent weeks, as Title 42 ended, President Biden signed an executive order to authorize the U.S. armed forces to address international drug trafficking and sent troops down to the U.S.-Mexico border.
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The U.S. Department of Justice reported a former school teacher was sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing elementary school students on a U.S. military installation in Germany.
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A 31-year-old former high school coach in New Mexico has been found guilty of child pornography and coercion of a minor by a federal jury.
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it has reached a settlement in the ongoing litigation pertaining to ASSA ABLOY AB's intended $4.3 billion acquisition of Spectrum Brands Holding's Hardware and Home Improvement division.
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FBI Director Christopher Wray gave Building Better Communities (BBC) the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award (DCLA) for its assistance to citizens of South Carolina, where the worked hard to alleviate violence, low education, economic imbalance and poor health in various underserved communities.
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For several years, foreign nationals have been buying up farmland in Oklahoma, and some are now allegedly working with criminal organizations to operate illegal ventures within America.
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Denis Gennadievich Kulkov, accused of running Try2Check, a "card-checking" platform used by cybercriminals in the stolen credit card trade, has been charged with access device fraud, computer intrusion, and money laundering.
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta, alongside a coalition led by the U.S. Department of Justice, won a court ruling allowing a lawsuit against Google for antitrust violations to proceed.
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A California man has been indicted on charges of sex trafficking and illegal firearms possession after he engaged in a rolling shootout in Seattle.
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The United States obtained a settlement of $629 million with British American Tobacco and its subsidiary BAT Marketing Singapore to resolve charges of bank fraud and sanctions violations related to the sale of tobacco products to North Korea.