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News Release: Two North Carolina men were sentenced today for violations of the Animal Welfare Act for engaging in dog fighting and related criminal conduct.


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News Release: Update: Date Change for FBI Richmond 2023 Teen Academy.


Seven Defendants Sentenced for Defrauding Federal Program That Provided Technology Funding for Rockland County Schools
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News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the sentencing of all seven defendants who previously pled guilty to defrauding the federal “E-Rate" program, designed to provide information technology to underprivileged schools, in connection with E-Rate...


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News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Minneapolis man has been found guilty by a federal jury of possession of a machinegun and illegal possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


Federal Jury Finds Convicted Felon Guilty of Illegally Possessing a Firearm
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News Release: OXFORD, MS - A federal jury convicted a Marshal County man on Wednesday of illegally possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony.


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News Release: A Massachusetts man and a Florida man were sentenced for their roles in perpetrating a foreign exchange trading scheme to steal $30 million from their investor victims.


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News Release: Two Kansas men were arrested today on charges related to a years-long scheme to circumvent U.S. export laws that included the illegal export of aviation-related technology to Russia after Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, and the imposition of stricter restrictions on exports to Russia.


Woman Pleads Guilty to Threatening Election Official
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News Release: A New Hampshire woman pleaded guilty today to sending multiple threatening communications to a Michigan election official in the wake of the 2020 election.


MS-13 gang murder of Maryland autistic woman sparks investigation of Biden administration
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News Release: EXCLUSIVE - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) has demanded two Biden Cabinet officials explain how an MS-13 gang member who was charged in the murder of an autistic Maryland woman was allowed into the United States after illegally crossing the border, according to a letter obtained exclusively by the Washington Examiner.


FBI Returns Fugitive to Sacramento County to Face Sex Crime Charges
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News Release: FBI Returns Fugitive to Sacramento County to Face Sex Crime Charges.


Justice Department Files Statements of Interest in Servicemembers’ Lawsuits Asserting Their Rights Against Major Banks in Federal Court
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News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it filed statements of interest in Espin et al. v. Citibank, N.A. and Padao v. American Express National Bank, two lawsuits currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, to address the right of the nation’s servicemembers ...


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News Release: McAllen, Texas - A total of five people have been arrested on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.


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News Release: WASHINGTON - Marcus Douglas, 53, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for the coercion and enticement of a minor. Douglas pleaded guilty to the charge on Aug. 31, 2022.


Bookkeeper Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Money From Alaska Native Village
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News Release: ANCHORAGE - A Minto woman entered a guilty plea for embezzling, stealing, and obtaining by fraud money that was owned and under the care, custody, and control of an Indian tribal government.


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News Release: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Ericsson), a multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, has agreed to plead guilty and pay a criminal penalty of more than $206 million after breaching a 2019 Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA).


“Chesapeake Bandits” Wanted for a Series of Robberies Targeting Armored Vehicle Employees; Reward Offered
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News Release: “Chesapeake Bandits" Wanted for a Series of Robberies Targeting Armored Vehicle Employees; Reward Offered.


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News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - Her Tou Yang, age 42, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced on Feb. 15, 2023, to 60 months and 1 day in prison following his plea of guilty to possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. After he is released from prison, Yang will serve two years of supervised release.


Pottawattamie County Man Sentenced for Firearm Offense
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News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - Cornelius Lavaughn David, age 35, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced on Feb. 15, 2023, to 30 months in prison following his plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. After he is released from prison, David will serve three years of supervised release.


Real Estate Investor Pleads Guilty to $3 Million Wire and Bankruptcy Fraud Scheme
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News Release: DETROIT- A real estate investor pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing over $3 million in a wire and bankruptcy fraud scheme, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced.


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News Release: Man Sought for Various Crimes Against Children While Living in Manhattan Beach, Believed to Have Fled to the Philippines.