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News Release: Memphis, TN - Today, a federal jury convicted brothers Julio Garcia, 42, and Juan Garcia, 38, of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the guilty verdict.


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News Release: PROVIDENCE - Three men have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a “grandparent scam" conspiracy that defrauded more than a dozen Rhode Island seniors between the ages of seventy-nine and ninety-four out of more than $300,000, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


National Institute of Justice Examines Link Between Location of Terrorists and Risk of Terrorism
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News Release: The Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice today published an article summarizing an NIJ-supported study that examines where terrorists live and plan terrorist acts, in relation to where the acts occur.


Wichita Man Indicted for Sex Trafficking
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News Release: WICHITA, KAN.- A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging a Kansas man with sex trafficking.


Michigan Man Pleads Guilty to Felony Charge for Actions During January 6 Capitol Breach
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News Release: WASHINGTON - A Michigan man pleaded guilty today to a felony charge for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.


Barnstead Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing More Than $130,000 From Barnstead and Hampton School Districts
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News Release: CONCORD - Amy Burley, 47, of Barnstead, pleaded guilty in federal court today to embezzling more than $130,000 from both the Barnstead and Hampton School Districts, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.


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News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to commit nine armed robberies of local businesses in the summer of 2018, as well as an armed robbery in which a convenience store employee was beaten and then fatally shot.


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News Release: CINCINNATI - Three defendants are charged with crimes related to two murders in Cincinnati during the summer of 2021.


Rapid City Man Charged with Illegal Possession of Firearm
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News Release: RAPID CITY - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a federal grand jury has indicted a Rapid City, South Dakota, man for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.


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News Release: An indictment was unsealed this morning in federal court in Brooklyn charging OZY Media Inc. (Ozy), a media and entertainment company headquartered in Mountain View, California, and its founder and Chief Executive Officer, Carlos Watson, with conspiracy to commit securities fraud and conspiracy to commit...


Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Role in Murder-for-Hire
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News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Philadelphia man was sentenced today to 240 months in prison for conspiring with Sean Caddle and a longtime accomplice to murder one of Caddle’s associates, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


Wells Fargo Agrees to Training on New Companywide Policy to Improve Telephone Access by Customers Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
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News Release: DENVER-The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced that it has resolved a complaint under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) made by a Wells Fargo customer who is hard of hearing relating to accessing Wells Fargo’s banking services via telephone. In the resolution, Wells...


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News Release: PITTSBURGH - Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today that the United States has finalized a Settlement Agreement with James L. Luketich, M.D., University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (“UPMC"), and University of Pittsburgh Physicians (“UPP"), to resolve the lawsuit the United States filed against those Defendants in September 2021.


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News Release: ANCHORAGE - A federal grand jury returned an indictment on Feb. 23, 2023, charging Jeremy Scott Daniels, 37, of Chugiak for crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children.


Matthew Miraglia Named Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office
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News Release: Matthew Miraglia Named Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office.


Chicago Man Sentenced to Eight Years for Setting Fire to Cell Phone Store
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News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago resident has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for setting fire to the Boost Mobile Store located at 809 E. 79th Street in 2019.


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News Release: Jackson, TN - Jonathan Wayne Green, 41, of Holladay, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for possession of over 50 grams of actual methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the sentence today.


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News Release: St. Thomas, VI - United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced that Samuel Davies, of Tortola, BVI, pleaded guilty before United States Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller to bringing an alien to the United States for private financial gain.


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News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ION VIOREL IONITOIU, a Romanian national who resided in Spain, was extradited to the United States on bank fraud and money laundering offenses arising from a scheme to launder money derived from an online vehicle sale scam that took in at least $5 million from defrauded consumers.


USDOJ-OJP-OVC offers new grant application process starting Feb. 27
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OVC FY 2023 Expanding Access to Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations grant opened on Feb. 27.