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Kaskell: Coach 'entrusted to mentor young people, was in actuality a predator'
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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.


Justice Department reaches antitrust settlement with Swedish company
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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.


Building Better Communities awarded FBI Director's Community Leadership Award for positive work done in South Carolina communities
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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.


Lankford on Chinese nationals purchasing agricultural land: 'Every region of Oklahoma is concerned about foreign nationals buying up farmland'
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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.


Government charges Try2Check with fraud, computer intrustion, money laundering
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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.


Bonta: 'Google may face accountability'
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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.


Brown: 'The level of violence in this case is stunning'
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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.


Olsen: 'British American Tobacco and its subsidiary engaged in an elaborate scheme to circumvent U.S. sanctions'
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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.


Graves: 'Indictments reveal North Korea’s continued use of various means to circumvent U.S. sanctions'
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The U.S. Department of Justice announced the indictment of a representative of the North Korean Foreign Trade Bank for participating in schemes to launder money using cryptocurrencies in order to benefit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.


Olsen: 'Justice Department will not tolerate the use of violence to advance any extremist ideology'
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Two men have been sentenced for their involvement in a plot to attack the American electrical grid in support of white supremacy.


Jung: 'McAnulty supported the opioid and heroin epidemic' in Alaska
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An Alaska man has been sentenced to 10 years and 5 months in prison, followed by eight years of supervised release, for the distribution of heroin.


Talbert: 'Bribes have no place in government contracting'
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A former public official and California contractor was recently sentenced for bid rigging and bribery.


NAB takes legal action against FCC: 'Americans that depend on us can't wait another day' for overdue ownership rules review
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The NAB has taken legal action to require the FCC to complete its review of broadcast ownership rules, which was supposed to have been completed in 2018.


Sheriff Robinson: 'Alleged crimes committed by these officials are a slap in the face to the community in which we live'
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of Indiana announced that a Pigeon Township trustee and a pair of co-conspirators have been charged with wire fraud and committing wire fraud in an effort to steal thousands from local taxpayers in a kickback scheme.


Florida man sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for fraud involving 'We Build the Wall' and false income tax returns
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of Florida announced that the local president of “We Build the Wall” has been sentenced to 51 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to crimes related to his 2019 federal income taxes.


Evans: 'Our office will hold anyone accountable'
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Louisiana announced that three men from St. Bernard Parish have been convicted of federal bank fraud and money laundering dating back to 2017.


Johnson: Jackson, Miss. residents 'have faced years of discriminatory disinvestment and neglect'
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A former U.S. Attorney General is joining the NAACP Office of General Counsel in a lawsuit filed in federal court challenging two Mississippi statues that allegedly restrict the rights of the state's residents.


Boynton: DOJ will 'pursue and hold accountable payment processors who facilitate tech support scams'
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The Federal Trade Commission had taken action against several payment processors for facilitating credit card laundering and fraudulent tech support schemes.



Peace: U.S. Attorney's Office will fight 'the opportunistic fraud that occurred in connection with the pandemic'
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Charges have been filed in the Eastern District of New York federal court against five individuals accused in separate pandemic-related fraud schemes.