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Fifteen defendants sentenced in stolen U.S. Treasury check ring
News Release: This sentencing marks a success for our multi-agency Stolen Treasury Check Task Force, which targets the widespread problem of U.S. Treasury check thefts in Georgia, said U.S. Attorney Byung J. BJay Pak. Criminals who steal Treasury checks victimize senior citizens, the disabled, veterans, and hard-working ...
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Kingman Man Sentenced to Prison for Threatening the President and Others
News Release: On Sept. 28, 2018, Schmidt was found guilty by a federal jury of two counts of threatening the President of the United States and two counts of making interstate threatening communications. After learning that his conviction for a prior felony was affirmed by the Nebraska Court of Appeals, Schmidt made ...
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New VIDEO: Trafficker with Massive Network Leads Law Enforcement on Wild Car Chase
News Release: Grand Prairie PD Chases Drug Trafficker Who Fled From Undercover Buy
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Baton Rouge Bookkeeper Sentenced to Federal Prison for Defrauding Baton Rouge Construction Company
News Release: In connection with her guilty plea, CARRINGTON, a former bookkeeper and office manager for J.W. Grand admitted to fraudulently diverting at least $235,869.52 from J.W. Grands business accounts to her personal checking and credit card account for her own personal use. For example, CARRINGTON admitted ...
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Lexington Man Indicted for Defrauding National Dumpster Company Based in Columbia
News Release: According to the Indictment, Grisel is a former employee of and consultant for Big Red Box, a national dumpster brokerage firm based in Columbia. Over an almost three-year period, he defrauded the company of approximately $1.05 million by charging for marketing calls he did not make. Grisel faces a maximum ...
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Turtle Creek Woman Sentenced to Almost 10 Years in Prison for Violating Multiple Fraud, Identity Theft and Gun Laws
News Release: United States District Judge Arthur J. Schwab imposed the sentence on Quinyahta Rochelle, 32. According to information presented to the court, Rochelle participated in a number of different crimes. Between March 2016 and July 2016, Rochelle assisted another individual gain access to social media accounts ...
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Twenty-Two Individuals Indicted For Bank Fraud And Aggravated Identity Theft
News Release: Defendants are facing a forfeiture allegation of $560,640.93
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Colombian Fugitive Extradited to United States to Face Charges for International Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Coordinated a Shipment of Two Tons of Cocaine, Concealed Inside Steel Bumpers, from Colombia to Mexico and Destined for the United States
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Great Falls man sentenced for counterfeiting money
News Release: U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided.
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Saudi Citizen Admits to Visa Fraud and Concealing Attendance at Al Qaeda Training Camp
News Release: Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester of the Western District of Oklahoma, and Special Agent in Charge Kathryn Peterson of the FBIs Oklahoma City Division made the announcement. "Protecting our national security is the highest ...
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District Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Killing Man in Broad Daylight in Southeast Washington
News Release: Second Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison on Related Charge
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Activity in the United States Attorney's Office Sentences
News Release: He received twelve months and one day of imprisonment, to be followed by thirty-six months of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $164,627.00. The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation and the US Secret Service investigated this case. Federal District Court Judge ...
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Elkhart Man Indicted For Possession and Transportation Of Child Pornography
News Release: According to documents in the case, on Sept. 17, 2018, Mr. Perry, who has a prior conviction for possession of child pornography, uploaded images of child pornography to an online service. The service reported this to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, who then relayed this cybertip ...
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Equine Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty in $1.3 Million Fraud Scheme
News Release: Appearing before U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell, Jr., Randall N. Levesque, 57, of Middletown, owner of Equine Insurance Services, LLC and Randall Levesque Agency, pled guilty to an information charging him with wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Stephen G. Dambruch, Special Agent ...
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Additional Charges Filed Against Schuylkill County Man Previously Charged With Threatening The President
News Release: According to United States Attorney David J. Freed, the second superseding indictment charges Christy with transporting a stolen vehicle from Pennsylvania to New York State on July 7-8, 2018. The second superseding indictment also includes all of the charges contained in the initial superseding indictment: ...
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Guilty Plea in "Fishing" of U.S. Mail Collection Boxes, Theft of Checks
News Release: Fishing is a term which describes of obtaining items from U.S. Postal Service collection boxes by utilizing common items such as plastic water bottles, duct tape, glue, and string. A device covered in a sticky substance such as glue is lowered into the closed mail box, and mail that adheres to the sticky ...
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McKeesport Man Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Passing Counterfeit Cash
News Release: United States District Judge Nora Barry Fischer imposed the sentence on Bruce M. Charles, Jr., 32. According to information presented to the court, Charles conspired and passed counterfeit $100, $50, and $20 FRNs throughout the Western District of Pennsylvania. Assistant United States Attorney Shardul ...
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Former Waterloo Resident Pleads Guilty to Receiving Child Pornography
News Release: Brueggemann pleaded guilty to a one-count federal indictment without a plea agreement. He faces a prison sentence of 5 to 20 years on the charge. Sentencing is set for March 27, 2019, at the federal courthouse in East St. Louis. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative ...
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Florida man sentenced for fraud charges involving gas station skimmers
News Release: Quinones, age 27, pled guilty today to one count of Access Device Fraud-Use of Unauthorized Access Device in June 2018. He admitted to his role in a conspiracy spanning four states that involved using skimming devices at gas pumps, using technology to upload the account information, and creating fraudulent ...
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Pawtucket Man Charged with Manufacturing Counterfeit Money
News Release: Louis B. Colavecchio, 76, was arrested by United States Secret Service agents as the agents, assisted by Coventry and Pawtucket Police, executed a federal court-authorized search of his residence. The U.S. Secret Service seized, among other items, electronic media and presses used in the production of ...