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FEMA Awards Over $1.5 Million to City of Boston for COVID-19 School Cleaning
News Release: BOSTON - The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $1.5 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse the City of Boston for the cost of overtime to clean and disinfect public schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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FEMA Offers Free Rebuilding Tips at Marvin’s in Selma
News Release: PRATTVILLE, Ala.- Repairing or rebuilding your home? Disaster survivors who are working on their homes after the Jan. 12 severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes can visit Marvin’s Hardware Store in Selma to speak with FEMA mitigation specialists about their damage and discuss how to best repair their homes.
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Four Charged after a Mail Theft Sting Operation
News Release: LITTLE ROCKFour individuals have been charged by federal criminal complaint for their alleged involvement in stealing mail from blue postal collection boxes in central Arkansas. Over the weekend, law enforcement conducted numerous sting operations at a number of post office locations. In the early morning ...
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Two Men Sentenced for Laundering Proceeds of a Business Email Compromise Scheme
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. Two men were sentenced today to over 14 years in prison combined for money laundering as part of a business email compromise (BEC) scheme.
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Virginia Woman Sentenced in Cryptocurrency Money Laundering Conspiracy
News Release: TYLER, Texas A Virginia woman has been sentenced to federal prison for her role in a cryptocurrency money laundering conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston.
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Owner Of Insurance Firm Pleads Guilty In $40 Million Scheme To Steal Client Healthcare Funds And Defraud Lenders
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ANTHONY RICCARDI, an owner and manager of the Connecticut insurance firm Employee Benefit Solutions LLC (EBS), pled guilty today in White Plains federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and ...
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District Man Admits to Perpetrating Sophisticated Fraud Scheme
News Release: Defendant Used False and Stolen Identification to Benefit and Enrich Himself
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Ex-Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro Garcia Luna Convicted of Engaging in a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Taking Millions in Cash Bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel
News Release: The Once-Highest Ranking Law Enforcement Official in Mexico Is Now a Convicted Felon
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Former Account Manager for Two Churches in Belleville Sentenced for Embezzling Funds
News Release: BENTON, Ill. A U.S. District Court judge sentenced a Freeburg woman to 15 months in prison after she admitted to committing bank fraud while employed by St. Teresa and St. Luke Catholic parishes in Belleville.
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Shawnee Man Sentenced for Child Porn
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. A Kansas man was sentenced to 96 months in prison time followed by five years of supervised release after he admitted to possessing child pornography images.
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U.S. Secret Service Opens Regional Cyber Training Program in Tallinn
News Release: Today, the U.S. Secret Service, in partnership with the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences and Baltic regional law enforcement authorities, opened a new cyber training program. The Baltic Computer Forensics Training Program (CFTP) will bring together law enforcement officers from around the Baltic region to develop new techniques to investigate and prosecute cyber criminals.
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Russian National Charged with Bank Fraud Related to Hacking Campaign
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. A Russian national was charged in an indictment unsealed today in connection with a series of computer system intrusions that occurred in 2009 and 2010, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
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Federal Jury Finds Man Guilty of Procuring U.S. Citizenship Illegally During Execution of Multi-Million Dollar Covid-19 Fraud Scheme
News Release: MIAMI Following a trial in Fort Lauderdale federal court, a jury has found Joff Stenn Wroy Philossaint, 32, guilty of illegally obtaining his U.S. citizenship by lying about fraud that he committed while his citizenship application was pending.
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Tennessee Woman Sentenced to 78 Months for PPP Loan Fraud and Violating Supervised Release
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. On February 6, 2023, Leslie D. Bethea, 30, currently of Surgoinsville, TN, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville.
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Bixby Man Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Acquiring Almost $28,000 Worth of Commercial Products from a California Company
News Release: A man who attempted to fraudulently acquire more than $92,000 worth of commercial products from a California-based company pleaded guilty in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
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California Man Who Made Lavish Purchases with CARES Act Funds Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison
News Release: CONCORD Pierre Rogers, 44, of Irvine, California, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, United States Attorney Jane E. Young, William A. Kalb, Special Agent in Charge, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, Northeast Field Division, and Timothy R. Benitez, Resident Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service, announced today.
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Kanawha County Woman Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud Crimes
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. Karen L. Hodges, also known as Karen Igo, Karen Clay, Karen Richmond, and Karen Gessel, 49, of St. Albans, pleaded guilty today to three counts of securities fraud.
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Raytown Man Sentenced to 20 Years for $10 Million Meth Conspiracy and Fraud Scheme That Used Stolen Identities of Johnson County Employees
News Release: Convicted in Two Separate Federal Criminal Cases
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Grand jury indicts Cincinnati man for COVID relief fraud
News Release: Defendant allegedly claimed to run a taxi business during period of incarceration
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New Secret Service Research Examines for the First Time Five Years of Mass Violence Data
News Release: Washington, D.C. Today, the U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) released, a comprehensive report examining 173 incidents of targeted violence and highlighting the observable commonalities among the attackers.