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Seven Minneapolis Men Face Federal Charges for Violent Crimes

News Release: Charges include carjacking, firearms violations, and drug trafficking occurring in the area of Chicago and Franklin


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Arkansas Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Mailing a Communication Threatening To Blow Up The Federal Courthouse in Fayetteville, Arkansas, And The White House

News Release: FORT SMITHA Fort Smith man was sentenced today to 36 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Mailing a Threatening Communication. The Honorable Judge P.K. Holmes III presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fort Smith.


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Licking County man charged with committing $1 million in fraud

News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio Jeremie Adam Elkins, 44, of Newark, Ohio, was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly causing approximately $1 million in fraud while employed as a network engineer at Verizon, Inc.


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California Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Passing Counterfeit Currency

News Release: BOISE A San Leandro, California man was sentenced to four months in federal prison and four months of home confinement for passing counterfeit currency.


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Springfield Woman Pleads Guilty to Unemployment Fraud Related to COVID-19 Pandemic

News Release: Defendant and co-conspirator submitted 100 PUA claims in others' names resulting in more than $1.2 million in payments


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Three Defendants Arrested For Operating Narcotics Delivery Service Responsible For Three Overdose Deaths From Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Tim Foley, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Keechant Sewell, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (NYPD), announced that BILLY ...


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Kansas Man Facing Federal Charges in Maryland for Making Threats to Harm the President of the United States and United States Secret Service Agents

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland A criminal complaint was filed on Jan. 28, 2022, charging Scott Ryan Merryman, age 37, of Independence, Kansas, for federal charges of making threats against the President of the United States and interstate communication containing a threat to harm. Merryman is expected to have an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Baltimore today at 3:45 p.m. before U.S. Magistrate Judge Pamela Meade Sargent.


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Downtown Los Angeles Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining Credit Cards He Used at Luxury Retail Shops

News Release: LOS ANGELES A Los Angeles man was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison for leading a conspiracy that fraudulently obtained American Express credit cards and then used the cards to purchase more than a half million dollars in goods at luxury stores.


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Virginia Inmate Sentenced for Role in Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Scheme

News Release: NORFOLK, Va. A Virginia inmate was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for his involvement in a scheme to obtain pandemic-related unemployment benefits by using the personal identifying information of over 30 other Virginia prison inmates.


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Secret Service Swears in New Uniformed Division Chief

News Release: Washington, D.C. Today, Alfonso M. Dyson Sr. was officially recognized as the 21st Chief of the U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division in a formal Assumption of Command ceremony.


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Park Hills Missouri man pleads guilty to possession of child pornography

News Release: ST. LOUIS United States District Court Judge Rodney W. Sippel accepted a plea of guilty from Scott E. Reid on todays date for possession of child pornography. A grand jury in the Eastern District of Missouri previously indicted Reid for the charge. Judge Sippel set sentencing for April 29, 2022.


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Paducah Man Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison for Cares Act Fraud

News Release: PADUCAH, Ky A Paducah man was sentenced on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, to 12 months in prison and an ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $7,500 for fraud related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.


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Former Everett Man Indicted on Wire Fraud, Social Security Misuse and Identity Theft

News Release: Defendant allegedly used stolen identity to apply for apartment and pandemic relief loan


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Twenty Arrested, Charged in Operation Shut Down Corner

News Release: Twenty alleged drug dealers and their associates have been arrested and charged in Operation Shut Down Corner, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.


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New York Man Arrested for COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme

News Release: BOSTON A New York Man was arrested today on charges arising from a scheme to fraudulently obtain business loans and unemployment pandemic relief funds made available under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.


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CEO of Major Online Cryptocurrency Exchange Company Indicted for Defrauding Companys Customers, Destroying Evidence, and Tax Evasion

News Release: Miami, Florida A 17-count indictment was unsealed in federal court in Miami, Florida charging Paul E. Vernon, 48, the founder, operator, and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Project Investors Inc., doing business as Cryptsy, with criminal violations for his involvement in a sophisticated theft scheme ...


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Owners Of Florida Teacher Certification Preparation Company Sentenced To Federal Prison For Racketeering Conspiracy And Conspiracy To Commit Theft Of Trade Secrets

News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA Kathleen M. Jasper, 43, and Jeremy M. Jasper, 41, of Estero, Florida, were sentenced today to ten months and four months in federal prison, respectively, plus six months of home confinement, after previously pleading guilty to charges of racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to commit theft of trade secrets. The sentences were announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.


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Leader and Organizer of South Florida Drug-Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy Charges in the Southern District of Florida

News Release: Miami, Florida Broward County resident Palacio Valdes Farley pled guilty in federal court in Miami to conspiring to traffic marijuana, eutylone, and MDMA, as well as conspiring to launder proceeds of the illegal drug activity.


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Cross Lanes Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Operating Fencing Scheme

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. Nedeltcho Vladimirov, 53, a native of Bulgaria, was sentenced today to eight years and one month in federal prison for conspiring to commit money laundering and money laundering. A federal jury convicted Vladimirov after a three-day trial in July 2021 of one count of conspiring to commit money laundering and three counts of money laundering.


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New Orleans Man Sentenced for Defrauding Customers Through Unlicensed Bitcoin Business

News Release: NEW ORLEANS U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced thatMICHAEL YUSKO, III, age 47, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison by U.S. District Judge Barry W. Ashe for operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, a violation of 18 U.S.C. 1960. The charge stems ...