WILMINGTON, N.C. – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that today in federal court, Billy Efrain Penaranda, age 39, a naturalized citizen of …
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Member of Cuban Credit Card Skimming Crew Sentenced to Prison
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressNORFOLK, Va. – A Cuban man was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud. According to court documents, Denis Monsibaez Diaz, 38, and other …
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Federal Inmate Pleads Guilty To Assaulting Correctional Officer And Possessing Contraband
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressOcala, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Edward Boney (40, Washington, DC), a federal prisoner at the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex, has entered pleaded guilty to assaulting …
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New Mexico man arraigned for sexual abuse of children in Indian Country
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Christian Quintana, 33, of Dulce, New Mexico, was arraigned in federal court on March 9 on a three-count indictment charging him with abusive sexual contact, aggravated sexual …
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Crownpoint man charged with sexual abuse of a minor in Indian Country
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Wade Dixon, 33, of Crownpoint, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was arraigned in federal court today on a charge of sexual abuse …
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Erie Man Pleads Guilty to Firearms Offenses in Project Safe Neighborhoods Case
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressERIE, Pa. – A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. Charles …
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Former Temple Business School Dean Sentenced to Over One Year in Prison for Rankings Fraud Scheme
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressPHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Moshe Porat, 75, of Bala Cynwyd, PA, the former Dean of Temple University’s Richard J. Fox School of Business and …
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Charlotte Man Is Sentenced To 11 ½ Years For Robbing A Metro T-Mobile Store At Gunpoint
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressCHARLOTTE, N.C. – Today, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr. sentenced Joseph Antwan Faulk, 37, of Charlotte, to 138 months in prison and three years of supervised release for …
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Jackson Man Sentenced to Over 8 Years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressJackson, Miss. – A Jackson man was sentenced to 97 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in …
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Federal Jury Finds Grafton Dentist Guilty of Healthcare Fraud and False Statements
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressUnited States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on March 10, 2022, Scott Charmoli (age: 61) of Grafton Wisconsin, a licensed dentist, was convicted …
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Cargill, ADM to scale back business in Russia, keep open food facilities
by Reutersby Reuters-Global farm commodities traders Cargill Inc and Archer-Daniels-Midland Co said on Friday they were scaling back business activities in Russia, but would continue to operate “essential” food facilities there. Agriculture …
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Increased mining supply pushing Peruvian currency higher -cenbank
by Reutersby ReutersLIMA – A greater supply of dollars from the mining sector in Peru – the world’s No. 2 copper producer – is pushing up the local sol currency, which has …
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– The Russian rouble edged up against the dollar in thin on- and offshore trading on Friday, but ended a third week of hefty losses, with the central bank now …
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Speculators’ net long bets on U.S. dollar edge higher -CFTC, Reuters
by Reutersby ReutersBy Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK – Speculators’ net long bets on the U.S. dollar edged higher in the latest week, according to calculations by Reuters and U.S. Commodity Futures …
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Airlines Passenger Traveling from Georgia to St. Croix Sentenced to Imprisonment on Federal Charges for Marijuana in Luggage
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressSt. Croix, USVI – U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert of the District of the Virgin Islands announced that a Georgia man with ties to St. Croix was sentenced today in …
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Boston Man Pleads Guilty to Third Federal Bank Robbery Charge
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressBOSTON – A Boston man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to the April 2020 robbery of a Santander Bank branch in Boston. Dennis C. Taylor, 49, pleaded …
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Harrell, Arkansas Man Sentenced To Over 11 Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressEL DORADO – A Harrell man was sentenced today to 140 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Distribution of Methamphetamine. The Honorable …
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England Associates, L.P. d/b/a New London Health Center pays $400,000.00 to resolve False Claims Act allegations
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressATLANTA – England Associates, L.P. d/b/a New London Health Center (“New London”) agreed to pay $400,000.00 to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare for rehabilitation therapy …
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Pittsfield Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison in Multi-Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressBOSTON – A Pittsfield man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed multiple drugs in the Brockton area. Edward Chapman, 54, …
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Cuban citizen sentenced to prison after ramming FBI security gate
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressHOUSTON – A 39-year-old man has been ordered to prison for illegally breaching federal security and gaining entry to the FBI building in Houston, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. …
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Three Men Arrested on Federal Gun and Drug Charges as a Part of DOJ Violent Crime Prevention Initiative
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressMontgomery, Alabama – Today, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Alabama, the Montgomery Police Department, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms …
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Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty To Clean Air Act Violation
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressHARRISBURG – The Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on March 9, 2022, Ty Allen Barnett, of Dover, Pennsylvania, entered …
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St. Louis man sentenced to 10 years in prison for enticement of a minor
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressST. LOUIS – Jason Draggs, Jr., 24, of St. Louis, Missouri appeared before United States District Court Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on today’s date and was sentenced to 10 years …
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Woodbury County Man Sentenced to over 19 years for Meth Conspiracy
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressA man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine while he illegally possessed a gun was sentenced March 10, 2022, in federal court in Sioux City. Matthew Sandoval, 28, from Sioux City, …
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Career Offender living in Proximity to Springdale Elementary School Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressFAYETTEVILLE – A Springdale man was sentenced today to 144 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. …