Podiatrist Pleas Guilty in Sex for Drugs Diversion Scheme

DETROIT – A local podiatrist entered a guilty plea today to a two count Information charging unlawfully distribution of controlled substances for his involvement in a sex-for-drugs diversion scheme, announced United States…

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

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…

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Parmelee Man Charged with Sexual Abuse

United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Parmelee, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Sexual Abuse of a Minor. Hehaka Thunder Hawk, age 38,…

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Jury Finds Mission Man Guilty of Illegally Possessing Firearms

United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that Patrick Medearis, age 38, of Mission, South Dakota, was found guilty of Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm as a result of a…

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Rosebud Man Indicted for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender

United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. Jesse James Leader…

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Amazon And Facebook Spent More Money Than Ever Lobbying In 2021

Amazon and Facebook parent company Meta spent more money in 2021 lobbying lawmakers and officials than any year before, according to lobbying disclosure filings. Amazon spent $20.3 million on lobbying while Meta…

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United Development Funding Executives Convicted of Fraud

Four United Development Funding executives have been found guilty of fraud, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham. After five days of trial and almost 12 hours…

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Las Vegas Woman Sentenced To Prison For $10 Million Tech Support Fraud Scheme That Exploited Elderly Victims

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ROMANA LEYVA was sentenced to 100 months in prison for participating in a fraud conspiracy that exploited…

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Lehigh County Man Indicted For Bringing Explosive Device into Bethlehem-Area ER

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Brian James Kunsman, 44, of PhiladelphiaPA, was charged by Indictment with one count of possession of an unregistered destructive device and one…

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Marion Man Sentenced for Attempted Possession of Fentanyl with Intent to Distribute

ABINGDON, Va. – A Marion, Virginia man was sentenced this week to 36 months in prison for attempted possession with the intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl. Anthony Peter…

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Marion Man Pleads Guilty in Mail-Ordered Fentanyl Case

ABINGDON, Va. – Kobe Malik Woods, 19, of Marion, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to one count of attempted possession with the intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl after ordering…

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Real estate agent sentenced for running multi-year mortgage and real estate commission fraud schemes

ATLANTA – Atlanta real estate agent Eric Hill has been sentenced for his participation in a mortgage fraud scheme that netted more than $21 million in fraudulent mortgage loans. Many of the…

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Former Omaha ATF Agent Sentenced for Structuring Money Transactions to Evade Reporting Requirements

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – Paul A. White, age 52, a former federal agent with the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Bureau in Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced in the District Court of Nebraska…

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KC Man Sentenced to 21 Years for Meth Trafficking at Camdenton Hotel

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for possessing methamphetamine to distribute when officers found large amounts of illegal drugs in his room at…

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Three Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing Unemployment Insurance Benefits

Miami, Florida – A federal district judge in Fort Lauderdale has sentenced three South Florida residents to prison terms for their roles in a conspiracy to defraud the State of Michigan of…

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Defendant Charged With Attempted Enticement Of 5-Year-Old Boy

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced…

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Former Bureau Of Prisons Chaplain Sentenced For Bribery

SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Ericjon Thomas, age 46, residing in Hermitage, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on January 13, 2022, to three years’…

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LA Sheriff Rips City Officials: ‘What On Earth Are These People Thinking?’

Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva called out city officials on Wednesday during a briefing for not taking the county’s crime spikes seriously. Villanueva pointed to a 94% increase in homicides and a…

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Defendant Charged In $1.9 Million Covid-19 Fraud Scheme

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jonathan Mellone, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Regional Office of the U.S. Department of Labor Office…

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New unit formed to combat health care fraud in West Virginia

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – A new initiative to combat health care fraud in West Virginia was launched today in Wheeling, according to United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld. State and federal agencies gathered…

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