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Ithaca Convenience Store Owner Sentenced for Committing Food Stamp Fraud

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Abdul Jalil, age 55, of Ithaca, New York, was sentenced yesterday to five years’ probation for federal food stamp fraud, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman, Bethanne…

May 26, 2022

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Two Defendants Charged with Prison-Based Unemployment Insurance Fraud

Department of Justice Press Releases

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Ivis Jorge, age 44, formerly an inmate at the Riverview Correctional Facility in Ogdensburg, New York, and Pamela Febo, age 38, of Keansburg, New Jersey, were arraigned today…

May 26, 2022

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U.S. Marshals Assisting in Search for Escapee From TX Prison Bus

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Waco, TX – The U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force-Waco Division is assisting the Texas Department of Criminal Justice with the fugitive investigation of a Texas prison inmate who escaped custody…

May 26, 2022

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Orleans Parish Woman Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Credit Card Conspiracy and Identity Theft

Department of Justice Press Releases

NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LAKISHA WILLIAMS, age 41, of New Orleans, was sentenced today to nine years in prison by U.S. District Judge Barry W. Ashe…

May 26, 2022

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South Bay Resident Charged With Smuggling And Exporting American Aviation Technology To Beijing University

Department of Justice Press Releases

SAN FRANCISCO – The United States Attorney’s Office today unsealed a criminal complaint charging Jonathan Yet Wing Soong with smuggling and violating export control laws by allegedly secretly funneling sensitive aeronautics software…

May 26, 2022

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Former Aequitas Senior Executive and Chief Financial Officer Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements to a Creditor

Department of Justice Press Releases

PORTLAND, Ore.—A former senior executive and chief financial officer of Aequitas Management, LLC, and several other entities formerly owned by Aequitas, pleaded guilty today to submitting a false statement to an Aequitas…

May 26, 2022

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Four Southern California Residents Arrested on Charges Alleging Elderly Timeshare Owners Were Defrauded Out of More Than $5 Million

Department of Justice Press Releases

SANTA ANA, California – Federal authorities today arrested four defendants charged in a 29-count grand jury indictment alleging they scammed dozens of timeshare owners out of more than $5 million by…

May 26, 2022

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Washington State man pleads guilty to hate crime in connection with arson at Capitol Hill bar

Department of Justice Press Releases

Seattle – Kalvinn Garcia, 25, of Sedro Woolley, Washington, pleaded guilty today to one count of committing a hate crime for the Feb. 24, 2020, arson at Queer/Bar, a nightclub and event…

May 26, 2022

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Former Employee of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison for Stealing HIV Medication

Department of Justice Press Releases

NEWARK, N.J. – A former pharmacy procurement technician was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for stealing prescription HIV medications from the pharmacy of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in…

May 26, 2022

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Bank Ceo Convicted For Taking Bribes In Connection With Loans Guaranteed By The Small Business Administration

Department of Justice Press Releases

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the conviction of EDWARD SHIN, then-CEO of a Pennsylvania-based bank (the “Bank”), for taking bribes in connection…

May 26, 2022

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Owner and Employees of Monmouth County Marine Equipment and Servicing Company Charged with Defrauding U.S. Department of Defense

Department of Justice Press Releases

TRENTON, N.J. – Three Monmouth County, New Jersey, individuals were indicted today for their role in a years-long scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) by providing military equipment parts…

May 26, 2022

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Covington Woman Sentenced for Theft of Social Security Funds

Department of Justice Press Releases

NEW ORLEANS – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that HAYDEE ARMAS SANTANA (“SANTANA”), age 58, of Covington, Louisiana, was sentenced today for Theft of Government Funds, in violation of Title…

May 26, 2022

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California Real Estate Developer Faces Federal Charges for Using Stolen Identities to Obtain COVID-Relief Program Funds

Department of Justice Press Releases

PORTLAND, Ore.—A federal indictment was unsealed today charging a California real estate developer with using stolen identities to fraudulently obtain more than $1.5 million in loans intended to help small businesses during…

May 26, 2022

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Postal Service Mail Carrier Arrested on Federal Complaint Alleging Scheme to Fraudulently Obtain Nearly $800,000 in Jobless Benefits

Department of Justice Press Releases

LOS ANGELES – Federal authorities this morning arrested a United States Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier and a Santa Clarita Valley man for allegedly scheming to steal approximately $800,000 in unemployment…

May 26, 2022

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Former CPA Sentenced for Submitting False Documents to the IRS

Department of Justice Press Releases

LONDON, Ky.– A former Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Charles Marshall Stivers, 59, of Manchester, Kentucky, was sentenced to 10 months in federal prison on Tuesday, by U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom,…

May 26, 2022

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District of Columbia Fire/EMS Employee Pleads Guilty to Bribery in Scheme Involving Undelivered Goods

Department of Justice Press Releases

WASHINGTON—Louis “Joey” Mitchell, a former employee of the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department (FEMS), pleaded guilty today to a federal bribery charge…

May 26, 2022

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U.S. Attorney’s Office secures agreement in race discrimination lawsuit involving Atlanta-based property owners and management company

Department of Justice Press Releases

ATLANTA – The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia has approved a consent decree resolving the department’s Fair Housing Act lawsuit alleging race…

May 26, 2022

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Department of Justice Press Releases

A fourth member of a network that operated and facilitated a large-scale “grandparent scam” pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy. According to court documents, Joaquin Lopez, 46, of Hollywood, Florida, was a member of a…

May 26, 2022

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Department of Justice Press Releases

The Justice Department amended its complaint in a laboratory testing fraud case to add six physicians in Texas. The case alleges False Claims Act violations based on patient referrals in violation of…

May 26, 2022

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Fight Breaks Out at Ocean County Republican Meeting after Trump Candidates Snubbed

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JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – Police responded to the Jackson Township VFW Post after a scuffle broke out between Trump-aligned supporters of Mike Crispi and establishment party leaders who are backing incumbent Chris…

May 26, 2022

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