Former East Hartford Resident Admits Making Cell Phone Videos of Him Sexually Assaulting a Child

Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SAEED MUSTAPHA MOUSSA, 31, a citizen of Ghana last residing in East Hartford, waived his right to be…

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Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Butyryl And Furanyl Fentanyl

CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Billy D. Henderson, 42, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard…

Santa Clarita Man Sentenced to More Than 4 Years in Prison for Scheming to Fraudulently Obtain $1.8 Million in COVID-Relief Funds

LOS ANGELES – A Santa Clarita Valley man was sentenced today to 51 months in federal prison for scheming to fraudulently obtain approximately $1.8 million in COVID-19 relief guaranteed by the…

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Fargo, ND, Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for a String of Violent Federal Robberies

FARGO – Acting United States Attorney Nicholas W. Chase announced that U.S. District Court Chief Judge Peter D. Welte sentenced Harleigh Josette Haugen, age 20, Fargo, ND, to 45 months in federal…

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Members And Associates Of MS-13 In San Francisco Charged With Participation In Gang-Related Murders In Furtherance Of Racketeering Conspiracy

SAN FRANCISCO- A federal grand jury returned a second superseding indictment charging 13 current and former Bay Area residents for a broad range of racketeering crimes, including allegations that many defendants participated…

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Archdiocese of New Orleans Agrees to Pay More Than $1 Million to Resolve Hurricane Katrina-related False Claims Act Allegations

WASHINGTON – The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans (“Archdiocese of New Orleans”) has agreed to pay more than $1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by…

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California Man Charged in Scheme Involving Over $300,000 in Fraudulent Purchases from Home Depot

NEW ORLEANS, LA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JONATHAN orPilla SINLAO, age 36, a resident of San Jose, California, was charged on November 12, 2021 in an eight-count indictment…

Puerto Man Apprehended on a Vessel with $ 316,930 in U.S. Currency Pleads Guilty to Making a False Statement to Federal Agents; Vessel and U.S. Currency are Forfeited

ST. Thomas, USVI – U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert of the District of the Virgin Islands announced that a Puerto Rico man pleaded guilty in federal court today to making a false…

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Archdiocese of New Orleans Agrees to Pay More Than $1 Million to Resolve Hurricane Katrina-related False Claims Act Allegations

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans (Archdiocese of New Orleans) has agreed to pay more than $1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting…

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Two Mexican Natives Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Heroin in the Central Valley

RESNO, Calif. — Antonio Valencia-Hernandez, 65, and Jose Reyes-Pineda, 48, natives and citizens of Mexico, were sentenced today to 12 years and three months and one and a half years in prison,…

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CBP at the LA/Long Beach Seaport Reports Record-Breaking Year for Seizures of Counterfeit and Prohibited Merchandise

LOS ANGELES—In Fiscal Year 2021 (October 1, 2020 – September 30, 2021), amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned to the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport identified and…

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Human smuggler arrested for transporting over 60 noncitizens, including 4 children, in box truck

ALPINE, Texas – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents arrested a Las Cruces, New Mexico, man Tuesday in Brewster (Texas) County on federal criminal charges related…

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Military veterans train with HSI to become ‘HEROs’ in battle against child predators

WASHINGTON – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) today announced that twenty-three military veterans have graduated from the eleventh class of the HERO Corps internship program. The program…

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Four MS-13 Gang Members Arrested in the Rio Grande Valley Within 14 Hours

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector (RGV) agents arrested four Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members and two other migrants previously arrested for sexual crimes. Within a 14-hour time span,…

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Multiple Human Smuggling Cases Stopped by RGV Border Patrol Agents

EDINBURG, Texas –Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents continue to disrupt human smuggling as smugglers attempt to transport migrants further into the United States. On Nov. 10, at approximately 7:00…

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Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents intercept tractor trailer human smuggling scheme

LAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents intercepted a tractor trailer human smuggling scheme at the I-35 immigration checkpoint north of Laredo. The incident occurred during the late morning of Nov.…

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Steel company forfeits $6 million as part of sentence for immigration violations

DAYTON, Ohio – A steel carport business headquartered in Muncie, Indiana, is forfeiting $6 million for knowingly employing dozens of undocumented immigrants. Company executives paid to smuggle the undocumented workers from Mexico…

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International Money Launderer And Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To More Than Seventeen Years’ Imprisonment And Ordered To Forfeit Over $1 Million

Tampa, FL – U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Diego Fernando Cardona Lozano (46, Cali, Colombia), also known as “El Doctor” and “Pomada,” to 17 years and 6 months in…

32 Named in Superseding Indictment Alleging Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

JOHNSTOWN – Thirty-two residents of Cambria, Indiana, Allegheny, Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties in Pennsylvania, one resident of Long Beach, California, and one resident of Middletown, Delaware have been indicted by a federal grand…

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New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty to Unemployment Fraud Related to COVID-19 Pandemic

BOSTON – A New Jersey man pleaded guilty today in connection with his involvement in a scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID-19-related unemployment assistance. Omar Thompson, 39, of Paterson, N.J., pleaded guilty to…

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Former East Hartford Resident Admits Making Cell Phone Videos of Him Sexually Assaulting a Child

Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Butyryl And Furanyl Fentanyl

Santa Clarita Man Sentenced to More Than 4 Years in Prison for Scheming to Fraudulently Obtain $1.8 Million in COVID-Relief Funds

Fargo, ND, Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for a String of Violent Federal Robberies

Members And Associates Of MS-13 In San Francisco Charged With Participation In Gang-Related Murders In Furtherance Of Racketeering Conspiracy

Archdiocese of New Orleans Agrees to Pay More Than $1 Million to Resolve Hurricane Katrina-related False Claims Act Allegations

California Man Charged in Scheme Involving Over $300,000 in Fraudulent Purchases from Home Depot

Puerto Man Apprehended on a Vessel with $ 316,930 in U.S. Currency Pleads Guilty to Making a False Statement to Federal Agents; Vessel and U.S. Currency are Forfeited

Archdiocese of New Orleans Agrees to Pay More Than $1 Million to Resolve Hurricane Katrina-related False Claims Act Allegations

Two Mexican Natives Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Heroin in the Central Valley

CBP at the LA/Long Beach Seaport Reports Record-Breaking Year for Seizures of Counterfeit and Prohibited Merchandise

Human smuggler arrested for transporting over 60 noncitizens, including 4 children, in box truck

Military veterans train with HSI to become ‘HEROs’ in battle against child predators

Four MS-13 Gang Members Arrested in the Rio Grande Valley Within 14 Hours

Multiple Human Smuggling Cases Stopped by RGV Border Patrol Agents

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents intercept tractor trailer human smuggling scheme

Steel company forfeits $6 million as part of sentence for immigration violations

International Money Launderer And Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To More Than Seventeen Years’ Imprisonment And Ordered To Forfeit Over $1 Million

32 Named in Superseding Indictment Alleging Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty to Unemployment Fraud Related to COVID-19 Pandemic

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