Chula Vista Couple Sentenced for Fraud Scheme Targeting Pregnant Women

Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lisa J. Sanniti (619) 546-8811 and Jeffrey D. Hill (619) 546-7924 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – October 26, 2021 SAN DIEGO – Melissa Alvarez Torres and Jose Luis Olmos Hernandez…

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Las Vegas Woman Pleads Guilty To Using At Least 40 Stolen Identities To Fraudulently Collect Over $175,000 In Unemployment Insurance Benefits

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A Las Vegas woman pleaded guilty today to using at least 40 stolen identities to fraudulently collect approximately $175,622 in unemployment insurance benefits from the California Employment Development…

Pork and Beef Tamales by Mex-Tamale recalled

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20, 2021 – Demaiz Inc., doing business as Mex-tamale Foods, a San Jose, California establishment, is recalling approximately 20,759 pounds of pork and beef tamales due to misbranding and undeclared…

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USDA announces recall of imported lamb sold in New York and Pennsylvania

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2021, AFFCO USA, Importer of Record in Jacksonville, Fla., is recalling approximately 24,461 pounds of frozen raw lamb shoulder products that were not presented for import re-inspection into the…

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Chippewa Falls Man Sentenced to 6 Years for Possessing Methamphetamine for Distribution

MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Justin Barnard, 36, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge…

Federal Grand Jury Indicts Members and Associates of Alleged Louisville Drug Trafficking Organization

Louisville, Kentucky – Multiple members and associates of an alleged local drug trafficking organization and street gang known as “Everybody Shines Together,” or, “EST,” were arrested over the past week in Louisville…

‘How Can You Allow This?’: Lawmakers Grill Social Media Executives On Platforms’ Harm To Kids

Members of the Senate Commerce Committee interrogated executives from Snap, YouTube and TikTok on the negative effects their platforms had on children during a hearing Tuesday. Lawmakers stressed the importance of platform…

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ICE Officials Made The Lowest Number Of Arrests In At Least A Decade: REPORT

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials made the lowest number of arrests from September 2020 through September 2021 in at least a decade, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…

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Study Coordinator Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Falsify Clinical Drug Trial Data

A Colorado man pleaded guilty today in connection with his participation in a scheme to falsify clinical drug trial data. Duniel Tejeda, 35, of Canon City, Colorado, and formerly of Miami, Florida,…

Former Tribal Police Chief Admits to Stealing More than $300,000 from Local Tribe by Selling Fake Badges

Assistant U. S. Attorney Andrew J. Galvin (619) 546-9721 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – October 25, 2021 SAN DIEGO – Anthony Reyes Vazquez pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting that he stole…

Rio Grande Valley Checkpoint Agents Foil Smuggling Attempts

EDINBURG, Texas –Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents foil checkpoint smuggling attempts. In the early morning hours of Oct. 25, a U-Haul box truck approached the primary inspection lane at…

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After Project Veritas ‘bombshell’ Phil Murphy says ‘right-wing extremists’ harassed campaign staffers in parking garage

TRENTON, NJ – Shortly after James O’Keefe and Project Veritas released a bombshell video of a Phil Murphy senior advisor explaining the governor will roll out a statewide vaccine mandate after the…

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Kansas City Man Indicted for Bank Robbery

KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A federal grand jury in Kansas City returned an indictment charging a Kansas City, Kansas man with one count of bank robbery and one count of use of…

Sequim, Washington, man sentenced to 70 months in prison for dealing methamphetamine while armed with semi-automatic pistol

Tacoma– A 57-year-old Sequim, Washington, man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 70 months in prison. Kenneth Francis Simmons came to the attention of law enforcement in early…

Atlanta pharmacy to pay $4.6 million to settle False Claims Act allegations regarding compound medications

ATLANTA – Curant, Inc., which owns pharmacies in Smyrna, Georgia and St. Petersburg, Florida, along with its owners and related entities, agreed to pay $4.6 million to resolve allegations that they violated…

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The U.S. Attorney Announces a $400,000 Award from the U.S. Department of Justice in Support of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) in the U.S. Virgin Islands

ST. THOMAS, USVI – U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands has received a $400,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice in support…

Justice Department Obtains Consent Decree in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Owners of Minneapolis Area Rental Properties

MINNEAPOLIS – The Justice Department today announced that it has obtained a consent decree with Reese Pfeiffer and several other defendants to resolve allegations that Pfeiffer violated the Fair Housing Act (FHA)…

Agents Arrest 17 People in Large-Scale Multi-State Drug Trafficking Ring Involving Fentanyl, Heroin, Crystal Methamphetamine and Firearms

ST. LOUIS – This week the Drug Enforcement Administration, United States Marshals Service, and United States Postal Inspection Service arrested 17 people in Missouri, Arizona, California, and Mexico linked to an organized…

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Justice Department Announces New Initiative To Combat Redlining

[KANSAS CITY, KAN.]— The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas announced its partnership with the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division as it launches the department’s new Combatting Redlining Initiative. Redlining…

Big Tech Companies Are Defying Texas’ Vaccine Mandate Ban

Major tech companies are continuing to require their employees to be vaccinated at their Texas facilities, in violation of Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order banning all vaccine mandates. Abbott signed an executive…

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Chula Vista Couple Sentenced for Fraud Scheme Targeting Pregnant Women

Las Vegas Woman Pleads Guilty To Using At Least 40 Stolen Identities To Fraudulently Collect Over $175,000 In Unemployment Insurance Benefits

Pork and Beef Tamales by Mex-Tamale recalled

USDA announces recall of imported lamb sold in New York and Pennsylvania

Chippewa Falls Man Sentenced to 6 Years for Possessing Methamphetamine for Distribution

Federal Grand Jury Indicts Members and Associates of Alleged Louisville Drug Trafficking Organization

‘How Can You Allow This?’: Lawmakers Grill Social Media Executives On Platforms’ Harm To Kids

ICE Officials Made The Lowest Number Of Arrests In At Least A Decade: REPORT

Study Coordinator Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Falsify Clinical Drug Trial Data

Former Tribal Police Chief Admits to Stealing More than $300,000 from Local Tribe by Selling Fake Badges

Rio Grande Valley Checkpoint Agents Foil Smuggling Attempts

After Project Veritas ‘bombshell’ Phil Murphy says ‘right-wing extremists’ harassed campaign staffers in parking garage

Kansas City Man Indicted for Bank Robbery

Sequim, Washington, man sentenced to 70 months in prison for dealing methamphetamine while armed with semi-automatic pistol

Atlanta pharmacy to pay $4.6 million to settle False Claims Act allegations regarding compound medications

The U.S. Attorney Announces a $400,000 Award from the U.S. Department of Justice in Support of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Agents Arrest 17 People in Large-Scale Multi-State Drug Trafficking Ring Involving Fentanyl, Heroin, Crystal Methamphetamine and Firearms

Justice Department Announces New Initiative To Combat Redlining

Big Tech Companies Are Defying Texas’ Vaccine Mandate Ban

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