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Owner of Boston Pizzeria Chain Indicted on Additional Forced Labor Charges

News Release: BOSTON - The owner of Stash’s Pizza has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston with forced labor charges for allegedly targeting and employing at least seven victims who lacked immigration status and forcing them to work while subjecting them to verbal and physical abuse, including repeated threats of deportation.



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Man Convicted of Alexandria and Monroe Bombings Gets Sentenced

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, LA - Daniel Aikens, 40, of Alexandria, Louisiana, was sentenced March 28, 2023, to 16 years in prison for 8 counts of illegal explosive related charges by United States Senior District Judge Dee D. Drell announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. On Nov. 18, 2022, the jury found...


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Catawba Woman Pleads Guilty to Federal Firearm and Drug Charges Following Fatal Fentanyl Overdose

News Release: ROANOKE, Va. - A Catawba, Virginia woman, who sold a fatal dose of fentanyl in October 2021, pleaded guilty last week to a series of federal charges.


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Big Stone Gap Man Sentenced for Role in Methamphetamine Conspiracy

News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A Big Stone Gap, Virginia man, who conspired with others to distribute methamphetamine in Southwest Virginia, was sentenced last week to 180 months in federal prison.


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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Christian County Felon for Illegally Possessing a Firearm, Possessing a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking, and Trafficking Cocaine

News Release: Paducah, KY - A federal grand jury in Paducah, Kentucky, returned an indictment on March 14, 2023, charging a Christian County felon with illegally possessing a firearm, possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute it.


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Laboratory Corporation of America Agrees to Pay $2,100,000 to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Related to Overbillings on Department of Defense Contracts

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Laboratory Corporation of America (“Labcorp") has agreed to pay the United States $2,100,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act by overbilling the Department of Defense (“DoD") for genetic tests performed by GeneDx, LLC, a third-party reference laboratory used by Labcorp to perform genetic tests for military members.


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Mexican National Sentenced to 144 Months for Drug Trafficking in the Tri Cities

News Release: Richland, Washington - On March 28, 2023, Senior United States District Judge Edward F. Shea sentenced Rafael Muniz-De La Mora, 49, to 12 years in in federal prison after his guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of pure methamphetamine. Muniz-De La Mora, who is from Sinaloa, Mexico, also will serve 5 years of federal supervision after he is released from federal custody.


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Former Law Firm Partner Arrested For Bankruptcy Fraud

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the unsealing of an Indictment charging JOHN ROESSER, a former attorney...


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Two Involved in Violent Robberies of AT&T Stores Sentenced to Prison

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that two participants in a spree of violent robberies of AT&T stores in Connecticut and western Massachusetts were sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport. SHAQUILLE RAYMOND...


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Matriarch Sentenced for Role in Violent Multimillion-Dollar Honduran Cocaine Trafficking Organization

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Honduran woman was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for her participation in a large-scale conspiracy to traffic cocaine for importation into the United States.


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Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty to Identity Theft and Attempting to Steal Seized Cars from the FBI Using Fake Court Documents

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Quinten Giovanni Moody, aka Christano Rossi, 38, of Dublin, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute marijuana, aggravated identity theft, and obstruction of justice, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


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Erie, PA Man Pleads Guilty To Child Pornography Charge After Having Sex With 15 Y/O

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Tristan Pearson, 26, Erie, PA, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael J. Roemer. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000.


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Coon Rapids Man Sentenced to Prison for Threatening a U.S. Senator

News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Coon Rapids man has been sentenced to one year and one day for making interstate threats against a U.S. Senator, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


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Skagit County man sentenced to ten years in prison for drug and gun crimes

News Release: Seattle - A 24-year-old resident of Mount Vernon, Washington was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to ten years in prison for drug trafficking while armed with multiple firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Santos Gutierrez-Fosella was arrested on March 14, 2022, with more than...


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California Man Pleads Guilty to Nationwide Marijuana Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Sammy Olague, age 36, of Clovis, California, pled guilty today to conspiring to distribute marijuana.


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Wisconsin Man Charged with Firebombing Building

News Release: A Wisconsin man was arrested today on a charge related to the May 2022 firebombing of a Madison office building.


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Connecticut Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for Role in Murder for Hire

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Connecticut man was sentenced today to 192 months in prison for his role in a murder for hire scheme in which a New Jersey-based political consultant paid him and another man to kill a longtime associate, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


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Lawrence Man Sentenced for Fentanyl Distribution

News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for distributing more than 100 grams of fentanyl.


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Georgia Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Possession of Meth with Intent to Distribute After Ordering Fabric Soaked in Meth

News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - A Southwest Georgia man guilty of drug distribution was sentenced to 240 months in prison today after federal agents discovered fabric soaked in methamphetamine and crystal meth in packages at the Atlanta airport addressed to him from Mexico.