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Health Care Staffing Executive Indicted For Fixing Wages Of Nurses

News Release: A federal grand jury in Las Vegas returned an indictment yesterday charging a health care staffing executive with conspiring to fix the wages of Las Vegas nurses, in violation of the Sherman Act.


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St. Cloud, Minnesota, Woman Pleads Guilty to Leading a Major Dangerous Drug Distribution Enterprise From Mexico

News Release: FARGO - United States Attorney Mac Schneider, District of North Dakota, announced that on March 13, 2023, Macalla Lee Knott a/k/a Kayla, age 30, from St. Cloud, MN, pled guilty in Federal Court in Fargo, ND, before Chief Judge Peter W. Welte, to the offenses of Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances, Money Laundering Conspiracy and Continuing Criminal Enterprise (CCE). Sentencing is scheduled for August 7, 2023.


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Springfield, Illinois Man Sentenced to 60 Months and One Day in Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute and Firearm Offenses

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A Springfield, Illinois man, Jason Craig, 46, of the 2000 block of Normandy Road, has been sentenced to 60 months and one day for possession with intent to distribute a substance containing cocaine base (crack), possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.


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Callahan Man Charged With Possession With Intent To Distribute Controlled Substances

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that James Darrell Hickox (37, Callahan) has been charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years, up to 40 years, in federal prison.


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Two charged with stealing $650,000 from Morgantown medical practice

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - The former chief operating officer of a Morgantown medical practice and one of its physicians have been charged with stealing more than $650,000 from their employer.


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U.S. Attorney Karam Continues To Promote The United Against Hate Initiative

News Release: SCRANTON - United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office continues to promote the Department of Justice’s new initiative to better counter hate crimes and hate incidents in the Middle District of Pennsylvania.


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FBI, Sacramento Police Department Investigating Theft of Aircraft at Sacramento Executive Airport

News Release: FBI, Sacramento Police Department Investigating Theft of Aircraft at Sacramento Executive Airport.


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St. Cloud, MN, Woman Pleads Guilty to Leading a Major Dangerous Drug Distribution Enterprise from Mexico

News Release: FARGO - United States Attorney Mac Schneider, District of North Dakota, announced that on March 13, 2023, Macalla Lee Knott a/k/a Kayla, age 30, from St. Cloud, MN, pled guilty in Federal Court in Fargo, ND, before Chief Judge Peter W. Welte, to the offenses of Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances, Money Laundering Conspiracy and Continuing Criminal Enterprise (CCE). Sentencing is scheduled for August 7, 2023.


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UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE DIRECTED TO WITHDRAW DEATH PENALTY NOTICE IN RODRIGUEZ CASE

News Release: FARGO - United States Attorney Mac Schneider, District of North Dakota, announced today that the United States Attorney General has directed him to withdraw the notice of intent to seek a sentence of death in the case of the United States of America v Alfonso Rodriguez, Jr. This morning, the United States...


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Laredo man admits to repeatedly abusing minor relative to produce child pornography

News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 26-year-old Laredo resident has pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a child and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.


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New Orleans Man Sentenced on Federal Firearm and Drug Trafficking Charges Stemming from New Orleans Hotel Shootout

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - CLARENCE SANTIAGO, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Greg G. Guidry to 30 years in jail for his participation in a Dec. 28, 2020, shootout at the Jung Hotel on Canal Street, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.


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FBI Seeking Information and Additional Victims of Suspected Human Trafficking

News Release: FBI Seeking Information and Additional Victims of Suspected Human Trafficking.


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United States Settles Claims of Genetics Testing Fraud

News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - U.S. Attorney David C. Weiss announced today that Dr. Kathy Cornelius, a Delaware physician who now resides in Huntsville, Alabama, has agreed to pay $500,000 to resolve allegations that she violated the False Claims Act by ordering medically unnecessary genetic testing for Medicare beneficiaries residing in Delaware.


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Mexican Nationals Charged with Offenses Stemming from Smuggling and Labor Trafficking Scheme

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Robert Fuller, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Hartford Police Chief Jason Thody today announced that MARIA DEL CARMEN SANCHEZ POTRERO, also known as Maria Carmela...


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City of Gloucester Enters into Agreement to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations Related to Discharge of Undertreated Sewage into Massachusetts Bay

News Release: BOSTON - The announcement of a consent decree with the City of Gloucester, Mass. resolves violation of the federal and state Clean Water Acts regarding the City’s water pollution control facility that discharges undertreated waste into Massachusetts Bay.


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Providence Man Sentenced for Fraud, Theft of Government Funds, and Identity Theft Committed While on Federal Supervised Release for Sex Trafficking

News Release: Mackenzy Scott, 26, began filing fraudulent applications for pandemic-related benefits on March 28, 2020, one day after the CARES Act, passed by Congress to provide economic assistance programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, became law. Scott’s fraudulent activity was discovered in February 2021...


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Alleged Fentanyl Trafficker Who Advertised to Carrollton Kids Federally Charged

News Release: A Carrollton drug dealer who allegedly capitalized on the arrest of two prominent fentanyl traffickers to entice young buyers has been charged with a federal drug crime, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton.


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Nash County Armed Meth Trafficker Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Trafficking Kilograms of the Drug

News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Nash County man was sentenced yesterday to 180 months in prison for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy with direct ties to Mexico. On December 7, 2022, Sean Jermaine Mills pled guilty to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, and possessing a firearm to further his drug trafficking activity.


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Jelly Bean Communications Design And Its Manager Settle False Claims Act Liability For Cybersecurity Failures On Florida Medicaid Enrollment Website

News Release: WASHINGTON - Jelly Bean Communications Design LLC (Jelly Bean) and Jeremy Spinks have agreed to pay $293,771 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they failed to secure personal information on a federally funded Florida children’s health insurance website, which Jelly Bean created, hosted, and maintained.


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Southfield Resident Sentenced To 7 Years For Role In Illegally Distributing Over 90,000 Opioid Doses At A Medical Clinic

News Release: DETROIT - A Southfield, Michigan man was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison for his role in distributing over 90,000 doses of Oxycontin, Percocet, and other opioids out of an area medical clinic, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.