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U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys publishes 842 press releases in January

There were 842 press releases published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys in January.


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27 press releases published in January by Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force

There were 27 press releases published by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force in January.


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Wanted by the FBI: High School Students for the Teen Academy

News Release: Wanted by the FBI: High School Students for the Teen Academy.


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FBI Honors Promises2Kids with FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award

News Release: SAN DIEGO, CA-Special Agent in Charge Stacey Moy of the FBI San Diego Field Office is pleased to announce Promises2Kids has received the nationally recognized FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award for 2022.


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Retired Special Education Teacher Sentenced for Traveling Overseas to Sexually Abuse Children

News Release: A Pennsylvania man was sentenced today to 35 years in prison for traveling to the Philippines to engage in sex with children as young as 12 years old.


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FBI Newark Honors the Anti-Defamation League of New York/New Jersey with National Award

News Release: NEW YORK CITY, NY-FBI Newark presented the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award to the Anti-Defamation League of New York/New Jersey at a reception Tuesday, May 9, 2023, at the Jewish Museum in New York City. The ADL NY/NJ has a long history of collaborating with community leaders, government officials and law enforcement to strengthen communities, fight hate, violence, and advocate for change.


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Passaic County Man Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison for Conspiracy and Two Armed Bank Robberies

A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was sentenced to 276 months in prison for his role as the gunman in two armed bank robberies, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


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Two More Sentenced for Roles in Beckley-to-Philadelphia Firearms Trafficking Conspiracy

Hassan Abdullah, also known as “San,” 28, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to one year and six months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and Donte Webster, 23, of Beckley, West Virginia, was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic over 140 firearms from the Beckley area to Philadelphia.


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Moline Man Sentenced to Twenty Years in Prison for Heroin Distribution and Related Gun Crimes

A Moline, Illinois, man, Cordero Harris, 34, was sentenced on April 26, 2023, to 240 months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute heroin, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and possession of a firearm as a felo


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Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon Agrees to Pay Nearly $24 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

A plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, along with his son, medical practices and billing company, have agreed to pay $23.9 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting or causing the submission of false claims to both Medicare and Medicaid.


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Ethete Man Sentenced for Assault With Fire

Quentin Charles Lee, age 28, of Ethete, Wyoming, was sentenced to 30 months in prison with three years of supervised release and a $100 special assessment for assault with a dangerous weapon, namely fire, by means of using lighter fluid and a lighter. U.S. District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson imposed the sentence on April 21, 2023.


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Houston man sent to prison for $3M PPP loan fraud scheme

A 47-year-old man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani along with Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.


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Puyallup, Washington man pleads guilty to conspiring to attack power substations

A 32-year-old Puyallup, Washington man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to Conspiracy to destroy energy facilities, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown.


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East Peoria Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine

An East Peoria, Illinois, man, George L. Guynn, 61, of the 800 block of Meadow Avenue, was sentenced on April 27, 2023, to 10 years in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute at least 5 grams of methamphetamine.


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Man Charged in Miami with Diamond Smuggling Arrested by Federal Agents

Guilherme Cipriani, 41, of Scottsdale, Arizona, has been arrested on federal charges of smuggling diamonds into the United States and providing a false statement to a federal agency.


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Lawyer Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for $8 Million Escrow Fraud

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that BRIAN O’NEILL, a Maryland attorney and escrow agent, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni to nine years in prison for defrauding his clients of funds he was holding for them in escrow. O’NEILL pled guilty to two counts of wire fraud in November 2022.


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FBI Minneapolis Presents 2022 Director’s Community Leadership Award to Dr. Kenneth Snell

News Release: FBI Minneapolis Presents 2022 Director’s Community Leadership Award to Dr. Kenneth Snell.


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First Defendant Charged With Violating Anti-Doping Act Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that defendant ERIC LIRA pled guilty today for his role in providing banned performance-enhancing drugs (“PEDs") to Olympic athletes in advance of the 2020 Olympic Games held in Tokyo in the summer of 2021. LIRA...


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Alabama Man Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison for Abusive Sexual Contact with a Child

News Release: Fargo - United States Attorney Mac Schneider announced that Whitehorse Ducharme, a/k/a Stanley Ducharme, age 51, of Huntsville, Alabama, formerly residing in Belcourt, North Dakota, appeared before Chief Judge Peter D. Welte, U.S. District Court, Fargo, ND, this week and was sentenced to life in federal prison for abusive sexual contact with a child under the age of 12. Ducharme pleaded guilty to this offense on Nov. 1, 2021.


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FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award Presented to Jena Mckinstry and “Koda the Fluff”

News Release: FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award Presented to Jena Mckinstry and “Koda the Fluff".