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FBI Boston Presents 2022 Director’s Community Leadership Award to Tamer Koheil

News Release: FBI Boston Presents 2022 Director’s Community Leadership Award to Tamer Koheil.


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Former Founder and CEO of Nanotechnology Company Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JAMES JEREMY BARBERA, the founder and former chief executive officer (“CEO") of a New York-based nanotechnology company, Nanobeak Biotech, Inc. (“Nanobeak"), was sentenced today to 48 months in prison by U.S. District Judge John G. Koeltl. BARBERA was previously convicted following a one-week trial of securities fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy offenses.


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Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson to Accept Director's Community Leadership Award

News Release: Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson to Accept Director's Community Leadership Award.


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Statement from FBI Anchorage Acting Special Agent in Charge Donald W. Lee II

News Release: Statement from FBI Anchorage Acting Special Agent in Charge Donald W. Lee II.


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Former Belmont County attorney sentenced to 5 years in prison for stealing more than $800,000 from elderly victim with dementia

A former Belmont County attorney was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 60 months in prison for committing mail fraud related to stealing more than $882,000 from an elderly woman with dementia while purporting to act in her best interests under a Power of Attorney.


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Former Commonwealth Edison Executives and Associates Found Guilty of Conspiring To Influence and Reward Former Illinois House Speaker

A federal jury has found four former Commonwealth Edison (“ComEd”) executives and associates guilty on all counts charged, including conspiring to influence and reward the former Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives in order to assist with the passage of legislation favorable to the electric utility company, in addition to multiple bribery and record falsification charges.



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Schenectady Man Charged with Producing Child Pornography and Communicating a Threat

Richard Nejame, age 27, of Schenectady, New York, was charged today with sexual exploitation of a child and communicating a threat to injure.



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Former Creve Coeur Pharmacy Owner Admits Paying Kickbacks for Prescriptions

The former owner of a Creve Coeur pharmacy on Monday admitted paying illegal kickbacks to marketing companies to generate prescriptions for expensive medications.


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Largest International Operation Against Darknet Trafficking of Fentanyl and Opioids Results in Record Arrests and Seizures

On May 5, the Department of Justice, and its Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (JCODE) team and international partners, announced the results of Operation SpecTor, which included 288 arrests – the most ever for any JCODE operation and nearly double that of the prior operation.


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Federal judge convicts Missoula man of firearms crimes in trial

A federal judge today convicted a Missoula man on multiple firearms crimes after presiding in a bench trial, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.


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Charleston Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Gun Crime

Taylor Womack, 28, of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.


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Washington Family Pleads Guilty to Indian and Arts and Crafts Act Violations

The Rodrigo Family owned and operated Alaska Stone Arts, LLC and Rail Creek, LCC in Ketchikan, Alaska, from April 2016 to December 8, 2021


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Lincoln Man Sentenced for Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute

United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Brian Norman, 52, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced on April 28, 2023, by Senior United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard to a term of 210 months’ imprisonment following his conviction for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.


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Boston Man Pleads Guilty to Firearm Trafficking and Straw Purchasing Conspiracy

A Boston man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to illegally traffic and straw purchase firearms.


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U.S. Attorney Charges Former Westchester County Board Of Legislators Employee With Attempted Enticement Of A Minor

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ANAND SINGH was arrested today and charged with one count of attempted enticement of a minor.


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Atlanta man indicted on multiple counts of bank fraud and identity theft based on falsified money orders

eremiah Carbon has been indicted on federal bank fraud and aggravated identity theft charges, arising from a scheme to defraud banks by depositing hundreds of fraudulent money orders into multiple bank accounts to enrich himself and his co-conspirators by more than $1.5 million.


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Lebanon Man Sentenced To 20 Years’ Imprisonment For Sexually Exploiting A Child

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Michael Rankin, age 36, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on April 27, 2023, by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to 20 years’ imprisonment for sexually exploiting a child.


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Federal, State, and Local Law Enforcement Authorities Announce the Formation of a Peoria Area Task Force to Fight Gun Crimes

United States Attorney Gregory K. Harris and representatives from six law enforcement agencies today highlighted the formation of the Peoria Area Federal Firearms (PAFF) Task Force, a collaborative effort between federal, state, and local law enforcement designed to combat and prevent violent firearm crimes.