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23
May

Eighteen People Indicted for Roles in $3 Million Schemes Involving Seven IHOP Restaurants

Eighteen people were indicted for their roles in a series of criminal schemes, including money laundering, identity theft, alien harboring, and arson, centered around seven IHOP restaurants in northwest Ohio and Indiana that resulted in losses of more …

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23
May

Wilmington Man Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Prison

RALEIGH—United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court yesterday United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced Donald Ray Boston, 39, of Wilmington, North Carolina, to 151 months’ imprisonment followed by three y…

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23
May

FBI Offers Job Opportunities for Foreign Language Speakers

The FBI is seeking to hire foreign language speakers and will host its first ever foreign language job fair in Houston on Friday, May 25, 2012. The job fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Houston Community College’s (HCC) Conference Center, l…

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22
May

Three Ñetas Gang Members Charged with Murdering Two 17-Year-Old Rival Gang Members

A two-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Central Islip, New York, charging three alleged members of the Ñetas street gang—Luis Benitez, also known as “Lae”; Alvaro Cabral, also known as “Boobie”; and Jason Cabral, also …

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22
May

Bakersfield Teacher Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Pornography

FRESNO, CA—Michael Scott Cooper, 43, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to possession of material involving the sexual exploitation of minors, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
According to the plea agreement, Cooper possessed im…

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22
May

Three Ñetas Gang Members Charged with Murdering Two 17-Year-Old Rival Gang Members

A two-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Central Islip, New York, charging three alleged members of the Ñetas street gang—Luis Benitez, also known as “Lae”; Alvaro Cabral, also known as “Boobie”; and Jason Cabral, also …

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22
May

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against 10 Additional Long Island Railroad Retirees for Participating in Massive Disability Fraud Scheme

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Martin J. Dickman, Inspector General of the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB-OIG); Janice K. Fedarcyk, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal…

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22
May

Wood River Man Sentenced for Failure to Reigster as a Sex Offender

A Wood River man, John David Allen, 22, was sentenced to the maximum term of 10 years’ imprisonment in United States District Court, East St. Louis for failure to register as a sex offender, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ill…

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22
May

Houston Businessman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Fraud

HOUSTON—A Houston businessman has been sentenced for conspiring to commit wire fraud, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. James Roland Dial, 56, of Houston, just landed a five-year-term of imprisonment at a hearing that concluded…

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22
May

Long Prison Terms for Convicted Drug Traffickers

Tony Granado, 68, of El Paso, Texas, and Richard Moquete, 35, of Philadelphia, were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for their roles in a cocaine trafficking operation that brought at least 1,500 kilograms of cocaine to the streets of Philadelphia, an…

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