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The former vendor for multiple local, state and federal campaigns, political action committees (PACs) and non-profit organizations throughout the United States, including the McConnell Senate Committee pleaded guilty to three charges of mail fraud Monday in U.S. District Court for stealing more than $1.1 million in contributions and donations intended for committees and organizations announced U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. of the Western District of Kentucky.

A former National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) official pleaded guilty to making false statements to federal investigators regarding his financial interest in a private company.

Eight residents of Alabama and Georgia were sentenced on Friday to serve more than 31 years in prison, collectively, for their roles in a $24 million stolen identity refund fraud (SIRF) conspiracy, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. of the Middle District of Alabama.

The Western Australia Police Gangs Crime Squad (GCS) and Western Australia National Anti-Gangs Squad (NAGS) has arrested three people and seized 20 kilograms of methamphetamine in a joint operation spanning the state this week.

From left, Jill, Nina, and Amy Totenberg celebrate the return of their father’s Stradivarius violin, which was recently recovered after having been stolen in 1980.

Three Virgin Islands men were charged in an indictment unsealed Thursday with various offenses based on their participation in a bribery scheme involving over $17 million in construction contracts awarded by the Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority (VIPFA).

A former construction boss from Las Vegas was sentenced Thursday to 188 months in prison for his role in a $58,141,275 million scheme to fraudulently gain control of condominium homeowners’ associations (HOAs) in the Las Vegas area to secure construction and other contracts for himself and others. Forty-two individuals have been convicted of crimes in connection with the scheme.

U.S. Attorney Richard S. Hartunian of the Northern District of New York and Acting Special Agent in Charge Thomas E. Bishop of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigations (IRS-CI) New York Field Office announced that Elaine Monique Zavalla-Charres, 34, of Winslow, Arizona, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Utica, New York, in connection with her convictions for mail fraud and aggravated identity theft in a case involving false federal income tax returns that resulted in the theft of over $400,000 from the IRS.

Three tax return preparers were indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in Richmond, Virginia, on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States and aiding and assisting in the preparation of false federal income tax returns, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente of the Eastern District of Virginia.

The owner of a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) installation and repair company from West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, was arraigned Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Boston on an indictment filed on July 23 charging him with one count of tax evasion, five counts of filing false federal income tax returns and four counts of failing to file tax returns, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.