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U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Derek Frank, 31, of Buffalo, New York, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana and money laundering conspiracy, was sentenced to 135 months in prison and five years’ supervised released by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.

A former employee of a credit union in Dickinson County has pleaded guilty to embezzling $85,000, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.

David M. Ketchmark, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that three Joplin, Missouri residents have pleaded guilty in federal court, in separate and unrelated cases, to fraudulently receiving federal disaster benefits following the May 22, 2011 tornado.

Thomas Tanke, 68, previously of El Dorado Hills, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Edward J. Garcia to five years and 10 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Judge Garcia ordered Tanke to pay $243,403 in restitution to the victims of his crimes. A federal jury in Sacramento found Tanke guilty in November 2011 of two counts of mail fraud and five counts of bank fraud for embezzling funds from his employer.

A citizen of India who fled the United States to avoid spending more than three years in prison following a federal immigration fraud conviction was extradited from India on Thursday to face the punishment for his crimes, announced District of New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman. The investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) led to the arrest and extradition.

The chief executive officer (CEO) of Axius Inc., a Nevada corporation, and a finance professional were indicted today on multiple charges for their alleged roles in a scheme to bribe stock brokers and manipulate the share price of Axius stock, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch for the Eastern District of New York.

Mordchai Fish, the principal rabbi of Congregation Sheves Achim in Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for conspiring to launder approximately $900,000 he believed was criminal proceeds, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

Two residents of Oxnard and a South Carolina man each pleaded guilty today to federal fraud charges, admitting that they participated in a $41 million investment scheme that victimized hundreds of investors across the United States.

Jorge Luis Sandoval, 31, of Pharr, Texas, has been convicted on a bribery charge for smuggling a cell phone into the East Hildago Detention Center, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.