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Police Officer Charged with His Brother in Alleged Tax Fraud

Brothers Jose Tirado, 38, and Victor Tirado, 36, both of Philadelphia, were charged by indictment, unsealed on Friday, in a tax fraud conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Jose Tirado, an officer in the 25th District of the...

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Former Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General Agent Admits Role in Records Falsification Scheme

A former special agent of the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General (DHS-OIG) pleaded guilty on Thursday in a Southern District of Texas federal court to participating in a scheme to falsify records and to obstruct an internal...

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Former Bank Employee Pleads Guilty to Armed Bank Robbery

Ansel Cruz, 30, a life-long resident of Laredo, has entered a guilty plea to one count of armed bank robbery of the Laredo Federal Credit Union where he was formerly employed, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced on Thursday.

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Owner of Detroit Adult Day Care Centers Pleads Guilty in Connection with Medicare Psychotherapy Fraud Scheme

The owner of several Detroit-area businesses that housed severely mentally disabled Medicare recipients pleaded guilty today for his role in a $13.2 million fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s...

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Brooklyn Resident from Albania Sentenced to 15 Years’ Imprisonment for Attempting to Support Terrorism

At the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn, New York, Agron Hasbajrami, an Albanian citizen and Brooklyn resident, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to terrorists....

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Former Murray County Sheriff’s Deputy Indicted for Obstructing Civil Rights Investigation

A former Murray County Sheriff’s deputy has been indicted by a federal grand jury for obstructing a pending civil rights investigation while he was still employed as a Sheriff’s deputy with Murray County. Joshua Lamar Greeson, 25, of Chatsworth,...

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Alabama Man Pleads Guilty to Stolen Identity Refund Fraud

Kenneth Jerome Blackmon Jr., a resident of Montgomery, Ala., pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated identity theft and access device fraud, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced Thursday.

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Georgia Men Plead Guilty to Bribing Official to Secure Government Contracts

Two men employed by a machine products vendor in Albany, Ga., have pleaded guilty to bribing a public official working for a military organization at the Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany (MCLB-Albany) to secure contracts for machine products,...

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