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October 8, 2012

Marine Targeted Other Marines in Fraud Scheme

Marine Targeted Other Marines in Fraud Scheme

On October 4, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida announced that Jobson Cenor or North Miami pled guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.  Cenor is a U.S. Marine, and he pled guilty in front of U.S. District Judge Robert N. Scola.   According to court ...

October 8, 2012

Ohio Residents Warned of Malicious Malware

Ohio Residents Warned of Malicious Malware

On October 4, 2012, Todd Lindgren, a Public Affairs Specialist, made a special announcement to all residents in central and southern Ohio.  The announcement was made because residents in the central and southern parts of the state are still reporting that their computers are becoming infected by a virus called the Reveton ransomware ...

October 8, 2012

American Indian and Alaska Native Students Receive $2M

American Indian and Alaska Native Students Receive $2M

On October 5, 2012, the Department of Education announced that four competitive grants were awarded to tribal education agencies (TEAs).  The grants were issued under the State Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) program, and the four grants equal about $2 million collectively.   The U.S. Department of Education announced ...

October 8, 2012

Grants to Protect Women/Children from Mercury

Grants to Protect Women/Children from Mercury

On October 4, 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that two grants totaling about $1.6 million will go to projects that aim to protect women and children from mercury by eating fish from the Great Lakes.  The funding will mainly go to health screening improvements and fish consumption advisory.   EPA Regional ...

October 8, 2012

PA Man Gets 44 Months for Counterfeit Goods

PA Man Gets 44 Months for Counterfeit Goods

On October 3, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that Yi Ping Zheng of Philadelphia was sentenced to 44 months in prison after a judge found him guilty of trafficking counterfeit goods.  In addition, Zheng is also ordered to pay a $2,500 fine and complete three years of supervised release.  The investigation was ...

October 8, 2012

NM Landlord Discriminated Against Disabled Tenant

NM Landlord Discriminated Against Disabled Tenant

On October 2, 2012, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) stated a New Mexico landlord in Albuquerque is being charged for violating the Fair Housing Act.  The charges result from the landlord refusing to let the disabled tenant make modifications to the rental property in order to use a wheelchair.   The ...

October 8, 2012

Census Shows Steady Increase in Home-Based Workers

Census Shows Steady Increase in Home-Based Workers

On October 4, 2012, the United States Census Bureau announced that 4.2 million more people worked at home in 2010 than in 2000.  The results were published in the Home-Based Workers in the United States: 2010, a combined analysis that pulls collects results from the Survey of Income and Program Participation and the American Community ...

October 4, 2012

Medicare Fraud Force Nets 91 Different Defendants

Medicare Fraud Force Nets 91 Different Defendants

  On October 4, 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice that the Medicare Fraud Strike Force has launched a monumental sweep across seven different cities that has already resulted in 91 individuals being charged for Medicare fraud schemes that equal roughly $429.2 million in false billings.  Those arrested include doctors, nurses ...

October 4, 2012

Epic Sweep Results in Combined Sentence of 142 Years

Epic Sweep Results in Combined Sentence of 142 Years

  On October 4, 2012, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced that the Greeley Regional Anti-Gang Enforcement (RAGE) Task Force investigated, prosecuted, and sentenced 30 defendants for crimes involving drugs and guns.  The Task Force worked with the Greeley Police Department and the FBI during ...

October 4, 2012

TSA Officer Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Drugs

TSA Officer Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Drugs

  On October 4, the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced that an ex-TSA officer, Timothy G. Gregory, pleaded guilty to “conspiring and attempting to smuggle cocaine through Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.” The announcement was made by United States Attorney Sally Quillian ...

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