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Indigenous healing lodges face chronic underfunding across Canada, critics say: The Waseskun Healing Centre in Saint-Alphonse-Rodrigues, Quebec is among 10 ...
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Indigenous healing lodges face chronic underfunding across Canada ...
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Ippei Mizuhara Surrenders to Authorities in Los Angeles: Mizuhara turned himself in to law enforcement.
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Ippei Mizuhara Surrenders to Authorities in Los Angeles
Quick Glance: Ippei Mizuhara Remains Free Despite Bank Fraud Charges on $25,000 Bond
  • Former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani from the Los Angeles Dodgers surrendered to authorities and later appeared before the U.S. District Court.

  • Ippei Mizuhara turned himself in on Friday and was subsequently released on an unsecured $25,000 bond, commonly referred to as a signature bond. This arrangement allowed Mizuhara to secure his release without needing to provide any cash or collateral.

  • United States Magistrate Judge Maria A. Audero also stipulated that Mizuhara must undergo treatment for his gambling addiction related to the sports betting scandal. Prosecutors alleged that he exploited his personal and professional connection with Ohtani to steal over $16 million from the player's bank account by occasionally posing as Ohtani to bankers to cover his gambling expenses.

  • On Friday, Mizuhara only responded to the judge's inquiries by answering 'yes' when Audero asked him if he comprehended various aspects of the case and his bond conditions.
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Donald Finley, owner of Bayville Adventure Park, sentenced to 2 years in prison for $3.2M COVID-19 loan fraud
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Donald Finley, owner of Bayville Adventure Park, sentenced to 2 years in ...
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Los Angeles woman pleads guilty to federal charges involving COVID relief fraud: Prosecutors said Hynes submitted more than 80 bogus applications for Paycheck ...
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Los Angeles woman pleads guilty to federal charges involving COVID relief ...
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Former Marine reservist sentenced for selling fake COVID vaccination cards: Prosecutors said Jia Liu, 28, partnered with fellow admitted scammer Steven Rodriguez ...
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Former Marine reservist sentenced for selling fake COVID vaccination cards
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Former MTA worker, court officer get 18 months for $770K COVID loan fraud: Arthur Cornwall, 43, a former MTA signal maintainer, and Sean Williams, 42 ...
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Former MTA worker, court officer get 18 months for $770K COVID loan fraud
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DOJ watchdog finds 187 inmate suicides in federal prisons over 8-year period: The watchdog's reporting comes in the wake of several high-profile deaths in ...
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DOJ watchdog finds 187 inmate suicides in federal prisons over 8-year ...
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Laurel man sentenced to federal prison after $1.6 million pandemic scheme: A Prince George’s County man was sentenced to federal prison in connection with a ...
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Laurel man sentenced to federal prison after $1.6 million pandemic scheme
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D-FW health care providers indicted for illegal drug distribution: A group of North Texas health care providers has been indicted for federal drug distribution ...
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D-FW health care providers indicted for illegal drug distribution
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Kentucky doctor sentenced for improper prescribing, ‘exceptionally high dosages’: KY doctor convicted of federal charges on illegal pain pill prescriptions ...
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Kentucky doctor sentenced for improper prescribing, ‘exceptionally high ...
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Mapped: U.S. prison population rises for first time in nearly 10 years: The latest findings mark "the first increase in the combined state and federal ...
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Mapped: U.S. prison population rises for first time in nearly 10 years
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Elderly mafia boss, 86, gets short sentence in union shakedown due to age: Benjamin "The Claw" Castellazzo, the underboss of the Colombo crime family ...
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Elderly mafia boss, 86, gets short sentence in union shakedown due to age
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‘Basketball Wives’ star’s ex-fiancé is now facing fraud charges, too: Lorenzo Gordon faces charges of wire fraud and theft after lying on COVID-19 business ...
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‘Basketball Wives’ star’s ex-fiancé is now facing fraud charges, too
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Lawmakers push for federal prison oversight after reports of inadequate medical care
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Proud Boy from Long Island should face more prison time for role in Capitol riot, disappearance, prosecutors say
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Proud Boy from Long Island should face more prison time for role in ...
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Houston UMMC hospital to pay more than $2M for alleged overbilling: UMMC provided rare media access during the public health crisis, making the relatively ...
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Houston UMMC hospital to pay more than $2M for alleged overbilling
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COVID-19 fraudster used stolen relief aid to purchase a private island in Florida
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Quick Glance: Convicted Fraudster Purchases Private Island
  • Sentenced to five and a half years for stealing nearly $8 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds

  • Nearly 10% of the $4.3 trillion in relief funds to mitigate economic devastation stolen

  • Nearly 3,200 defendants charged with COVID-19 relief fraud, according to U.S. Justice Department

  • Approximately $1.4 billion in stolen pandemic aid has been seized
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Two Men Running to Stay Out of Prison: Bad things happen when political candidates fear personal consequences of an electoral loss.
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Two Men Running to Stay Out of Prison
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It sounds fishy, but SBF really IS trading mackerel in prison: Report: Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has gone from trading crypto to trading fish while in ...
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It sounds fishy, but SBF really IS trading mackerel in prison: Report
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Charged with faking injections, distributing opioids, 2 Dallas docs face up to 70 years
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Charged with faking injections, distributing opioids, 2 Dallas docs face ...
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Ex-Florida lawmaker behind "Don't Say Gay" bill sentenced to prison for COVID relief fraud
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Ex-Florida lawmaker behind
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Ex-Florida lawmaker gets 4 months in prison for defrauding Covid relief program: A former Florida state lawmaker who acquired more than $150,000 in Small ...
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Ex-Florida lawmaker gets 4 months in prison for defrauding Covid relief ...
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See a sweetheart of a private island bought with stolen COVID funds: Patrick Parker Walsh is serving five and half years for stealing nearly $8 million in ...
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See a sweetheart of a private island bought with stolen COVID funds
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A women's prison in Mexico plagued by food poisoning and poor medical care has now been hit by a wave of eight suicides in the last four and a half months ... Show more   jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20231109/eight-suicides-womens-prison-mexico-plagued-food-poisoning-and-bad-care   #GLNRToday
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Missouri man’s letters keep landing him in federal prison. He’s still writing.: Richard Russell has been in federal prison for the better part of two decades ...
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Missouri man’s letters keep landing him in federal prison ...
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Florida family sentenced to federal prison for selling 'dangerous,' fake COVID-19 cure: DOJ
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Florida family sentenced to federal prison for selling 'dangerous ...
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Baltimore man sentenced to prison for fraud related to pandemic relief funds: A Baltimore man was sentenced to two years in federal prison for fraudulently ...
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Baltimore man sentenced to prison for fraud related to pandemic relief ...
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What happened to the head of a $36 million Miami fraud involving AT&T, JetBlue employees
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Mohamed Kazkaz, businessman in scheme blamed for pushing Big Boy to brink, sent to prison
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Mohamed Kazkaz, businessman in scheme blamed for pushing Big Boy to brink ...
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Ex-Oregon prison nurse convicted of sexually assaulting female inmates gets 30 years in prison
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Ex-Oregon prison nurse convicted of sexually assaulting female inmates ...
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Former Baltimore Gun Trace Task Force detective Daniel Hersl has terminal cancer, seeks release from federal prison
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Former Baltimore Gun Trace Task Force detective Daniel Hersl has terminal ...
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Class-action settlement aims to help Michigan prisoners keep more of their teeth: Prisoners will be properly screened for gum disease upon intake and be eligible ...
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Class-action settlement aims to help Michigan prisoners keep more of their ...
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Fraudster freed from prison by Trump faces prosecution under Biden: Philip Esformes, who was convicted of leading one of the largest-ever health-care frauds ...
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Fraudster freed from prison by Trump faces prosecution under Biden
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Leaders of online church who sold bleach as COVID cure to thousands sentenced to federal prison
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Leaders of online church who sold bleach as COVID cure to thousands ...
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‘Whitey’ Bulger’s former FBI handler is healthier two years after compassionate release from prison
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‘Whitey’ Bulger’s former FBI handler is healthier two years after ...
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Some Canadian prisons now have clinics where inmates can freely use smuggled drugs
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Some Canadian prisons now have clinics where inmates can freely use ...
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She went to Texas prison for treatment. Instead, abuse contributed to her suicide, women say
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She went to Texas prison for treatment. Instead, abuse contributed to her ...
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Dealer who supplied fentanlyl-laced heroin to ‘Wire’ actor Michael K. Williams sentenced to 10 years in federal prison
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Quick Glance: Dealer receives 10-year prison sentence for actor Michael K. Williams' death
  • A New York City drug dealer was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday for providing fentanyl-laced heroin to actor Michael K. Williams, resulting in his death.

  • Cartagena admitted guilt in April for conspiring to distribute drugs.

  • Williams suffered an overdose in his Brooklyn penthouse apartment in September 2021.

  • Cartagena faced a mandatory minimum of five years in prison and could have received up to 40 years behind bars.
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Miami-Dade Corrections sergeant faces prison time for COVID-19 loan fraud: Miami-Dade Corrections sergeant Arashio Harris faces 20 years in federal prison after ...
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Miami-Dade Corrections sergeant faces prison time for COVID-19 loan fraud
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Former Joel Greenberg associate gets prison term for COVID-19 loan fraud: A former associate of Joel Greenberg was given six years in prison for taking part in a ...
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Former Joel Greenberg associate gets prison term for COVID-19 loan fraud
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Gambrills doctor convicted of health care fraud after COVID-19 test scheme: Dr. Ron Elfenbein, who operated an urgent care facility headquartered in Gambrills ...
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Gambrills doctor convicted of health care fraud after COVID-19 test scheme
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NASA employee used COVID relief funds to grow weed, pay off debt : A NASA employee received a total of $151,900 in COVID-related relief loans before using the ...
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NASA employee used COVID relief funds to grow weed, pay off debt
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A terminally ill federal inmate wants to be released so he can die outside of prison. He's been refused, so he's applying for MAID
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A terminally ill federal inmate wants to be released so he can die outside ...
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A terminally ill federal inmate wants to be released so he can die outside of prison. He's been refused, so he's applying for MAID
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A terminally ill federal inmate wants to be released so he can die outside ...
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Tampa man gets 18 years in prison in terrorism case that involved spy planes: Muhammed AlAzhari pleaded guilty in February to attempting to provide material ...
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Tampa man gets 18 years in prison in terrorism case that involved spy ...
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Winnetka business owner convicted for price gouging N95 masks during early days of the pandemic
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Winnetka business owner convicted for price gouging N95 masks during early ...
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Will we ever know the depth of pandemic fraud? | Editorial: An AP report says $420 billion in pandemic relief funds were misused, including millions in Florida.
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Will we ever know the depth of pandemic fraud? | Editorial
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Winnipeg man says he wanted federal prison sentence because of better addiction supports
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Winnipeg man says he wanted federal prison sentence because of better ...
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Mystery letter Epstein sent from prison: Days before Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide, the wealthy paedophile sat crouched in a corner of his Manhattan jail cell ...
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Mystery letter Epstein sent from prison
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The federal prison service says it will have a second look at its decision to move convicted killer Paul Bernardo to a medium-security facility as political ... Show more   www.ctvnews.ca/
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Alleged San Jose Norteño sentenced to 7 years for meth trafficking: Ramiro Velasco Jr., aka "Rome," wrote a letter to the judge who sentenced him to ...
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Alleged San Jose Norteño sentenced to 7 years for meth trafficking
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Man caused fatal overdose by selling fentanyl instead of cocaine. He’s going to prison.
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Man caused fatal overdose by selling fentanyl instead of cocaine ...
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White people were kept out of prison during COVID. Blacks, Latinos were left behind bars.
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White people were kept out of prison during COVID. Blacks ...
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Former Kansas legislator sentenced to federal prison for COVID fraud: Former Kansas legislator and Wichita businessman sentenced on multiple felony counts ...
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Former Kansas legislator sentenced to federal prison for COVID fraud
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U.S. attorney seeks prison time for former Kansas lawmaker convicted of COVID fraud
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U.S. attorney seeks prison time for former Kansas lawmaker convicted of ...
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Fraud and failed stock bets: Feds allege doc bilked COVID program for $150M: The federal government’s latest COVID-19 fraud roundup levied criminal charges ...
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Fraud and failed stock bets: Feds allege doc bilked COVID program for ...
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Detroit man pleads guilty in pandemic unemployment insurance fraud scheme: Terrell Heard faces up to 20 years in prison when sentenced in August.
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Detroit man pleads guilty in pandemic unemployment insurance fraud scheme
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Former Denver Health paramedic sentenced to 3 years in federal prison for tampering with fentanyl
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Former Denver Health paramedic sentenced to 3 years in federal prison for ...
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Former 1-800 Get-Thin doctor gets 7-year sentence for fraud : 1-800 GET THIN doctor promised patients weight loss but it was a fraud scheme ...
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Former 1-800 Get-Thin doctor gets 7-year sentence for fraud
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Ex-Californian sentenced for child mutilation-sex scheme: A former Southern California man who convinced troubled girls as young as 12 to perform masochistic ...
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Ex-Californian sentenced for child mutilation-sex scheme
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Tekashi 6x9ine hospitalized after being severely beaten in gym attack: Tekashi 6ix9ine has been hospitalized after being attacked in the gym.
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Tekashi 6x9ine hospitalized after being severely beaten in gym attack
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Tekashi 6x9ine hospitalized after being severely beaten in gym attack: Tekashi 6ix9ine has been hospitalized after being attacked in the gym.
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Tekashi 6x9ine hospitalized after being severely beaten in gym attack
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IRS-Criminal Investigations Report Reveals Covid Fraud Costs Taxpayers Billions: IRS Criminal Investigation reports that it has investigated 975 tax and money ...
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IRS-Criminal Investigations Report Reveals Covid Fraud Costs Taxpayers ...
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As a result of the IRS-CI investigations, 458 individuals have been indicted for their alleged Covid fraud-related crimes ... Show more   https://trib.al/pos8qWV

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Michigan unemployment worker admits she stole $300K in COVID-19 aid: Michigan unemployment contractor is facing up to 20 years in federal prison after admitting ...
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Michigan unemployment worker admits she stole $300K in COVID-19 aid