Crime
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Former Cleveland city councilman faces charges for allegedly misusing over $200,000 from community stakeholders
Cleveland, Ohio – Basheer Jones, a former Cleveland city councilman who represented Ward 7, has been charged with two counts of…
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Cryptocurrency fraud leads to civil forfeiture case as victim loses life savings of $425,000
Elyria, Ohio – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio (USAO) has filed a civil forfeiture…
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New York man pleads guilty to laundering over $247,000 in stolen funds from Ohio-based company
Columbus, Ohio – A New York man, Aleksandr Bogomolny, 53, pleaded guilty in federal court in Columbus last week to multiple…
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Six charged in scheme to use stolen credit card data for illegal firearm purchases
Columbus, Ohio – A federal grand jury has indicted six individuals for conspiring to make false statements on federal firearms forms…
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Pennsylvania man receives 57-month prison term for over $600,000 fraud against Lucas County Auditor
Toledo, Ohio – Darren Barr, a 39-year-old resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 57 months in prison following…
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Fairfield man sentenced to 200 months in prison in drug conspiracy case
Fairfield, Ohio – Eric Jason Clark, a 42-year-old man from Fairfield, has been sentenced to 200 months in prison followed by…
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Federal indictment charges 15 members of an Ohio-based drug trafficking operation in a major fentanyl case
Cleveland, Ohio – In a major development aimed at tackling the fentanyl crisis in Ohio, a federal indictment has been unsealed,…
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Convicted felon from Hamilton enters a guilty plea for illegal firearms possession
Hamilton, Ohio – Justin Ervin, a 35-year-old man from Hamilton, has entered a guilty plea in U.S. District Court for…
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U.S. seeks forfeiture of $200,000 in stolen cryptocurrency linked to Ohio fraud case
Cleveland, Ohio – In a recent legal action, the United States government has filed a civil complaint seeking the forfeiture of…
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Toledo man sentenced to over three years for defrauding donors through fake charity
Toledo, Ohio – Sir Maejor Page, a 35-year-old man from Toledo, has been handed a 42-month prison term following his conviction…
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