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Civilian At Camp LeJeune Pleads Guilty To Child Porn Charges

It’s a bad idea to download child pornography. It’s an even worse idea to download child porn at work. Possibly worst of all ideas is to download pornography while at

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Former BOA Bank Teller Embezzled $700k Over 15 Years

While she was out sick, a financial fraud scheme by a former bank teller for Bank of America was discovered by her manager. Over the course of 15 years Michele

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Tax Fraud Scheme Defrauds Taxpayers of More Than $5 Million

Two women recently pleaded guilty and another was indicted on federal tax fraud charges that involved a scheme to defraud the government of over $5 million through the filing of false tax

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Federal Fraud Conviction For Former Army Soldier

For a year and a half, Natosha Boyd requested reimbursement for travel expenses that exceeded her actual costs, totaling over $400,000 in fraudulent claims for payment. She was part of a

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3 Face Federal Charges For Counterfeiting Checks

Fake checks containing real account numbers paired with names other than the owners on the accounts were used to fraudulently obtain more than $100,000 according to the Stanly County Sheriff’s

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Malware Pretending To Be FBI ‘Fines’ Those Searching For Porn

It’s called Reveton ransomware. It’s a computer virus that is popping up on computers across the country after it ‘detects’ that you have been searching for child pornography or trying to download

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NC Marine Recruiter Accused Of Sex Crimes

Last year, approximately 12 instructors at an airbase in San Antonio were accused of sexually assaulting recruits in Texas. This year, a local Marine recruiter in the Charlotte suburbs is

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8th Amendment May Mean New Sentencing Hearing For Juveniles

The U.S. Supreme Court decided last year that the 8th Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment means that juvenile crimes cannot be punished by a life sentence with no chance of

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Facebook Says No To Sex Offenders, Twitter Remains Silent

Recently, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals held that it was unconstitutional to ban registered sex offenders from using social media. The law that the court considered was an Indiana

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Fugitive On Federal White Collar Crimes Caught In Salisbury

After he skipped his sentencing hearing last week, a federal judge in Charlotte issued a fugitive warrant for 52-year-old John Bridges. Bridges had entered into a plea deal related to federal

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