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Sean Kingston Is Sentenced to 3½ Years in $1 Million Fraud Scheme

A Florida jury convicted the hip-hop artist and his mother in a federal fraud case that centered on luxury goods, which prosecutors said that Mr. Kingston did not pay for.

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The rapper Sean Kingston was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison on Friday for fraud scheme in which he used his celebrity status to obtain $1 million in high-end merchandise from sellers whom he never paid.
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Judge T.S. Ellis III, 85, Dies; Stirred Outcry Over Manafort Sentence

He imposed a 47-month prison term on Mr. Trump’s former campaign chairman, who was convicted of fraud. Sentencing guidelines recommended up to 24 years.

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Judge T.S. Ellis III in 2008. He was known for sparring with lawyers on both sides in a case, running brisk trials and sometimes going off on personal tangents.
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Minnesota Man Is Sentenced to 28 Years in Federal Food Aid Fraud

Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, 36, played a leading role in a scheme that stole more than $47 million from a program meant to feed children during the Covid-19 pandemic, prosecutors said.

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Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, who was sentenced this week, was co-owner of a business that stole funds from a program claiming to feed children.
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Owner of Funeral Home With Nearly 200 Decaying Bodies Admits to Fraud

Prosecutors say the couple who ran the funeral home cheated customers of cremation services and spent the money on vacations and jewelry.

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According to prosecutors, the Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colo., had been leaving bodies to decompose at the site for years.
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Denver Pastor and Wife Face Charges in ‘God-Inspired’ Cryptocurrency Scheme

The pastor, Eligio Regalado, and his wife, Kaitlyn Regalado, spent more than $1 million of investor funds on home renovations, plane tickets and au pair services, prosecutors said.
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For One Man, It Didn’t Take Much to Make an Embassy in India

For almost eight years, the police said, an Indian man hid a range of criminal activities behind fake diplomatic missions before finally being caught this week.

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A photograph released by the police in Uttar Pradesh, India, of a building on the outskirts of New Delhi. It may bear all the hallmarks of an embassy, but don’t be fooled. It’s a fake.
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