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Federal Tipoffs Involving Virginia Newsletter for Friday August 30, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Department of Labor Completed Impact Inspections at 16 Mines With Histories of Repeated Safety, Health Violations in July 2024
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2024: * * * Result in 70 significant and substantial violations, 11 unwarrantable failure findings * * * The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration completed impact inspections at 16 mines in 10 states in July 2024, issuing 239 violations and one safeguard. The agency began conducting impact inspections after  more

Va. U.S. Attorney: Automated Trading Bots Scheme Results in Millions of Dollars, Teslas, Rolexes, and Federal Wire Fraud Convictions
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2024: A Great Falls man pled guilty on July 23 to wire fraud and a Florida man was sentenced yesterday for his role in the wire fraud conspiracy. According to court documents, Rick Tariq Rahim, 56, defrauded customers who wanted to invest using Rahim's automated trading bots, some of which traded forex, and by "copying" Rahim's supposed trading act  more

Va. U.S. Attorney: Five Gang Members Plead Guilty in Murder Near Yorktown
NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, Aug. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release: Five members of the Black P. Stone Nation gang pled guilty to federal charges relating to an abduction of the victim in Richmond and her ultimate murder in York County. According to court documents, in the early morning hours of May 6, 2023, Hezekiah Carney, 25, of Norfolk, Jamica Langley, 25, of Richmond, Donnisha Goodman, 27, of Portsmouth, and Acacia Jac  more

Va. U.S. Attorney: Virginia Man Indicted for Making Threats Against Public Officials
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Aug. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2024: A federal grand jury in Charlottesville returned an indictment yesterday charging a Winchester, Virginia man with making online threats to kill, kidnap, or injure Vice President Kamala Harris and Former President Barrack Obama. According to court documents, Frank Lucio Carillo, 66, is charged with 14 counts--five counts of making threats  more