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01/27/2009
Press Releases
 
August 2008
Date Title
8/29/2008 District Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Violent Armed Sexual Assault –Serial rapist carjacked victim at gunpoint and sexually assault her multiple times--
8/28/2008 District man sentenced to 24 years in prison for the armed robbery and shooting of a downtown liquor store manager
8/26/2008 Maryland man pleads guilty in connection with theft of computers from law firm
8/26/2008 Former D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue employee pleads guilty to mail fraud --more than $180,000 embezzled through fraudulent income tax refund scheme--
8/26/2008 District Heights Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prision For Armed Robbery of Convenience Store --Defendant and two others robbed clerk and owner at gunpoint --
8/26/2008 District Woman Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Serial Theft and Forgery of Over $40,000 --Defendant stole from 88-year old woman following death of victim’s husband --
8/22/2008 Two Brooklyn, New York men sentenced in Georgetown jewelry store robbery --Jewelry store owner shot at close range in the stomach during the robbery--
8/22/2008 Convicted felon sentenced to 12 years in prison for soliciting murder of his former boyfriend --Defendant took out $500,000 in accidental death and life insurance policies on the intended victim--
8/21/2008 Former federal employee sentenced to 5 years in prison for transporting and possessing child pornography
8/19/2008 District Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for
Brutal Stranger Rape --Defendant raped woman while she held onto her 1-year-old child --
8/15/2008 Former employee of group home is convicted and sentenced for criminal negligence
8/15/2008 District man sentenced to 207 months in prison after pleading guilty to second degree murder and armed robbery -- While robbing participants of dice game, two cousins fatally shoot man and wound another --
8/15/2008 Virginia man sentenced to 22 years in prison on weapons and explosives charges following arrest on Capitol Hill
8/14/2008 Former Department of Motor Vehicle Employee sentenced to 18 months in prison for role in driver’s license bribery scheme --defendant given lighter sentence for cooperating with law enforcement--
8/13/2008 Ninth Defendant in D.C. Property Tax Refund Fraud Scheme Pleads Guilty – Real estate agent and graphics designer participated in theft and laundering of over $600,000 from fraudulently obtained property tax refund checks; used graphics design skills to assist with cover-up of fraud scheme; conspired with OTR employees to commit mortgage fraud –
8/12/2008 Lanham, Maryland woman sentenced to 24 months in prison for her role in DMV driver’s license bribery scheme --defendant bribed DMV employee who in turn issued facially valid, but fraudulently obtained D.C. driver’s licenses to foreign nationals--
8/11/2008 Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Using a Recording Device to Illegally Record Motion Pictures in a District of Columbia Theater
8/5/2008 Two leaders of major PCP drug-trafficking organization sentenced to life imprisonment; third member sentenced to 20 years
8/5/2008 United States files civil forfeiture compliant against proceeds of alleged massive internet-based wire fraud scheme --Approximately $53 million and two homes seized--
8/5/2008 Two OTR Employees Plead Guilty to Mortgage Fraud
8/5/2008 Maryland man given 16-year prison sentence for sexual exploitation of teenage girl
8/5/2008 United States Reaches Settlement with the District of Columbia to Settle Allegations Regarding Fraudulent Medicare Claims Submitted by St. Elizabeths Hospital
8/1/2008 Maryland woman pleads guilty to stealing close to $200,000 from her former employer
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