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A Canadian citizen has admitted to having possession of 90 pounds of a Schedule I controlled substance, typically used as a party drug, which he intended to further distribute. 

The United States Attorney’s Office has announced that a federal grand jury in Toledo has returned indictments charging two Mexican nationals with illegal reentry. Additionally, one defendant was charged with using fraudulent documents. 

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio has filed a civil complaint in forfeiture against cryptocurrency suspected of being fraudulently obtained as part of an investment scam. 

A Jamaican man has been sentenced to prison for his role in trafficking more than 150 pounds of a popular party drug.

The defendant had a previous conviction for drug trafficking.

A Warren, Ohio man has pleaded guilty to failing to report three years’ worth of business earnings to the IRS.

An Alexandria, Virginia woman has pleaded guilty to driving more than 300 miles across state lines after she arranged to meet a victim, whom she shot and killed at a national park in Northeast Ohio.  

A Venezuelan man residing in Perrysburg, Ohio, has been accused of lying on immigration forms and on applications to purchase a firearm. 

A Las Vegas man has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to four counts of wire fraud.

A corporation has agreed to resolve allegations that they knowingly provided false information to obtain Paycheck Protection Program loans and loan forgiveness. 

A Huron, Ohio, man has been sentenced to prison for creating fictitious payroll documents and forms to submit with federal business loan applications.

A Cleveland man has been sentenced to prison for stealing more than 120 checks from the mail stream while he was employed by the U.S. Postal Service.