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Tiffanie Foster, 48, Kansas City, Mo., charged with two counts of wire fraud for fraudulently receiving pandemic funds in the form of a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan and unemployment benefits. 

Kayellen Faye Inskip, 47, Strafford, Mo., sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for making over $295,000 of fraudulent charges using a company credit card from her employer.

Talib Bwana Muhammad, 27,  Kansas City, Mo., sentenced to 210 months imprisonment in federal prison for engaging in illicit sex to produce child pornography with a 13-year-old minor victim.

Andres G. Angel-Martinez, 25, Mexican national has pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the United States after having been previously removed and Victor Hugo Vasquez-Perez, a Guatemalan national has pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of a fraudulent Permanent Resident card.

Jorge Alejandro Esparza-Lopez, 41, a Mexican National illegally residing in Kansas City, Mo., was sentenced to a year in federal prison for Illegal Re-entry by an Alien Previously Removed.

Marcellus W. Anderson, 31, and Tyra K. M. McGee, 37, (Kansas City, Mo.) who sold drugs to an undercover agent have been indicted by a federal grand jury.  Anderson was also indicted on firearm charges.

A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.

A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute and for knowingly being a felon in possession of a firearm.

A Kansas City, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for her leadership role in two cases that resulted in more than $900,000 in fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans being issued under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for using a straw purchaser to illegally acquire firearms.

Nicholas Michael Kloster, 32, Kansas City, Mo., has pleaded guilty for hacking into the computer system at an area nonprofit.

James Edward Hughes, 30, Columbia, Mo., was sentenced to 127 months in federal prison for possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.