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Lake Ethan Roberts, 26, Kansas City, Mo., entered a plea of guilty to one count of possession of unregistered destructive devices https://t.co/J89gzCntqd
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Kevin Harkins, 28, Barnhart, Mo. pleaded guilty to destroying property at a Telsa dealership in Kansas City, Mo. and to unlawfully possessing an unregistered destructive device https://t.co/RW60jN55bf @FBIKansasCity @ATFKansasCity @kcpolice

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Trung Nguyen Van, 37, a Vietnamese national, was charged for his role in defrauding a victim out of millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency in a wire fraud “pig butchering” scam https://t.co/wztr6zlQOd @FBIKansasCity

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Jose Manuel Lopez-Maderos, 40, a Guatemalan national illegally living in the Kansas City, Mo. area, was sentenced to seven months in federal prison for violating immigration laws. https://t.co/hMXeieBeCy
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Alverez O. McCullough, 30, of Kansas City, Mo., was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. https://t.co/wcvkuKWCXY @DEASTLOUISDiv @kcpolice

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Derrick Crumble, 34, of Jefferson City, Mo., was sentenced in federal court for being a felon in possession of a firearm. https://t.co/AHpq0B6wAW
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Jayden Lamar Wright, 21, of Springfield, Mo., was sentenced in federal court yesterday for being an unlawful user of a controlled substance while in possession of firearms. https://t.co/rEs4BoZwaZ
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Andrew Reed, 23, of Joplin, Mo., was sentenced in federal court for his illegal possession of a firearm recovered following a shooting.
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U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, R. Matthew Price, sat down with Fox Digital recently to discuss WDMO's role in prosecuting fraud at the federal and state level. He discussed a new state-wide fraud takedown initiative, Show-Me the Money. This comes on the heels of last week's announcement of Operation No Doze -- a COVID-era loan takedown targeting $245 Million in COVID loan fraud nationwide. The initiative launched in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Alyshia Smith, 33, of Kansas City, and Michelle Green, 36, of Grandview, Mo., have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their receipt of fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans issued under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. https://t.co/wp3IPwM8Rh
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Van Calvin Callahan, Jr., 46, of Kansas City, Kan., was found guilty by a federal judge of carjacking and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence on Sep. 14, 2026. https://t.co/7xy4Q3xXb0 @FBIKansasCity @kcpolice @KCKPolice

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Amador Salinas-Rodriguez, 47, an illegal alien, was found guilty by a federal jury for illegally reentering the United States after having been previously removed from the United States. https://t.co/nOhs5l8Vxh
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U.S. Attorney Matt Price explains Kansas City’s role in Vice President’s fraud crackdown announcements (LISTEN) https://t.co/j37alr7pKG

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Gregory Porter, 57, of Mountain View, Mo., was indicted by a federal grand jury with illegally possessing 34 firearms and more than 150 grams of methamphetamine. https://t.co/RQAFQjUS1v
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John P. Weaver, 44, of Licking, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday for the sexual exploitation of a minor as well as illegally possessing methamphetamine and firearms. @ATFKansasCity @FBIKansasCity @SGFPolice https://t.co/r8xVtMIXJe

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James Lyon, 80, of Independence, Mo., who defrauded the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) by claiming false combat service and medals, pleaded guilty in federal court.
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri Joins DOJ’s Fraud Division, SBA and SBA OIG in COVID-Era Loan Takedown Targeting $245 Million in COVID Loan Fraud Nationwide.

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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri has filed charges, secured pleas and sentences, and obtained civil judgments against 15 defendants, involving more than $60 million in actual or intended losses, with restitution nearing $800,000, as part of a nationwide enforcement action led by the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, the Small Business Administration (SBA), and the SBA Office of Inspector General (SBA-OIG), targeting fraud in the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The Western District of Missouri was a key participant in this surge. https://t.co/uQO6lfkSgd