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Retired University of Tennessee professor Dr. J. Reece Roth was convicted of conspiracy to violate the Arms Export Control Act together with fifteen separate illegal exports of military technical information relating to plasma technology designed to be deployed on the wings of drones operating as a weapons or surveillance systems.
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Kenneth Barnes, of Erie, Pennsylvania pled guilty to charges related to his involvement in a bank robbery scheme in which a pizza deliveryman, acting as an unwilling participant, robbed a bank while wearing a bomb around his neck. The bomb later detonated, killing the robber.
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Matthew Bradley DePalma, of Flint, Michigan, was charged with illegally possessing Molotov cocktails, which he allegedly intended to use at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman, was indicted in Manhattan on charges related to her attempted murder and assault of United States nationals and officers and employees in Afghanistan.
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James Galante, of New Fairfield, Connecticut, was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for his leadership of an extensive racketeering enterprise uncovered after a long-term investigation into the waste-hauling industry in Connecticut and eastern New York.
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The FBI is seeking public assistance in identifying the man known as the "Boonie Hat Bandit," who is believed responsible for the robberies of at least 11 banks in the St. Louis, Missouri area. A reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information leading to his arrest and conviction.
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Former lobbyist Jack A. Abramoff was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay more than $23 million in restitution to victims based on his guilty plea to conspiracy, honest services fraud, and tax evasion charges.
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A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C. returned a superseding indictment against Terry Hall, of Rex, Georgia, a civilian contractor, for allegedly paying bribes to Army contracting officials at Camp Arifjan, an Army base in Kuwait, and for committing honest services fraud in connection with the same conduct.
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The FBI and its partners announced that the reward for information leading to the arrest of James J. "Whitey" Bulger has been increased from $1 million to $2 million, and that a new Top Ten wanted posted of Bulger featuring age enhanced photographs has been issued. Bulger has been a fugitive since his disappearance in 1995.
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Dr. Michael D. Kim, of Houston, Texas, was convicted of conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program and 17 counts of health care fraud in connection with his operation of a $29 million wheelchair fraud scheme.
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