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Federal Tipoffs Involving Virginia Newsletter for 2023-11-22 ( 8 items )  
Does TRICARE Open Season apply to me? (10)
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: FALLS CHURCH, Virginia - TRICARE Open Season is here. Now through Dec. 12, most people enrolled in or eligible for TRICARE Prime or TRICARE Select can make enrollment changes for next year. Open season doesn't apply to everyone who uses TRICARE. "Open season is for active duty family members and many retirees and their family memb more PR

ERO Washington, D.C. apprehends Guatemalan noncitizen convicted of crimes against Virginia minor (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Washington, D.C. arrested an undocumented noncitizen who was convicted of crimes against a Virginia minor. Deportation officers from ERO Washington D.C.'s Mobile Criminal Apprehension Team apprehended the 26-year-old Guatemalan national in Falls Church, Virginia, Nov. 6. "This Guatemalan noncitizen posed a significant  more PR

HSI Washington, D.C. investigation leads to Israeli national's guilty plea for immigration fraud, money laundering (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- An Israeli national pleaded guilty in a conspiracy to launder money and facilitate the illegal entry, harboring and transportation of noncitizens in the United States for the purpose of their employment following an investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Washington, D.C., the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern  more PR

Justice Dept.: Former Virginia Ambulance Service Owner Found Guilty of Tax Evasion, Filing False Returns and Obstructing IRS (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2023: A federal jury convicted a Virginia man today of evading the payment of employment taxes, filing false tax returns and obstructing the IRS. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, from January 2008 through December 2009, James C. Jones Jr., of Christiansburg, owned and operated Lifeline Ambulance Service Inc. and was responsible for paying to the IRS approximately $20 more PR

TSA Officers Prevent Virginia Man From Bringing Loaded Gun Onto Flight at Reagan National Airport (10)
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Nov. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: A Lynchburg, Va., man was stopped with a loaded handgun by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Sunday, Nov. 19. The 9mm gun was loaded with 10 bullets and was packed in a knapsack alongside a gun magazine loaded with additional ammunition. It was the 32nd gun that TSA officers at th more PR

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia: Virginia Man Found Guilty of Felony and Misdemeanor Charges Related to Jan. 6 Capitol Breach (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A Virginia man was found guilty in the District of Columbia today of felony and misdemeanor charges related to his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Jeremy Groseclose, 41, of Elliston, more PR

Va. U.S. Attorney: Recidivist Felon Sentenced for Fentanyl, Heroin and Firearm Possession (10)
RICHMOND, Virginia, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Jessica D. Aber, issued the following news release: A Midlothian man was sentenced today to 5 years in prison for possessing a fentanyl and heroin mixture in addition to unlawfully possessing a firearm. According to court documents, on July 20, 2023, Allen C. Clack, 43, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of a mixture containing both fentanyl and heroin and to possession more PR

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Kanawha County Man Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme (10)
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, Will Thompson, issued the following news release: Sean Patrick Boyd Jr., 26, of Dunbar, pleaded guilty today to receipt of stolen money. Boyd admitted to a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of $20,832 in COVID-19 relief loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). According to court doc more PR