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Tipoffs for Albuquerque, New Mexico (Federal Agencies) Newsletter for Wednesday February 14, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Ill. U.S. Attorney: Chinese Nationals Sentenced for Trafficking Counterfeit Gift Cards to Belleville
EAST ST. LOUIS, Illinois, Feb. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois issued the following news release: A U.S. District judge sentenced two Chinese nationals to more than 12 months imprisonment for their involvement in a gift card scheme directed at Target shoppers across the Midwest. Hongying Wang, 53, and Guangwei Gao, 38, pleaded guilty to one felony count of using and trafficking in a counterfeit access device. The pair have been incarcerated since Ja  more

N.M. U.S. Attorney: Two Men Sentenced to Prison for Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises at Motel in Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Feb. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Towanda R. Thorne-James, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration El Paso Division, announced today that Pragneshkumar Patel and Johnathan Craft were sentenced to 30 and 70 months in prison, respectively, for their part in running a drug-invo  more

Sandia National Laboratories: Bruised and Bleeding - New Materials Show Where They're Hurt
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Feb. 14 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: * * * Color-changing materials could safeguard nuclear, other valuable material * * * Every over-the-counter medication bottle sports a protective seal, usually a plastic wrap or foam layer, or both. These seals offer signs of tampering attempts. In a parallel concern, the International Atomic Energy Agency relies on tamper-indicating d  more