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News Tipoffs - Nebraska Editors Newsletter for Wednesday February 21, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Neb. U.S. Attorney: Foreign National Pleads Guilty to Role in Cybercrime Schemes Involving Tens of Millions of Dollars in Losses
OMAHA, Nebraska, Feb. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov pleaded guilty on February 15, 2024, in federal court in Lincoln, Nebraska for his role in two separate and wide-ranging malware schemes involving tens of millions of dollars in losses. Penchukov was a leader of two prolific malware groups that infected thousands of computers   more

Neb. U.S. Attorney: Omaha Man Sentenced for Methamphetamine Conspiracy
OMAHA, Nebraska, Feb. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Orlando Brewer, 54, of Omaha, Nebraska was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for his involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Brewer to 120 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from p  more