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Federal Tipoffs Involving Virginia Newsletter for Tuesday March 11, 2025 ( 4 items )  

BLS - Mid-Atlantic Region Issues Report Entitled 'Fatal Work Injuries in West Virginia - 2023'
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report entitled "Fatal Work Injuries in West Virginia - 2023": * * * Fatal work injuries totaled 58 in 2023 for West Virginia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that the number of work-related fatalities in West Virginia was up from the previous year. (See char  more

Charleston Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on March 10, 2025: * * * Charleston Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Jason Lorel Minter, 43, of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine and 40 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing   more

ICE investigation leads to extradition, racketeering charge for international MS-13 gang leader
WASHINGTON, March 10 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE investigation leads to extradition, racketeering charge for international MS-13 gang leader WASHINGTON - An investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; the Virginia State Police; and the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department led to racketeering conspiracy charges and the subsequent extradition of a high-ranking l  more

Morgantown Business Owner Sentenced for Federal Broadband Funding Fraud
CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, March 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on March 10, 2025: * * * Morgantown Business Owner Sentenced for Federal Broadband Funding Fraud CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Timothy Chad Henson, the owner of Clearfiber, Inc., an internet service provider in Monongalia County, was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for money laundering. According to court documents and statements mad  more