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Federal Tipoffs Involving New Hampshire Newsletter for Sunday June 23, 2019 ( 3 items )  

'Fugitive Of The Week' Arrested in Rochester By U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force
CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Marshals Service issued the following news release: This afternoon, "Fugitive of the Week," Samantha Smith, 31, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force at an apartment complex on Indian Brook Circle in Rochester, NH. Ms. Smith was wanted on an arrest warrant issued out of the Rockingham County Superior Court in Brentwood, NH for failing to appear on charges of possession of cocaine and delivering of articles   more

Department of Labor Investigation Results in Maine Grocery Store Paying $92,055 in Back Wages and Damages to 69 Employees
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, June 19 -- The U.S. Department of Labor\'s Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), H.B. Provisions Inc. - a grocery store based in Kennebunk, Maine - has paid $92,055 in back wages and liquidated damages to 69 employees for violations of the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The employer has also paid $20,752 in civil money penalties. W  more

New Hampshire U.S. Attorney: Manchester Man Sentenced to 16 Months for Scheme to Defraud State of New Hampshire
CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, Scott W. Murray, issued the following news release: United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Imtiaz Shaikh, 46, of Manchester was sentenced on Monday to 16 months in prison for participating in a wire fraud scheme to defraud the State of New Hampshire out of tobacco excise tax revenue. According to court documents and statements made in court, Shaikh's scheme, which he executed between 2  more