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A registered nurse from Southgate and a Detroit man were charged Wednesday in federal court, accused of selling fraudulent COVID-19 vaccine cards.

Car salesman accused in wire fraud scheme FCA allegedly lost nearly $9 million in revenue Apollon Nimo has been charged in a wire fraud scheme involving the trafficking of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Employee Purchase Control Numbers. Nimo worked at the Parkway Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Clinton Township. Photo by Patricia O’Blenes Advertisement MACOMB TOWNSHIP — A Macomb Township car salesman is facing federal charges in a case dating back a few years. An April 30 press release from the United States Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Michigan states that 34-year-old Apollon Nimo ha...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI--   U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced that Duane Richard Forrest, age 48, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, was sentenced to a total of 50 years for photographing and videotaping his sexual exploitation of two boys in their early teens. He was also ordered to pay $10,200 in special assessments. “The trauma of sexual abuse can last decades, even a lifetime,” said Birge. “Mr. Forrest’s sentence reflects the seriousness of his crimes and the enduring harm caused when offenders record and preserve their abhorrent exploitation of minors in visual media. Thanks to a partn...

Homeland Security on alert for COVID vaccine scams: Here are red flags to watch for ‘We have a team of agents scouring the dark web’ Tags:  DETROIT – The COVID-19 vaccine is being administered all across the country. It’s been a busy time for Homeland Security as they work to stop foreign agents, as well as local scammers, from targeting victims with a COVID-19 vaccine scam. Even before the first trucks started rolling out with the COVID-19 vaccine last week, special agents from Detroit’s Homeland Security office were already at work. Vance Callender is the Special Agent in Charge ...

Special to The Daily Jeffersonian COLUMBUS — The Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission seized more than $29 million in illegal drugs resulting in 200 criminal charges and the indictment of 102 people in 2020. The OOCIC total included the Licking, Muskingum and Guernsey Major Drug Interdiction Task Force that seized 24 pounds of cocaine and 45 pounds of methamphetamine with an estimated $3,397,816 street value. A single traffic stop netted more than 40 pounds of methamphetamine and three handguns. The task force also seized 12 firearms and $95,230 in cash. In all, 19 people were ind...