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You are subscribed to National Security news updates. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Maryland Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud 12/04/2025 07:00 AM EST Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman sentenced Minh Phuong Ngoc Vong, 41, of Bowie, Maryland, today, to 15 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release — including six months of home confinement — for his role in a wire fraud scheme. Through the fraudulent scheme, Vong assisted foreign information technology (IT) workers in China, posing as U.S. citizens, with obtaining remote IT positions at more than a dozen U.S. companies.  Maryland Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud 12/04/2025 07:00 AM EST Minh Phuong Ngoc Vong, 40, of Bowie, Maryland, was sentenced today to 15 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a fraudulent scheme that assisted foreign information technology (IT) workers posing as U.S. citizens with obtaining remote IT positions at over a dozen U.S. companies.  'King' of Violent Haitian Gang Sentenced to Life in Prison for Hostage Taking of 16 American Christian Missionaries 12/03/2025 07:00 AM EST Joly Germine, 34, of Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to life in prison without the possibility of supervised release for his role in orchestrating the 2021 hostage taking of 16 American citizens, including five children, and holding most of them hostage for 62 days, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. The victims were part of a missionary organization, Christian Aid Ministries, and were on their way back from working at an orphanage when they were taken hostage in October 2021.  Albuquerque Man Sentenced for Threats Against President 12/03/2025 07:00 AM EST Tyler Leveque was sentenced to approximately 10 months imprisonment for using social media to issue violent threats against the President.

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