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CHARLOTTE, NC - With the deadline for filing income tax returns a week away, U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray and Matthew D. Line, Special Agent in Charge of the Charlotte Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigations Division, jointly announce recent tax fraud prosecutions and sentencings, and deliver a powerful warning to those who are thinking about breaking the law by committing tax crimes.

Western District of North Carolina Department of Justice - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, April 2, 2019

WASHINGTON – South Korean authorities extradited to the United States a Ukranian man in connection with allegations that he conducted an extensive money laundering and fraud campaign that targeted dozens of victims, including a corporation based in the Western District of North Carolina.

City of Asheville -- City of Asheville and Buncombe County Staff are working with a consultant to develop a roadmap to implement 100% renewable energy goals referenced in City Resolution 18-279 and Buncombe County Resolution 17-12-06

McDowell County Sheriff's Office NC News -- March 22, 2019 

Clay County -- March 22, 2019 The following press release has been issued by Clay County Sheriff's Office. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Haywood County  #47 out of 100 in North Carolina Counites Length of Life

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A Charlotte, North Carolina man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to access a protected computer, for his role in an international “Tech Support Scam” that defrauded hundreds of victims, including seniors, of more than $3 million.

WASHINGTON – El Hadji Toure, 30, formerly of Laurel, Md., was found guilty today of murder and other charges stemming from the March 2017 slaying of artist Corrina Mehiel, whose body was found in a rowhouse in Northeast Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).