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Fourth Person Pleads Guilty to Illegally Accessing Confidential Passport Files

A fourth individual pleaded guilty today to illegally accessing numerous confidential passport application files. William A. Celey, 27, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah A. Robinson in the District of Columbia to a one-count criminal information charging him with unauthorized computer access. According to court documents, from August 2003 through July 2004, [...]

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U.S. Court in Seattle Permanently Shuts Down Washington, D.C., Tax Preparer

A federal judge in Seattle, Wash., has permanently barred a District of Columbia man, William H. Camp, Jr., from preparing tax returns for others and from promoting a scheme involving bogus gold mining tax deductions, the Justice Department announced today. The permanent injunction order was entered by Judge Ricardo S. Martinez of the U.S. District [...]

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