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MS-13 Killers Ditched Target's Body In Maryland After Murder, Feds Say
Two MS-13 gangsters have been charged with murdering a Long Island teenager and sending another man to his death in Maryland, authorities said.
Edwin Chavez Garay, 25, and Jairo Diaz Gamez, 27, were arraigned Tuesday, Aug. 4 in Central Islip federal court, the Justice Department said.
The two men first killed Miguel Garcia Moran, a 15-year-old Brentwood High School student, on Feb. 19, 2016, according to investigators. Garcia Moran exchanged a series of text messages with a man identified as “Alexander” about smoking weed in the woods, authorities said.
Two people named “Edwin” and “Jairo”…
Wmata Train Operator Forged Doctors' Names, Recruited Coworkers: Feds
It wasn't just one fake claim.
Federal prosecutors say a WMATA train operator built a years-long insurance fraud scheme by recruiting coworkers, forging doctors' names and cashing in on injuries that never happened.
Michelle Shropshire, 55, of Waldorf, was sentenced Tuesday, Aug. 4, to 24 months in federal prison after orchestrating a four-year plot that defrauded AFLAC of more than $362,000, according to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.
Prosecutors say Shropshire, who worked as a train operator for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, recruited fellow …
