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Tampa High School Teacher Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Provide Firearms to Trinidad-Based Transnational Criminal Organization

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A high school teacher in Tampa pleaded guilty to conspiracy and making false statements related to illegally providing firearms to a transnational criminal organization based in Trinidad. USCIS assisted in the investigation. The case highlights criminal cooperation between immigration agencies and law enforcement.
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Hillsborough County high school teacher Shannon Lee Samlalsingh, 46, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to making false statements to a firearms dealer. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services assisted in the investigation.

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