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The former chief financial officer of a Middleborough-based shoe company was federally charged Wednesday and agreed to plead guilty to embezzling about $30 million from the company. Since 2015, Hajjar transferred $15 million in funds stolen from the shoe company to Garza and her company, including a $1.1 million co-op apartment in New York City. He also bought her a Mercedez-Benz, a $60,000 diamond bracelet, a $158,000 diamond ring and other luxury goods, the company said in the lawsuit against Garza. According to the complaint, Hajjar purchased two pairs of earrings that totaled nearly $200,000 and two diamond rings that...

A United States Customs and Border Protection officer is accused of falsely claiming to be a US citizen when he applied for the job, the Department of Justice said. According to DOJ officials, Marco Antonio De La Garza Jr., 37, of Hereford, Ariz. was charged with three counts of passport fraud and false statements on his federal law enforcement background application. The DOJ is claiming that De La Garza knowingly used a fraudulently obtained Texas birth certificate to apply for a United States passport. De La Garza is also accused of using the same birth certificate to claim US citizenship...