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Note: The following text is a quote: March 08, 2010 Los Angeles-area man sentenced to more than 18 years for soliciting murder of ICE informant LOS ANGELES - A Sherman Oaks, Calif., man was sentenced this morning to 217 months in federal prison Monday for his role in a bank fraud scheme and a related plot in which he attempted to hire a hit man to murder a witness who was prepared to testify against him in the fraud case. Pavel Valkovich, 28, was sentenced by United States District Judge Percy Anderson, who told the defendant: "You're your own worst...

Feb. 24, 2003 London cleric convicted for soliciting murder in sermons By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A Muslim cleric who allegedly urged followers to kill "nonbelievers" was convicted Monday of soliciting murder. A jury at the Old Bailey found Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal guilty of three charges of soliciting murder, and three charges of incitement of racial hatred. Sentencing was set for March 7. El-Faisal, 39, denied encouraging anyone to commit murder, making threatening or abusive tape recordings and stirring up racial hatred. Prosecutors said el-Faisal preached across Britain and sold Arabic-language tapes of his speeches in specialist shops. They said his...