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Defendant sentenced for failing to appear at 1997 sentencing hearing

BOSTON – A Dominican national was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for failing to appear for a sentencing hearing in 1997 following a conviction for passport fraud. He was also sentenced yesterday for the passport fraud.

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