probation

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Alfiya Zuckerman, 39, Ruben Tamrazian, 26, and Vahe Muradkhanyan, 32, pleaded no contest to felony insurance fraud and were sentenced on Thursday to 180 days in jail, plus two years of supervised probation.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Because she’s on pretrial probation, the federal government has seized her passport.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

But as applied to Ms. Chiles, it functions as a state control of what she may say, threatening therapists “with fines, probation, and the loss of their licenses simply for expressing a particular view.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

In 2015, she reached a plea deal with prosecutors and was sentenced to a work release program and four years’ probation, according to the district attorney’s office.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

After my six-month probation, I got a promotion, a raise, and an offer to permanently join the Flight Research Division’s Maneuver Loads Branch, whose research included keeping aircraft safe when they were in flight.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson