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A Mayfield Heights man is accused of stealing more than $677,000 from his former employer, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland office.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced Wednesday that LANA CAROLE KELLEY, age 38, of Claremore, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 36 months of probation with six months of home confinement for EMBEZZLEMENT AND THEFT FROM INDIAN TRIBAL ORGANIZATION, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1163.

U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that RONALD BACKES, age 48, of Slidell, was sentenced Wednesday after previously pleading guilty to wire fraud relating to an application for financial assistance in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

The Justice Department announced Wednesday that U.S. Investigations Services Inc. (USIS) and its parent company, Altegrity, have agreed to settle allegations that USIS violated the False Claims Act (FCA) for conduct involving a contract for background investigations that USIS held with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The companies have agreed to forgo their right to collect payments that they claim were owed by OPM, valued at least at $30 million, in exchange for a release of liability under the FCA. USIS and Altegrity are headquartered in Northern Virginia.

A Phenix City, Alabama, resident pleaded guilty Wednesday in the Middle District of Alabama to conspiracy and aggravated identity theft for her role in a multimillion-dollar stolen identity tax refund fraud (SIRF) scheme, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. of the Middle District of Alabama announced.

The owner and operator of three medical clinics located in Los Angeles pleaded guilty Tuesday to submitting more than $4.5 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare.

An Ashburn, Virginia, resident was sentenced to prison on Friday for mortgage and tax fraud, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente of the Eastern District of Virginia.

A doctor at a Brooklyn, New York, clinic was sentenced to two years in prison for his role in a $13 million health care fraud scheme.

A six-year investigation by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) has ended with the arrest of a man alleged to have smuggled people into Australia.

U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Christopher F. Venti, 46, of Hamburg, N.Y., pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Wolford. The wire fraud charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The tax evasion charge carries a maximum possible sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.