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Shamarr Pitts, 26, of Lansdowne, PA, was sentenced to 180 months in prison for assault on a federal agent, using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence, and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition on June 25. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Court Judge Joel H. Slomsky ordered a $1,000 fine, three years of supervised release, and a $300 special assessment.

The former co-owner of R&J Partnership Ltd., doing business as Reece’s Las Vegas Supply (RLVS), a gambling supplies store located in Dayton, Ohio, was sentenced Thursday to serve two and one-half years in prison, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

A Phenix City, Alabama, resident was sentenced to serve more than 12 years in prison for leading a multi-million dollar stolen identity theft ring, announced 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.

Husband and wife owners of an Orlando health care clinic pleaded guilty Wednesday to engaging in a $2.5 million health care fraud scheme.

Education Affiliates (EA), a for-profit education company based in White Marsh, Maryland, has agreed to pay $13 million to the United States to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to the Department of Education for federal student aid for students enrolled in its programs.

DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc., the largest provider of dialysis services in the United States, has agreed to pay $450 million to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly creating unnecessary waste in administering the drugs Zemplar and Venofer to dialysis patients, and then billing the federal government for such avoidable waste. Davita is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, and has dialysis clinics in 46 states and the District of Columbia.

Two residents of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, Tuesday pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and to commit theft of public money and mail fraud, with one defendant also pleading guilty to aggravated identity theft, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite Jr. of the Eastern District of Louisiana.

A Hill, New Hampshire, man pleaded Tuesday guilty to three counts of tax evasion in the U.S. District Court in the District of New Hampshire, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Donald Feith of the District of New Hampshire.

An Arkansas chiropractor pleaded guilty on June 22 in the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Arkansas to corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Conner Eldridge of the Western District of Arkansas. He was previously convicted of federal tax crimes and sentenced to prison.