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Two Georgia sisters-in-law were sentenced in the U.S. District Court in Macon on June 10, Georgia, for their involvement in a conspiracy to defraud the United States, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Michael J. Moore of the Middle District of Georgia.

On June 3, 2015, a federal grand jury returned a 46-count indictment charging Mariely Malavet-Rivera for wire fraud, theft of public money and aggravated identity theft announced U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez for the District of Puerto Rico. Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) is in charge of the investigation. The indictment was unsealed as the defendant was arrested on June 10.

A former specialist with the U.S. Army pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe from an Afghan truck driver at Forward Operating Base Gardez, Afghanistan (FOB Gardez), in exchange for allowing the driver to take thousands of gallons of fuel from the base for resale on the black market. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Michael J. Moore of the Middle District of Georgia made the announcement.

The former president of a Houston hospital, his son and a co-conspirator were sentenced Tuesday to 45 years, 20 years and 12 years in prison, respectively, for their roles in a $158 million Medicare fraud scheme.

A Portland, Oregon, woman pleaded guilty on Friday before U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Jones in the District of Oregon for conspiring to file fraudulent federal income tax returns that claimed refunds of more than $1 million, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

The owner of a Bardonia, New York, construction service company pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and filing a false tax return, the Department of Justice, the IRS and the New York State Inspector General announced on June 8.

A Dix Hills, New York, resident and business owner was sentenced to serve more than one year in prison on June 5 in the Eastern District of New York for employment tax fraud, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

The United States Attorney’s Office announces that on June 2, 2015, a jury convicted Brandon Ray Buckles, 28, of Poplar, Montana, on all charges stemming from a rape on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. The jury found Buckles guilty of Sexual Abuse and two False Statements to Federal Agents. Buckles faces up to life in prison, up to $250,000 in fines, and up to lifetime supervised release for the rape. For the false statements, he faces up to eight years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. The false statements related to his claims that he never touched the victim at any time during the date of the rape. The physical evidence showed otherwise.

A federal court has barred a North Las Vegas, Nevada, woman and her business from preparing federal tax returns that contain or involve foreign earned income and from promoting the exclusion of foreign earned income to others, the Justice Department announced on June 5.

The president of an investment and financial services firm was sentenced Thursday to 120 months in prison for evading taxes and defrauding dozens of investors in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas and elsewhere of $5 million, announced by U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman for the District of New Jersey.