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U.S. Justice Department announced today that the Housing Authority of the city of Ruston, Louisiana, has agreed to pay $175,000 and adopt comprehensive new policies to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the department. The settlement must still be approved by U.S. District Court Judge Robert G. James of the Western District of Louisiana.

Dana Jefferson was sentenced to 42 months’ imprisonment on multiple fraud charges involving a scheme to lure lenders by falsely representing that he was the beneficiary of a multi-million dollar inheritance.

U.S. Justice Department announced on May 8 that it reached a settlement with The Data Entry Company Inc., a government subcontractor headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. The settlement resolves a charge filed with the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC), claiming that the company engaged in hiring discrimination in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).

A Maryland resident has been indicted in Pittsburgh by a federal grand jury on charges of wire fraud, money laundering and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced on May 7.

Two Detroit residents were sentenced after pleading guilty to charges of wire fraud and aiding and abetting in the use of false identification, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade of the Eastern District of Michigan and Special Agent in Charge Jarod Koopman of Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) announced on May 7.

The Justice Department announced Thursday that 16 separate hospitals and their respective corporate parents have agreed to collectively pay $15.69 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that the providers sought and received reimbursement from Medicare for services that were not medically reasonable or necessary, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on May 7.

An Arizona shopping center developer was arrested on fraud and bankruptcy charges in connection with a scheme to allegedly conceal his control of approximately $17 million in assets on May 7.

A Houston doctor and a group home owner were arrested on charges related to their alleged participation in a $5.2 million Medicare fraud scheme involving false claims for mental health treatment.

A former Queenstown, Maryland, resident pleaded guilty on Wednesday to securities fraud and filing a false tax return.

A Washington, D.C., resident and businessman was sentenced to prison for failing to pay over nearly $1 million in employment taxes, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Larry J. Wszalek for the Justice Department’s Tax Division.