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A former London, Kentucky, doctor pleaded guilty today to filing false tax returns on which he falsely reported millions in fictitious business expenses to reduce his taxable income, announced Deputy Assistant Attorney General David A. Hubbert for the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

The former International Program Director of International Adoption Guides Inc. (IAG), an adoption agency, pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring with others to defraud the United States by submitting fraudulent documents to the State Department for adoptions from Ethiopia and paying bribes to foreign officials.

Brian E. Thompson, 54, a former loan guarantee specialist for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, was sentenced Wednesday to serve 26 months in prison for a scheme in which he stole over $843,000 of government money.

Randy Jones, 44, a former corrosion coordinator for Shell Pipeline Company L.P. (Shell), pleaded guilty in Milwaukee Wednesday to failing to conduct bi-monthly voltage readings and an annual survey of a pipeline used to transport jet fuel in violation of the Pipeline Safety Act (PSA) and making a false statement to the Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA).

The former Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell, 60, of Glen Allen, Virginia, was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison for soliciting and obtaining payments, loans, gifts and other items from Star Scientific, a Virginia-based corporation, and Jonnie R. Williams Sr., Star Scientific’s then chief executive officer, in violation of federal public corruption laws.

The former owner and President of Chestnut Consulting Group Inc. and Chestnut Consulting Group Co. (generally referred to as the “Chestnut Group”) was indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday for his alleged participation in a scheme to pay bribes to a foreign official in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the Travel Act, and to launder proceeds of those crimes.

A commander in the U.S. Navy pleaded guilty to federal bribery charges Tuesday, admitting that he provided a government contractor with classified ship schedules and other internal U.S. Navy information in exchange for cash, travel and entertainment expenses, as well as the services of prostitutes. A second U.S. Navy officer was also indicted Tuesday on related bribery charges by a federal grand jury in the Southern District of California.

The government has intervened in two lawsuits against a Florida cardiologist, Dr. Asad Qamar, and his physician group, the Institute for Cardiovascular Excellence PLLC (ICE), alleging that Qamar and ICE billed Medicare for medically unnecessary peripheral artery interventions and paid kickbacks to patients by waiving Medicare copayments irrespective of financial hardship, the Justice Department announced Monday.

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), a Japanese corporation, has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $59.4 million criminal fine for its involvement in a conspiracy to fix prices, allocate customers, and rig bids of international ocean shipping services for roll-on, roll-off cargo, such as cars and trucks, to and from the United States and elsewhere, the Department of Justice announced Monday.

Jeremiah M. Perez, age 33, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was arrested on December 22 without incident for posting online threats advocating the killing of police officers and retired police officers in Colorado, United States Attorney John Walsh and FBI Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Thomas Ravenelle announced. Perez made his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kristen L. Mix this afternoon, where he was advised of his rights, as well as the charges pending against him. Perez will be held in custody pending a detention hearing and preliminary hearing scheduled for Monday, December 29, 2014 at 1:30 p.m.