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A Robert, Louisiana, woman was sentenced to serve 87 months in prison for filing false tax returns, corruptly endeavoring to obstruct or impede the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and aggravated identity theft, announced the Justice Department and IRS.

Hakim J. Sutton, 33, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty to evading income taxes and violating campaign finance laws while working as the treasurer and custodian of records for a District of Columbia political campaign.

A doctor was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Rudolph T. Randa in the Eastern District of Wisconsin for committing tax evasion and making false statements, announced the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc., one of the leading providers of dialysis services in the United States, has agreed to pay $350 million to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to induce the referral of patients to its dialysis clinics, the Justice Department announced. DaVita is headquartered in Denver, Colorado and has dialysis clinics in 46 states and the District of Columbia.

The Department of Justice announced that two cardiologists based in London, Kentucky, have agreed to pay $380,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by entering into sham management agreements with Saint Joseph Hospital, also based in London, Kentucky, in exchange for the referral of cardiology procedures and other healthcare services to Saint Joseph.

A Las Vegas man was sentenced to serve 15 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $192,632 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Larry J. Wszalek for the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.

The Justice Department announced that Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), now known as Leidos Holdings Inc., has agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that it knowingly engaged in prohibited conflicts of interest as a contractor for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) between 1992 and 2000. SAIC provides scientific, engineering and other technical services for government and commercial customers and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

A mechanic who specializes in repairing exotic foreign cars and other high-end luxury vehicles was arrested on Friday after being indicted on tax charges by a grand jury in Detroit, the Justice Department announced.

The owner and president of a wholesale and retail perfume store in Laredo, Texas, was indicted by a federal grand jury on 44 counts of causing his business to fail to report cash transactions of more than $10,000.

A Hampton, New Hampshire, man pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire to filing a false federal income tax return for tax year 2009, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.