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Acting Assistant Attorney General Molly Moran for the Civil Rights Division and United States Attorney Bill Nettles announced that Reginald Wayne Miller, of Marion, South Carolina, has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Florence to fraud in foreign labor contracting. Additionally, Miller entered a guilty plea to visa fraud and wage and hour violations.

Three residents of Montgomery, Alabama, each pleaded guilty during the past week to one count of conspiracy to defraud the government and one count of aggravated identity theft, announced Deputy Assistant Attorney General Ronald A. Cimino of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama.

Robert Davis, 34, of Highland Park, Michigan, a member and former President of the Highland Park School Board, pleaded guilty to unlawful conversion of funds belonging to the Highland Park School District and to filing a false federal income tax return, United States Attorney Barbara McQuade announced.

The former chief executive officer (CEO) of ArthroCare Corporation was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison, and the former chief financial officer (CFO) was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison for their leading roles in a $750 million securities fraud scheme. Two other former senior vice presidents of ArthroCare were also sentenced to prison terms for their roles in the scheme.

Omni Surgical L.P., doing business as Spine 360, a manufacturer of devices used in spinal surgery, and Dr. Jamie Gottlieb, an Indiana spinal surgeon, have agreed to pay $2.6 million to the United States to settle allegations that Spine 360 paid illegal kickbacks to Gottlieb to induce him to use the company’s products. Spine 360 is based in Austin, Texas.

Former correctional officer Derrick Jones, age 41, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty to participating in a racketeering conspiracy that included the smuggling of drugs and contraband inside the Baltimore City Detention Center (BCDC). Correctional officer Aisha Fraction, age 26, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty to the same charge on August 27, 2014.

A Detroit -area man was indicted for obstruction of justice in connection with his alleged attempts to conceal evidence relevant to his upcoming trial for an alleged health care fraud scheme with estimated losses exceeding $30 million.

The former Secretary-Treasurer of Security Police Fire Professionals of America Local 287 pleaded guilty to theft from a labor organization in violation of his fiduciary responsibilities as a union officer.

The owner of a Florida mortgage company, seven employees of the company and two real estate developers were indicted in the Southern District of Florida in connection with an alleged $50 million mortgage fraud scheme.