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A former owner of a Los Angeles-area medical equipment supply company pleaded guilty to a $2.6 million Medicare fraud scheme.

A former employee for the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary Catholic Convent in Los Gatos, California, was sentenced to 14 months in prison and ordered to pay $110,000 in restitution for embezzling from the Convent, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.

A former employee of the Michigan State Housing Development Authority was sentenced to a year in prison after her conviction on charges related to bribery and fraud.

George Hilliard, 44, of Madison, was sentence in U.S. District Court to 21 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit theft of government property and theft of government property. He was also ordered to pay joint restitution in the amount of $20,499.00.

A man who conspired with a former controller to embezzle millions from the company that owned or developed the Residences at MGM, Town Square shopping center, Turnberry Place, Turnberry Towers, and the Stirling Club in Las Vegas was sentenced to 51 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay approximately $3.7 million in restitution, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.

Hundreds of Vietnamese intellectuals and professionals have issued a statement protesting a new decree that includes provisions banning the sharing of news and information on various social networks.

Robert Andres, 62, an investment manager based in Houston, pleaded guilty in federal court in Salt Lake City for his role in a $72 million investment fraud scheme.

ATI Enterprises Inc. will pay the government $3.7 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it falsely certified compliance with federal student aid programs’ eligibility requirements and submitted claims for ineligible students, the Justice Department announced.

A patient recruiter and a therapy staffing company owner pleaded guilty in connection with a $7 million health care fraud scheme involving the now defunct home health care company Anna Nursing Services Corp.

Richard S. Obedian, a Long Island, N.Y., orthopedic surgeon, will pay the government $388,000 to settle allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare for minimally invasive spine procedures, the Justice Department announced.