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A former employee of the Cuyahoga Heights School District was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for the theft of more than $3.4 million from the district, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.

Bradley G. Christiansen, 47, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, pleaded guilty last week to criminal charges arising out of his role in a conspiracy to solicit and accept kickbacks in return for favorable treatment in awarding subcontracts relating to wartime rebuilding projects in Iraq and his efforts to evade federal taxes on the money and assets he received as kickbacks.

The president of an investment and financial services firm admitted defrauding dozens of investors New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, and elsewhere of $5 million and evading taxes, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

The government has intervened in a False Claims Act lawsuit against Infirmary Health System Inc. and its related entities—IMC-Diagnostic and Medical Clinic P.C., Diagnostic Physicians Group P.C., and Infirmary Medical Clinics P.C.—the Department of Justice announced.

The Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that Anthony Chaudhuri and Margaret Chaudhuri, of Naples, Fla., pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy to defraud the United States.

The government has intervened in a False Claims Act lawsuit against Infirmary Health System Inc. and its related entities: IMC-Diagnostic and Medical Clinic P.C., Diagnostic Physicians Group P.C. and Infirmary Medical Clinics P.C., the Department of Justice announced.

Age 61, a resident of Belle Chasse, Louisiana, was sentenced to 46 months’ imprisonment by U. S. District Judge Sarah R. Vance after he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente. In addition to the term of imprisonment, Judge Vance ordered that Hingle be placed on two years of supervised release following the term of imprisonment, pay a $10,000 fine, and a $100 special assessment.

John P. Sens, 52, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt for conspiracy to commit bribery, announced U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente. In addition to the term of imprisonment, Judge Engelhardt ordered that Sens be placed on three years of supervised release following the term of imprisonment, pay a $100 special assessment, and forfeit property valued at $67,903.25.

A jury found Vernon Harrison, of Montgomery, Ala., guilty of one count of conspiring to file false claims, eight counts of mail fraud, eight counts of aggravated identity theft and six counts of embezzlement from the U.S. mail, the Justice Department, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the U.S. Postal Service, Office of the Inspector General (OIG), announced.

United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced that Deborah D. Radcliff, age 51, of Weston, West Virginia, a former branch manager of the Weston branch of Huntington National Bank, entered pleas of guilty on July 3, 2013, before Magistrate Judge John S. Kaull. Radcliff entered pleas of guilty to one count of embezzlement by a bank employee and one count of structuring.