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Pharmaceutical company ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. pled guilty earlier on last Friday to conspiracy to introduce a misbranded drug into interstate commerce and conspiracy to pay illegal remuneration in violation of the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute, the Justice Department announced on last Friday.

The owner of an investment company pleaded guilty for his role in an investment scheme involving false promises, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Neil H. MacBride, and Assistant Director in Charge Valerie Parlave of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.

Frank Carter, 43, a former officer with the Laredo, Texas Police Department (LPD), has been sentenced to prison following his conviction for violating the civil rights of an arrestee, announced Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Thomas E. Perez and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Carter pleaded guilty on Thursday, March 7, 2013.

Rodriquez Thomas, of Montgomery County, Ala., pleaded guilty Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama to conspiring to cash fraudulently obtained federal tax refund checks, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.

Tracey Montgomery, of Montgomery County, Ala., pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama to her role in a large scale stolen identity refund fraud, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced Thursday.

John Gerald Poland, 44, of South Lake Tahoe, pleaded guilty Wednesday by a federal grand jury for multiple counts of witness tampering and obstruction of an official proceeding, U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.

Linda Heyde, 59, of Marion, Illinois, pled guilty in United States District Court to three counts of theft and embezzlement from a local government that receives federal funds, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced. Each count carries a maximum sentence of up to 10 years in prison, up to three years’ supervised release following any jail term, a $250,000 fine, a $100 mandatory special assessment, and mandatory restitution. Sentencing is scheduled for September 20, 2013.

Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kimberly K. Mertz, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Tuesday announced that a federal jury in New Haven has found Robert Braddock, Jr., 34, guilty of multiple offenses stemming from a scheme to direct illegal campaign contributions into the campaign of a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives.

The former Chief Administrative and Technology Officer of the Detroit Public Library was charged with taking more than $1.4 million in bribes and kickbacks from contractors of the library, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced Tuesday.

United States Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett announced Tuesday's afternoon the arrest and charging of five defendants who are alleged to have participated in a scheme to abuse the Indianapolis Land Bank program for their own benefit. The indictment alleges that the two city of Indianapolis employees and three co-conspirators engaged in wire fraud and bribery in order to facilitate a number of fraudulent land purchases.