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An indictment against former Jefferson Parish, Louisiana Sheriff’s Deputy Mark Hebert, 48, was announced today by Roy L. Austin, Jr., Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division; Dana J. Boente, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Michael J. Anderson, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI New Orleans Field Office; and Sheriff Newell Normand from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office.

Donald Gibson II, 56, of Richmond, has been convicted of conspiracy to commit health care fraud relating to medically unnecessary diagnostic testing and physical therapy, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced Monday.

In mid-March, 2013, a federal grand jury in Macon, Ga., returned an 18 count indictment alleging that Natashia and Detrick Tucker, a husband and wife couple who owned and operated a tax preparation business named T&T Express located in Pine Mountain, Ga., conspired to defraud the United States by preparing and filing fraudulent tax returns that illegally claimed inflated tax refunds for their clients. The indictment also charges both of the Tuckers with specific counts of aiding the filing of false tax returns, including Natashia Tucker’s personal returns. The Tuckers were arrested and made their initial appearances in court.

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Richard Ehrlinger, a former Long Island Railroad conductor, pled guilty today to charges related to the allegedly massive fraud scheme in which Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) workers claimed to be disabled upon early retirement so that they could receive disability benefits to which they were not entitled. Ehrlinger pled guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge Henry Pitman. He is the 23rd defendant to plead guilty in the case, which alleges a pervasive pattern of fraudulent disability claims being filed with the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) by retiring LIRR employees.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Joanne Beers, age 58, of Monroeton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to a two-year term of imprisonment and three years of supervised release. Beers was also ordered to pay $96,185.68 in restitution.

A San Jose federal grand jury indicted Rosemarie Gan, of Fremont, on March 13, 2013, with five counts of wire fraud, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.

A Dearborn businessman and attorney were found guilty by a federal jury of multiple counts of fraud and commercial bribery, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.

Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office; and Manuel Orosa, Chief, City of Miami Police Department (MPD), announced the March 22, 2013 sentencing of defendant Raul Iglesias, 40, of Miami, Florida, a former City of Miami police sergeant, following his January 2013 conviction on eight counts, including two civil rights violations, conspiracy to possess and possession with the intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine, obstruction of justice, and making false official statements. U.S. District Judge Cecilia Altonaga sentenced Iglesias to 48 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release.

A Michigan computer company and its owner were sentenced today for trafficking in counterfeit goods and services and violating environmental laws.

A federal jury in Montgomery, Alabama found James Timothy Turner, also known as Tim Turner, guilty late Friday of conspiracy to defraud the United States, attempting to pay taxes with fictitious financial instruments, attempting to obstruct and impede the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), failing to file a 2009 federal income tax return, and falsely testifying under oath in a bankruptcy proceeding, the Justice Department, the IRS, and the FBI announced Monday.