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An attorney formerly licensed in New Jersey was arrested Monday's morning in connection with a long-running, large-scale mortgage fraud scheme that caused losses of more than $30 million, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Crystal Lankford was sentenced Monday by United States District Judge John M. Gerrard to 45 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release.

Richard S. Hartunian, United States Attorney, Northern District of New York, announces that a federal grand jury in Syracuse has returned a seven-count indictment charging Glenn Richard Unger (62, of Ogdensburg, New York) with obstructing and impeding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by filing numerous false and fraudulent IRS forms seeking refunds.

EMH Regional Medical Center (EMH) has agreed to pay the United States $3,863,857, and North Ohio Heart Center Inc. (NOHC) has agreed to pay the United States $541,870 to settle allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicare, the Justice Department announced Monday.

The former bookkeeper of a law firm based in Ocean County, New Jersey was sentenced to 21 months for defrauding her former employer by stealing more than $500,000 from the firm, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced on Friday that Juan Marie Delvalle, 25, of Rochester, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge David G. Larimer to conspiracy to commit tax fraud in connection with a large, nationwide tax refund scheme. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both.

Anthony McIntosh, a former correctional officer at the Prince George’s County Detention Center in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, on Friday pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for providing false information about the circumstances surrounding the in-custody death of Ronnie White on June 29, 2008. White, at the time of his death, was being detained on charges related to the death two days earlier of a Prince George’s County police officer.

A resident of Washington, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating the Hobbs Act, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced on last Friday.

A Shelby, North Carolina woman pleaded guilty on Friday for her involvement in a health care fraud scheme that defrauded Medicaid of $8 million for sham mental and behavioral health services, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

On Friday morning, a federal criminal complaint was filed against 36-year-old San Antonio Police Officer Curtis W. Lundy charging him with theft of honest services by wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Armando Fernandez, and San Antonio Police Chief William McManus.