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Bassam Salaheldein, 41, of Philadelphia, was sentenced Tuesday to 42 months in prison for conspiracy to commit bribery.

Baylor University Medical Center, Baylor Health Care System, and HealthTexas Provider Network (collectively, Baylor) have agreed to pay the United States $907,355 to settle allegations that Baylor submitted false claims to Medicare, the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (TRICARE), and the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program (FEHBP) for various radiation oncology services, including intensity modulated radiation therapy, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.

A Los Angeles-area doctor pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to defraud Medicare of over $11 million, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division

Anthony Raguz, the former chief operating officer of the St. Paul Croatian Federal Credit Union, was sentenced to 14 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $72.5 million for his role in one of the largest credit union failures in American history, federal law enforcement officials said Monday.

A Los Angeles-area doctor pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to defraud Medicare of over $11 million, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division

An attorney and former construction manager for Huntington Memorial Hospital pleaded guilty last Wednesday afternoon to federal mail fraud charges, admitting that he participated in an illegal kickback scheme.

An employee of Costa Rica-based telemarketing call centers was sentenced Monday to serve 108 months in prison for his role in a phony sweepstakes scheme that defrauded thousands of U.S. victims of more than $10 million, announced Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer.

A federal jury in Winston-Salem, N.C., has convicted two members of the North Carolina Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (ALKQN) and one associate of the gang for a racketeering conspiracy involving violent crimes and drug distribution for the benefit of the criminal organization.

According to the FBI, 72 law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty in 2011. Another 53 officers died in accidents while performing their duties, and 54,774 officers were assaulted in the line of duty. Comprehensive tabular data about these incidents and brief narratives describing the fatal attacks are included in the 2011 edition of Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, released today.

Thirteen individuals indicted for document fraud and identity theft related charges were arrested Friday in the municipalities of Bayamon, San Juan and Carolina, Puerto Rico. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents, worked jointly with the Internal Revenue Service, Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) and San Juan Police Department (SJPD) officers in an operation dubbed Game Over.