Russell County Man Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison for Embezzling $625,096 from His Former Employer
The former controller of a Russell County, Kentucky manufacturing company was sentenced by Senior District Judge Thomas B. Russell to 41 months in prison for wire fraud and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $625,096, announced David J....
Georgia Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced that Rodney Walker, 44, of Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara, to wire fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a fine of $...
Two Defendants Sentenced for Participating in Racketeering Conspiracy with Russian-American Organized Crime Enterprise Operating International Sportsbook That Laundered More Than $100 Million
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ANATOLY GOLUBCHIK was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to five years in prison, and VADIM TRINCHER was also sentenced to five years in prison for...
Amedisys Home Health Companies Agree to Pay $150 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Amedisys Inc. and its affiliates (Amedisys) have agreed to pay $150 million to the federal government to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false home health care billings to the Medicare program, the United...
Former Mendenhall Police Chief Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Commit Extortion, Bribery, and Theft
Bruce Barlow, 50, former chief of police for the Mendenhall Police Department in Mendenhall, Mississippi, was sentenced to five years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit extortion, bribery, and...
Two Fugitives Arrested in Continuum Healthcare Kickback Conspiracy
Two more Houston residents have been taken into custody on charges contained in a 13-count indictment alleging a conspiracy to pay kickbacks to 10 area personal care home owners and patient advocates, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson...
Corrections Officer Arrested on Federal Bribery Charge, Accused of Taking Cash to Smuggle Contraband Into Facility
Lenard Fleming, 33, a corrections officer with the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), has been arrested and charged with bribery following an undercover FBI investigation in which he allegedly accepted money for smuggling contraband into the...
Alabama Man Sentenced to Prison for Million Dollar Scheme Using Prisoner Identities to Obtain False Tax Refunds
Harvey James was sentenced to serve 110 months in prison for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the...
