Former Department of Health and Human Services Employee Pleads Guilty in Washington to Wire Fraud Charge in Retention Bonus Scheme
An employee of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (HHS-ASPR) pleaded guilty on Friday in Washington, D.C., to defrauding the United States by submitting fraudulent employment...
U.S. Court Must Intervene to End Torture of Solitary Confinement, Attorneys Argue
Lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a federal judge to reject California’s attempt to dismiss a class action lawsuit challenging prolonged solitary confinement in California prisons. The case was filed on behalf of prisoners...
Aryan Brotherhood Inmate Sentenced for Federal Hate Crime for Assaulting Fellow Inmate
John Hall, 27, an Aryan Brotherhood member and inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Seagoville, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor after pleading guilty to violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd,...
Former Web Producer Indicted in California for Conspiring with Anonymous Members to Attack Internet News Site
A former web producer for a Tribune Company-owned television station in Sacramento, California, was charged today in an indictment for allegedly conspiring with members of the hacker group “Anonymous” to hack into and alter a Tribune Company website,...
Federal Court Permanently Bars Michigan Woman from Preparing Tax Returns Claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit
A federal court has permanently barred Crystal Ireland, of Detroit, who does business as Master Mind Preparation, from preparing federal tax returns that claim the earned income tax credit, the Justice Department announced Thursday.
Former Hamilton Township Mayor Sentenced to 38 Months in Prison for Extortion, Bribery, and Money Laundering
The former mayor of Hamilton Township, New Jersey, was sentenced Wednesday to 38 months in prison in connection with $12,400 in bribes he solicited and accepted in exchange for his official influence in helping a health insurance broker maintain her...
Houston-Area Doctor Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for Role in $17.3 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
A Texas doctor was sentenced on this Thursday to serve 63 months in prison for conspiring to commit health care fraud by falsifying plans of care for Medicare beneficiaries, including patients whom he did not treat, as part of a $17.3 million Medicare...
Court of Appeals Affirms Tony Nelson’s Convictions on Corruption Charges
U.S. Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announces that the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Wednesday affirmed the convictions of former Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPort) Chairman Tony Devaughan Nelson on 36 corruption-related...
