Doctor and Wife Guilty of Tax Evasion; Millions of Amphetamine-Based Pills Illegally Dispensed at Area Weight Loss Clinics
A physician who owned weight loss clinics in northwest Indiana and south suburban Chicago pleaded guilty to illegally dispensing millions of pills containing amphetamine-based controlled substances to patients, and he and his wife also pleaded guilty...
Former Bernalillo County Corrections Officer Sentenced for Civil Rights Violations
Demetrio Juan Gonzales, 40, a former corrections officer at the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was sentenced today in federal court to 33 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised...
Attorney Arrested in Connection with $30 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme
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.
Seward Woman Sentenced for Embezzlement
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.
Man Indicted for Obstructing and Impeding the IRS by Filing False IRS Forms Claiming $36 Million in Refunds
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...
EMH Regional Medical Center and North Ohio Heart Center to Pay U.S. $4.4 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
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...
Former New Jersey Law Firm Employee Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison for Stealing More Than $500,000 from Law Firm
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.
Rochester Man Pleads Guilty in Large Tax Refund Scheme
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...
