Politics

Maryland Woman Sentenced to 75 Months in Prison for Defrauding D.C. Medicaid Program by Submitting Over $7 Million in Phony Claims

Jacqueline Wheeler, 55, on Friday the chief executive officer and owner of two health care companies, was sentenced to six years and three months in prison for health care fraud and other federal offenses stemming from the submission of more than $7...

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Ohio Attorney Sentenced to 85 Months in Prison for Tax Fraud and Obstruction of Justice Crimes

On Friday the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that attorney Aristotle R. Matsa (Rick Matsa), of Worthington, Ohio, was sentenced to 85 months in prison by the Judge Edmund A. Sargus Jr. of the U.S. District Court for...

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Portsmouth Bail Bondsman Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Bribing Public Officials

A bail bondsman in Portsmouth, Virginia was sentenced on Friday to serve 30 months in prison for bribing public officials in exchange for receiving favorable treatment, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s...

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Couple Indicted for Wire Fraud and Other Charges in Scheme to Steal Grant Funds Intended for Charitable Youth Boxing Program

Keely E. Thompson, Jr., executive director of Keely’s District Boxing and Youth Center, and his wife, Bianca Thompson, the center’s deputy director, were indicted on Friday on federal charges alleging they conspired to spend District of Columbia and...

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Two Members of Internet Piracy Group “IMAGiNE” Sentenced in Virginia for Criminal Copyright Conspiracy

Two members of the Internet piracy group “IMAGiNE” were sentenced to prison on Friday in Virginia, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride for the Eastern...

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Second Parking Lot Attendant Pleads Guilty to Stealing at Least $400,000 in Parking Fees from Smithsonian Museum

The November 1, 2012, Freweyni Mebrahtu, 45, of Sterling, Virginia, pled guilty to stealing at least $400,000 of visitor parking fees belonging to the Smithsonian Institution’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.

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United States Resolves False Claims Act Allegations Against Blackstone Medical Inc. for $30 Million

The United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts announced on November 2, that the United States has reached a settlement with Orthofix International NV (Orthofix) subsidiary Blackstone Medical Inc. (BMI) in connection with an...

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) repatriates Guatemalan woman sought for role in slaying of ex-government security advisor

A Guatemalan woman wanted for her alleged role in the murder of a former top security advisor to the Guatemalan government was handed over to authorities in Guatemala City Tuesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), capping a two-year...

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