Politics

Owner of Miami-Area Assisted Living Facility Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison for Role in Medicare Fraud Scheme

The owner of a Miami-area assisted living facility was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for her role in a kickback scheme that funneled patients to a fraudulent mental health provider, American Therapeutic Corporation (ATC), the Department of...

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Former State Trooper Sentenced for Fraud, Witness Tampering

Benjamin W. Richardson, 47, of Powell, and a former Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to a total of 50 months in prison for participating in a mortgage fraud conspiracy, committing bankruptcy fraud, and tampering...

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Two Defendants in Baton Rouge Sentenced to Prison for Health Care Fraud

United States Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr. announced that Eunice Sparrow, age 68, and Uniecesco Smith, age 30, both of Plaquemine, Louisiana, have been sentenced to prison by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Brian A. Jackson as a result of their...

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Two Defendants in Baton Rouge Sentenced to Prison for Health Care Fraud

United States Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr. announced that Eunice Sparrow, age 68, and Uniecesco Smith, age 30, both of Plaquemine, Louisiana, have been sentenced to prison by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Brian A. Jackson as a result of their...

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Gainesville Man Sentenced to 33 Months for Embezzling More Than $1 Million

Tony Patton, 43, of Gainesville, Virginia, was sentenced today to 33 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for embezzling nearly $1 million from his former employer, Soudal Inc., a Belgium-based company with its U.S....

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Veteran D.C. Defense Attorney Charles F. Daum and Two Investigators Found Guilty of Obstruction of Justice Charges

Veteran District of Columbia defense attorney Charles F. Daum, 66, of Arnold, Md., was found guilty today of one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice, three counts of obstruction of justice and two counts of subornation of perjury, announced...

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Pennsylvania Member of the Internet Piracy Group “Imagine” Pleads Guilty to Copyright Infringement Conspiracy

A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to willfully reproduce and distribute tens of thousands of infringing copies of copyrighted works without permission, including infringing copies of movies before they were commercially released on...

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76-year-old south Texas woman arrested for arranging sham marriages

An Edinburg, Texas, woman was charged Thursday with conspiracy to commit marriage fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson, Southern District of Texas. The investigation was conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland...

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