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An Eastern Iowa businessman who failed to pay over employment taxes and violated the Clean Water Act by causing ethanol to be discharged into a tributary of the Maquoketa River, was sentenced in federal court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to 15 months in federal prison, on August 30th, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Sean R. Berry of the Northern District of Iowa.

Memphis, TN – A former bank employee has pled guilty to embezzlement. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the plea on August 29th.

A retired U.S. Army colonel was charged in a complaint, on August 29th, unsealed for his alleged role in a foreign bribery and money laundering scheme in connection with a planned $84 million port development project in Haiti.

A jury has convicted a Social Security Administration (SSA) employee of bank fraud and making false statements, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Assistant Director in Charge Andrew Vale of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, Regional Special Agent in Charge Floyd Sherman of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Inspector General (OIG), and Special Agent in Charge Margaret Moore-Jackson of the SSA’s OIG Atlanta Field Division.

A Detroit, Michigan resident, who owned a janitorial service company, pleaded guilty to obstructing the internal revenue laws and failing to file an individual tax return, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

A federal jury convicted the former chief executive officer of ArthroCare Corporation, on August 18, a publicly traded medical device company based in Austin, Texas, for his role in orchestrating a fraud scheme that resulted in shareholder losses of over $750 million.

A Fort Lauderdale, Florida, resident was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for tax evasion, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

Hector Martinez, a former compliance officer with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), on August 21st, pled guilty to federal charges stemming from a scheme in which he stole more than $400,000 from the agency.

On Augusts 17th, two men admitted defrauding New Jersey state health benefits programs and other insurers out of $25 million by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick and New Jersey Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced.

Pharmaceutical companies Mylan Inc. and Mylan Specialty L.P. have agreed to pay $465 million to resolve claims that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly misclassifying EpiPen as a generic drug to avoid paying rebates owed primarily to Medicaid, the Justice Department announced on August 17th. Mylan Inc. and Mylan Specialty L.P. are both wholly owned subsidiaries of Mylan N.V., which is headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.