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A San Angelo, Texas, on March 3, man was sentenced to 78 months in prison for running two investment fraud schemes that defrauded investors out of approximately $900,000 over a four-year period and obstructing a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation.

A federal jury in Houston convicted an unlicensed medical professional who was posing as a physician for his participation in a $1.3 million Medicare fraud scheme, on March 2.

A New Jersey man, on March 2, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in Newark, to one count of theft of public money, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

A Detroit-area physician, on March 2, pleaded guilty for his role in a $5.4 million Medicare fraud scheme involving phony physician visits and drug prescriptions.

Two Miami residents pleaded guilty to fraud charges stemming from their roles in a $20 million home health care fraud scheme, on March 2.

A Blackfoot, Idaho business owner pleaded on March 1 guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho to one count of aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false tax return, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez Jr. for the District of Idaho.

The owner and CEO of a Greenbelt, Maryland building contracting company was sentenced to 68 months in prison for stealing more than $1.7 million from Local 657 of the Laborers Union of North America (LIUNA) and other related offenses.

A Texas resident was sentenced to serve 22 months in prison for preparing false tax returns, on February 22, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney John R. Parker for the Northern District of Texas.

A Gulfport, Mississippi businessman was sentenced to 12 months in prison for failing to file a 2009 individual income tax return, on February 22, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.