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Recent News About U.S. Department of Justice
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A Guatemalan citizen, Bayron Leopoldo Perez Batres, age 63 and living in Beltsville, Maryland, appeared in federal court in the District of Maryland.
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The United States has reached a settlement with Spanky’s Driving Academy, Inc., based in Franklin, Tennessee, and its owner Chris Medina.
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Four individuals were arrested on Friday in the Mojave Desert for allegedly planning to bomb two U.S. companies on New Year’s Eve, according to federal authorities.
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A man from Everett, Washington, was sentenced to five years in federal prison for using a pipe bomb to destroy a neighbor’s car and for illegally possessing firearms and ammunition.
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A Michigan pharmacist has been sentenced to 80 months in prison for defrauding health care benefit programs by billing for prescription medications that were never dispensed.
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A New York physician has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in a scheme that resulted in more than $24 million in fraudulent Medicare claims.
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A Missouri man, Jamie P. McNamara, 50, from Kansas City, was sentenced on October 23 to ten years in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare by submitting fraudulent claims for cancer and cardiovascular genetic testing.
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A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia has indicted Danielle Hillmer, a former senior manager at a Virginia-based government contractor, on charges including major government fraud, wire fraud, and obstructing federal audits.
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A Colombian man, Alejandro Parra Bustamante, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to traffic more than 450 kilograms of cocaine into the United States.
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Paxful Holdings Inc., an online platform for trading virtual currency, has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges in the Eastern District of California.
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The U.S. Department of Justice announced that 14 Mexican nationals were transferred to Mexico on Dec. 5 under the International Prisoner Transfer Treaty between the United States and Mexico.
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The Justice Department and the State of Texas have jointly requested a federal district court to dismiss a longstanding case concerning reforms at thirteen state-operated facilities for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities...
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A former oil and gas trader from Connecticut has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for his involvement in a bribery and money laundering scheme that lasted nearly eight years.
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The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a civil denaturalization lawsuit in the District of Maryland against Nicholas Eshun, a native of Ghana who became a U.S. citizen through military service.
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The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the Loudoun County School Board in Virginia, alleging that the board violated the constitutional rights of two Christian male students by enforcing its Policy 8040.
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A federal jury in Dothan, Alabama, has found Larenta Deshawn Dawkins, 38, guilty of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
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A Guatemalan man living unlawfully in the United States and previously convicted of sexual battery has pleaded guilty in federal court in Cleveland to charges related to encouraging a minor to enter the country illegally and submitting false...
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A Georgia businessman has been sentenced to eight years in prison for his involvement in a scheme to bribe Honduran government officials and launder money, with the goal of securing business for a manufacturer of law enforcement uniforms based in...
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Minh Phuong Ngoc Vong, a 40-year-old resident of Bowie, Maryland, has been sentenced to 15 months in prison and three years of supervised release for his involvement in a wire fraud conspiracy.
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Two men from Virginia have been arrested for allegedly conspiring to destroy government databases managed by a federal contractor, according to the Department of Justice. “These defendants abused their positions as federal contractors to attack...