U.S. Department of Justice
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Recent News About U.S. Department of Justice
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Three former New York City correction officers have pleaded guilty to criminal charges for fraudulently taking advantage of employee sick leave programs.
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A Tennessee physician and his wife have been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for unlawfully distributing opioids while defrauding the U.S. and receiving kickbacks.
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A California man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for his involvement in a murder-for-hire scheme and a shooting in Poughkeepsie in 2020.
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A Birmingham, Ala., attorney has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison on federal child pornography charges, the U.S. Justice Department announced March 7.
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Two Birmingham, Ala., residents were sentenced for kidnapping and conspiracy to kidnap a minor.
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Two Maryland residents were recently sentenced for their part in a sex trafficking operation involving teenage victims.
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A man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for stalking charges.
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A Nigerian man has been sentenced to five years in prison for his role in a multimillion dollar fraud scheme in which he impersonated procurement officials with educational institutions as well as state and federal governments.
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An Indiana woman has been sentenced to six years imprisonment for armed trafficking of fentanyl and methamphetamine.
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A Florida man recently pleaded guilty to charges in orchestrating a $55 million investment fraud scheme.
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A Houston medical center accused of filing false Medicare claims has agreed to pay more than $21 million in a settlement.
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A Texas man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for causing serious bodily injury to an infant.
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A Massachusetts man was indicted Feb. 15 for allegedly committing a hate crime.
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A Connecticut insulation contracting firm's co-owner was sentenced to 15 months in prison following his guilty plea to bid-rigging and fraud that targeted private and public entities.
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A New York City man has been found guilty of wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy in a scheme to steal nearly $1 million from a tech company in which his brother was the CEO.
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The former corrections officer at Manhattan's Metropolitan Correctional Center was sentenced to three years in prison for smuggling a gun into the center.
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Two New York men have been sentenced for the extortion and Oct. 23, 2017, murder of a business owner.
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The former CEO of a biotech healthcare company has been indicted for allegedly defrauding investors of more than $10 million through misrepresentations about an ultrasound device.
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A Los Angeles-based chiropractor who provided rehabilitation services to professional athletes and the public has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for defrauding the NBA Players Health and Welfare Benefit Plan of approximately $1.3 million.
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A U.S. citizen and former resident of Bay Ridge, N.Y., faces up to life in prison after a federal jury in Brooklyn convicted him of providing support to the Islamic State group.