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By DOJ Newswire Report | Feb 28, 2023
A Houston medical center accused of filing false Medicare claims has agreed to pay more than $21 million in a settlement.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Gary Lee Hodges, 72, of Bigfork, Montana was sentenced today to 27 years in prison, to be followed by 15 years of supervised release, for two counts of attempted enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity. Hodges must also register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Richmond man last week on charges of possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Robert Fuller Named Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Today, United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart announced that Shaheyne Phillip Thomas, 28, from Tuskegee, Alabama, received a 100-month prison sentence. Thomas had previously pleaded guilty to committing federal gun and drug offenses while on supervised release from a previous conviction. The judge also ordered that Thomas serve five years of supervised release following his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: The Justice Department, together with the New York State Office of the Attorney General, announced today that the United States and New York State have entered into settlement agreements with the landlord and several individuals and entities involved in the operation of Saratoga Center for Rehabilitation ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Defendant Joined in Assaults on Officers at Lower West Terrace.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: St. Thomas, VI - U.S. Attorney Delia L. Smith announced that Wesly Albert Amaro of Puerto Rico, pleaded guilty before United States Magistrate Ruth Miller to one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today that the United States has finalized a Settlement Agreement with James L. Luketich, M.D., University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (“UPMC"), and University of Pittsburgh Physicians (“UPP"), to resolve the lawsuit the United States filed against those Defendants in September 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal jury in Maryland has convicted Diape Seck, age 29, of Rockville, Maryland for his role in a bank fraud scheme in which he and his co-conspirators obtained or attempted to obtain almost $2 million by fraud, including by stealing checks from the mail of churches and religious institutions. The guilty verdict was returned late on Feb. 24, 2023.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: ERIE, PA - A resident of Fairview, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court on Feb. 24, 3023, to conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Shawn Johnson, 35, of West Seneca, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 48 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Robert M. DeWitt Named Special Agent in Charge of the Charlotte Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, TYRESE HARRIS, age 19, a resident of Orleans Parish, pled guilty to a five-count superseding indictment for conspiracy, carjacking, and weapons violations. Count 1 charged HARRIS with conspiracy to commit...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents with the support of the Puerto Rico Police Bureau, arrested two men charged with Transportation of Child Pornography, Possession of Child Pornography, Production of Child Pornography and Coercion and Enticement of minors, in two separate and unrelated cases.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Troy Wilson Wheatley, 42, of Boone County, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Des Moines, IA - A West Des Moines man was sentenced today to 60 years in prison for multiple child exploitation offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Dennis Daniels, 73, of Romulus, NY, who was convicted of mail fraud and willful failure to file an income tax return, was sentenced to serve two years’ probation, and pay restitution, including $22,440 to the U.S. Coast Guard and students, and $115,757 to the Internal Revenue Service, by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Jennifer Campbell, 48, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of wire fraud, was sentenced to serve 36 months in prison and pay restitution totaling $371,332.11 by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - George Michael Thayer, 52, of St. Albans, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute a quantity of oxycodone.
