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Drug Testing Companies Agree To Collectively Pay $1.7 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Two Kentucky-based businesses involved in performing urine drug tests for the family court system have agreed to collectively pay $1,740,620 to resolve civil allegations that they improperly billed those tests to Medicare and Kentucky Medicaid.
Veterans Affairs Medical Center doctor accused of sexually assaulting female veteran patients
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: ATLANTA - Rajesh Motibhai Patel, a primary care physician at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Decatur, Georgia, has been indicted on multiple counts of violating his patients’ constitutional right to bodily integrity while acting under color of law and for engaging in unwanted sexual contact.
U.S. Attorney's Office Announces Allocation Of New Positions To Advance Public Safety And Promote Community Engagement
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Dena J. King announced today that new positions for Assistant U.S. Attorneys and support personnel have been allocated to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina, to advance the Office’s work in promoting public safety, Department of Justice initiatives, and community engagement.
Maryland Man Found Guilty in Scheme that Bilked Benevolent Donors of Charitable Contributions
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Defendant Pretended to Collect for Charities But Only Paid Himself.
Essex County Man Convicted of Being Member of Newark Drug Trafficking Organization Responsible for the Distribution of Over One Kilogram of Heroin
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey man was convicted today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute over one kilogram of heroin, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Selling announced.
Webster Man Charged in Connection with Two Pipe Bomb Explosions
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: CONCORD - A man has been charged in connection with two pipe bomb explosions in Weare, New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.
Armed Heroin Dealer Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A 35-year-old Providence man for whom court records indicate multiple previous state court convictions for similar conduct, was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison for being an armed drug dealer, a felon in possession of firearms, and for trafficking heroin, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
Savage Man Pleads Guilty to Illegal Possession of a Machine Gun
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Savage man has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a machine gun, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
Camden County Woman Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining 30 Loans Meant to Help Small Businesses During COVID-19 Pandemic
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced on May 1, 2023, to 60 months in prison, five years of supervised release and ordered to pay $3.18 million in restitution and forfeit $1.03 million for conspiring to fraudulently obtain 30 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic...
Middlesex County Man Sentenced to 97 Months in Prison for Perpetrating Murder-for-Hire Plot
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Middlesex County man was sentenced to 97 months in prison for plotting to pay a purported hitman to kill his ex-wife and her daughter, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
Russian National Charged with Ransomware Attacks Against Critical Infrastructure
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: The Justice Department today unsealed two indictments charging a Russian national and resident with using three different ransomware variants to attack numerous victims throughout the United States, including law enforcement agencies in Washington, D.C. and New Jersey, as well as victims in healthcare and other sectors nationwide.
Holyoke Man Pleads Guilty to Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A Holyoke man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Springfield to illegally possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon.
Mattawamkeag Man Sentenced to 4+ Years for Role Methamphetamine Trafficking, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Mattawamkeag man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor today for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of a controlled substance.
Atlanta drug trafficking organization has been successfully dismantled
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: ATLANTA - Esteban Niere has been sentenced for conspiring to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine. Niere was a member of a drug trafficking organization operating in southwest Atlanta that was successfully disrupted following a federal, state, and local law enforcement investigation.
Keshena Man Indicted for Aggravated Assault on Menominee Indian Reservation
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced today that a on May 9, 2023, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Edmund Broeffle (age 29), a Keshena resident and enrolled member of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, with Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 113(a)(6) and 1153(a).
Arizona Man Sentenced to 108 Months for Transporting Victim for Prostitution
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
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Roommates Of Three-Time Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced To Prison On Child Exploitation Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James S. Moody has sentenced Donald Ray Shadowens (30, Clearwater) to 6 years in federal prison for receiving child sex abuse material. On April 19, 2023, Judge Moody sentenced related defendant Craigan Joyner (20, Clearwater) to 5 years and 10 months in federal prison...
Leader of Queens-Based "Wood City" Gang Convicted of Revenge Killing Over Stolen Necklace
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: A federal jury in Brooklyn returned a guilty verdict late yesterday afternoon against Christopher Acevedo, the leader of “Wood City," a violent criminal enterprise which also used the names “Yellow Tape Boyz" and “YTB," of murder in-aid-of racketeering and causing death through the use of a firearm in...
Providence Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A Providence man pleaded guilty yesterday to his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed fentanyl across Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Cartel member imprisoned for drug trafficking in local neighborhood
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: HOUSTON - A 32-year-old Mexican citizen who illegally resided in Houston has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for conspiracy to distribute meth during a transaction that occurred in a Houston residential neighborhood, announced US Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.