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WASHINGTON, DC – Carson Posey, 24, pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of his ex-girlfriend, Shantal Hill, 28, in a 2020 shooting incident near Tyler House Apartments. Superior Court Judge…
HARTFORD, CT – Healthcare insurer Cigna has agreed to pay $172,294,350 to settle allegations that it submitted fraudulent diagnosis codes to inflate Medicare Advantage payments. The Connecticut-based company allegedly violated…
PHOENIX, ARIZ. – James Philip Piccolo, co-founder of Tecademics, LLC and founder of IQUP, Inc., was sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay $651,478 in restitution for…
NEWARK, NJ — Dr. Moustafa Moustafa and his medical practice, South Carolina Nephrology and Hypertension Center Inc., have agreed to pay $585,540 to settle allegations of receiving illegal kickbacks. The…
HELENA, MT — A federal jury convicted Nena Helene Siemens, also known as Nena Suzanne Kruger, 59, on charges related to fraudulently receiving government assistance. The jury found Siemens guilty…
LAS VEGAS, NV – Norbert Ozemena Ikwuegbundo, 31, a citizen of Nigeria, was sentenced to 44 months in prison and three years of supervised release for defrauding more than 3,500…
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Alfred Clay, 59, a resident of New Orleans, entered a guilty plea on September 27 before United States District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo for a two-count…
NEWARK, NJ – JAG Management Company LLC has agreed to pay $61,581 to settle allegations that it violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA), as announced by the U.S. Attorney’s…
POCATELLO, ID – Mohammad Ali Alizadah Nawai, 45, of Boise, was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for three attempted sex crimes,…
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Floyd Robertson, 27, of Jefferson Parish, pleaded guilty to distributing methamphetamine and a substance containing both heroin and fentanyl. The guilty plea was entered on September…
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Justice Department is allocating more than $4.4 billion in grants to state, local, and Tribal agencies for public safety and community justice initiatives. The funding…
MADISON, WI – Didion Milling Inc. entered a guilty plea in federal court today, agreeing to pay $1 million in criminal fines and $10.25 million in restitution for a fatal…
PITTSBURGH, PA – Two Las Vegas men, Roderick Feurtado, 56, and Tarek Bouanane, 47, were found guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud by a federal jury, according to an…
SHREVEPORT, LA – Demetrius Demontrae Richmond, 26, of Bossier City, was sentenced today to 51 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possession…
LAKE CHARLES, LA – Gregory Dewayne McCummings, 34, and Melvin Blake, Jr., 30, both of Lake Charles, were sentenced today for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, according…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The Clearlake Oaks County Water District in Lake County, California, has agreed to a $1.6 million settlement for failing to return overpaid federal and state disaster…
HARTFORD, CT – Kenoy Stewart, a 27-year-old resident of Bridgeport, was sentenced today to nine months in prison for defrauding Amazon.com, Inc. through a complex scheme involving multiple vendor accounts…
CASPER, WY – Lorna Roxanne Green, 22, was sentenced to 60 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for committing arson at the Wellspring Health Access Clinic…
BOSTON, MA – Joel Enrique Armenta Castro, 31, has been sentenced to four years in prison for participating in a drug trafficking organization based in Mexico. Following his prison term,…
WORCESTER, MA — Christopher Williams, a 35-year-old resident of Southbridge, was sentenced to one year in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. Following the prison term, he will also serve two…
RIDLEY PARK, PA — The Boeing Company will pay $8,100,000 to settle government allegations that it violated the False Claims Act. The United States contends that Boeing failed to adhere…
PHILADELPHIA, PA — Local property owner David Krmpotich will pay $90,458 to settle government allegations of violating the False Claims Act. The United States Attorney’s Office accuses Krmpotich of overcharging…
BOSTON, MA — Joselito Santiago-Matias, 33, of Lowell, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to the April robberies of three banks in Worcester. Santiago-Matias faces…
TUCSON, AZ — Robert Cameron Foust, 39, was sentenced to an additional five years in federal prison for assaulting another inmate with a homemade knife at a Federal Correctional Center…
COVINGTON, KY — Johnathan Paul Hornsby, a 32-year-old resident of Erlanger, Kentucky, was sentenced to 204 months in federal prison for drug and firearm offenses. U.S. District Judge David Bunning…