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Dr. Musaddiq Nazeeri, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay the United States $86,506.30 to resolve civil liability for alleged violations of the False Claims Act. According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, between February 10, 2021, and January 21, 2022, Dr. Nazeeri billed…
Read More Pennsylvania Doctor Ordered To Pay Nearly $87K In Violations Of “False Claim” Act
DENVER, CO. – James Ernesto Martinez, age 33, of Denver, has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person (convicted felon). According to the plea agreement, on July 22, 2021, law enforcement agents executed a search warrant…
Read More Denver Man Sentenced Gets 46 Months Following Search Warrant Executed At His Home
A New Jersey man was arrested for distributing videos and images of child sexual abuse, according to the Department of Justice. William Harbeson, 82, of Boonton, New Jersey, is charged by complaint with one count of distribution of child pornography. He appeared before U.S. Magistrate…
Read More New Jersey Man Charged With Distributing Child Porn
A Missouri man who was the subject of an undercover investigation in the United Kingdom has been sentenced in federal court on child sexual exploitation charges. Kody Ryan Kelso, 31, of Springfield, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to 19 years and…
Read More Missouri Man Gets 19 Years After Undercover Teen Dating Site Investigation In The UK
A Kentucky woman celebrated a $75,000 lottery scratch-off win after winning $1,000 on the same day. According to the Floyd County Chronicle (FCC), Samantha Elam of Prestonsburg, Kentucky, purchased a scratch-off ticket at Fast Lane Tobacco on Glynview Plaza on November 11th and won $1,000.…
Read More Kentucky Woman Wins $75K After Winning $1K On Lottery Scratch-Off
An Iowa man was sentenced to 108 months in federal prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty earlier this year to drug distribution charges. Justin Haubrich, 46, from Milford, Iowa, pled guilty on June 28, 2022, in federal court in Sioux City, to conspiracy to distribute…
Read More Iowa Man Gets 108 Months In Prison For Meth Conspiracy
A Kansas man was sentenced to 77 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for an early morning armed robbery of a Menards store in West St. Paul. According to court documents, on September 27, 2021, Cornelius Graham, 61, of Kansas City,…
Read More Kansas Man Gets Over 6 Years For Menards Armed Robbery
William McCullough, 62, of Westerly, Rhode Island, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty this week before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of wire fraud stemming from an embezzlement scheme. According to court documents and statements made…
Read More Former Connecticut Attorney Admits Defrauding Clients Of More Than $700K
A North Carolina man was sentenced to six years and six months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $1,660 in restitution for robbing a Lancaster County puppy breeder and his family at gunpoint in order to steal five French Bulldog…
Read More North Carolina Man Gets 6+ Years, Robbing Pennsylvania Family Of French Bulldog Puppies At Gunpoint
An Illinois woman was sentenced to 54 months in federal prison for Identity Theft, Conspiracy to Commit Bank and Wire Fraud, and Money Laundering. Ashley McKinney, 39, of Belleville, Illinois, defrauded elderly women in southern Illinois with the help of her co-conspirator, Erica Rose. They were…
Read More Illinois Woman Heading To Jail After Stealing From The Elderly, Draining Bank Accounts