Tag: Sentenced
Smuggling Ring Sentenced for Criminal Trafficking of Endangered Rhinoceros Horn
Vinh Chuong “Jimmy” Kha, 50, and Felix Kha 26, were sentenced this week in federal district court in Los Angeles to serve 42 and 46 months, respectively, in prison for crimes related to illegal international trafficking of rhinoceros horn. In addition to the prison sentences, the two defendants were ordered to pay a total of [...]
Detroit Area Clinic Owner Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison for Role in $19m Health Care Fraud Scheme
A Detroit-area adult day care center owner was sentenced this week to serve 40 months in prison for billing for unnecessary psychotherapy services, or services that were not provided, as part of a health care fraud conspiracy which led to more than $19 million in fraudulent Medicare billings. Checarol Robinson, 41, was sentenced by U.S. [...]
Former Middle School Employee Sentenced in Texas to 30 Years in Prison on Child Pornography Charges
A Texas man was sentenced this week to serve 30 years in prison for producing and distributing material relating to the sexual exploitation of children, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas Robert Pitman. Robert Ramos Jr., 33, of Austin, [...]
Virginia Teen Sentenced for Church Arson
Jean-Claude Bridges pleaded guilty earlier this year to deliberately setting a church on fire and was sentenced this this week in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Danville, Va. Bridges was sentenced to serve two years in prison, two years of supervised release and ordered to pay $141,773.68 in restitution [...]
Patient Recruiter for Miami Home Health Company Sentenced to 36 Months in $20 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
A patient recruiter for a Miami health care company was sentenced this week to serve 36 months in prison for his participation in a $20 million home health Medicare fraud scheme. Vladimir Jimenez, 43, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Joan A. Lenard in the Southern District of Florida. In addition to his prison term, [...]
Three Sentenced in Alabama Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Conspiracy
Mary Bennett, Narendrakumar Patel and Eugenia Burks, all residents of Elmore County, Ala., were sentenced this week for their roles in an identity theft and tax fraud scheme. Bennett was sentenced to 75 months in prison; Patel was sentenced to 24 months in prison; and Burks was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Bennett had [...]
Peruvian Woman Sentenced to 60 Months And Bahamian Woman Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Alien Smuggling
Peruvian national Jessie Katherine Gonzales Urquizo and Bahamian national Irene Mildred Janette Burrows were sentenced this week to serve 60 months and 36 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in smuggling undocumented migrants to the United States for private financial gain. Urquizo, 37, and Burrows, 66, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. [...]
New York Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Mail Fraud And Attempting to Corruptly Influence a U.S. Attorney
A New York man was sentenced this week in Buffalo to serve 11 years in prison for committing mail fraud and attempting to escape the charges by exerting pressure on a U.S. Attorney’s spouse and candidate for office, the Justice Department announced. James F. Lagona, 52, of Snyder, N.Y., was sentenced by Chief U.S. District [...]
Houston Area Doctor Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for Role in $17.3m Medicare Fraud Scheme
A Texas doctor was sentenced this week to serve 63 months in prison for conspiring to commit health care fraud by falsifying plans of care for Medicare beneficiaries, including patients whom he did not treat, as part of a $17.3 million Medicare fraud scheme. Ben Harris Echols, 63, of Houston, was sentenced by U.S. District [...]
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