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Offices of the United States Attorneys   You are subscribed to U.S. Attorneys News news updates. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Walla Walla Man Who Attempted to Flee from Police Sentenced for Unlawful Possession of a Machine Gun 09/25/2024 08:00 AM EDT Mexican National Gets 6 Years in Prison for Leading $25 Million Tax Fraud Scheme 09/25/2024 08:00 AM EDT Miguel Martinez, 39, a Mexican national residing in Bakersfield, was sentenced today to six years in prison for leading a $25 million fraud against the IRS. Massachusetts Man Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For Over $500,000 In Retail Theft 09/25/2024 08:00 AM EDT SAN JOSE – Michael O'Brien, Jr., was sentenced to 60 months in prison for crimes related to fraud Prineville Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Multi-Million Dollar Drug Treatment Fraud Scheme 09/25/2024 08:00 AM EDT A Prineville, Oregon woman was sentenced to federal prison yesterday for using stolen identities to submit fraudulent health care claims resulting in over $1.5 million in misappropriated funds from the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) Medicaid Program and filing false tax returns that failed to report earnings she received. New Bedford Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Over $450,000 in Veterans Disability Funds 09/25/2024 08:00 AM EDT BOSTON – A New Bedford man pleaded guilty today to stealing over $450,000 in disability benefits issued by the United States Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) intended for a 20-year veteran of the United States Marine Corps who was suffering from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).   Two Inland Empire Men Indicted for Alleged Marijuana Dispensary Robbery in Which Firearm Barrel Was Pressed Against Victim's Head 09/25/2024 08:00 AM EDT Two Inland Empire men were indicted today by a federal grand jury for allegedly robbing of a San Bernardino marijuana dispensary at gunpoint, a crime in which one of them pressed the barrel of his pistol to the head of a store employee lying face down on the floor. Grand Jury Returns Indictments 09/25/2024 08:00 AM EDT Leader of Eau Claire Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 10 Years 09/25/2024 08:00 AM EDT Springbrook Man Sentenced to Prison for Failure to Pay Employment Taxes 09/25/2024 08:00 AM EDT Convicted Felon Sentenced for the Second Time in One Year After Failing to Appear in Court While on Supervised Release 09/25/2024 08:00 AM EDT Salt Lake City, Utah – Thomas Fairbanks, 71, of Cache County, Utah, was sentenced today to an additional 30 days' imprisonment for failure to appear in court for a sentencing hearing in a securities fraud case. The one month sentence will be served consecutively to his 27 months' securities fraud sentence, which was imposed in April 2024.  Independence Man Sentenced to 19 Years for Drug Trafficking, Illegal Firearms 09/25/2024 08:00 AM EDT An Independence, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today after law enforcement officers seized 22 firearms and a large quantity of a variety of illegal drugs from his residence and his two campers in Bagnell, Mo. Nashville Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Federal Prison for Multiple Armed Robbery and Firearms Convictions 09/25/2024 08:00 AM EDT Spokane Man Caught with Methamphetamine Sent Through the U.S. Mail Sentenced to Federal Prison 09/25/2024 08:00 AM EDT Department of Justice and Mason County Jail reach settlement over ADA compliance in treatment of Opioid use Disorder 09/25/2024 08:00 AM EDT Seattle – The U.S. Department of Justice and the Mason County Jail reached a settlement this month of allegations the jail violated the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) by refusing to provide inmates with medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD), announced U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman.  Inmate Pleads Guilty to Possessing Weapon at FCI McDowell 09/25/2024 08:00 AM EDT $2,125,640 Recouped in Civil Settlements for Violations of the False Claims Act from Local Pharmacies in Cidra and Florida, Puerto Rico 09/25/2024 08:00 AM EDT SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The United States Attorney's Office reached two settlement agreements with local pharmacies and their respective owners to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting or causing to be submitted fraudulent claims for payment to the Medicare and Medicaid Programs from October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2023. Farmacia Beatriz, LLC, from Cidra, PR, and Edwin Valentin-Rosario paid $725,640 while CDT Policlínica Familiar Florida and Jesús Vázquez agreed to pay $1.4 million, of which $1.3 million has already been collected. Kanawha County Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime 09/25/2024 08:00 AM EDT 27 Individuals Indicted for Buying and Selling Wholesale Quantities of Misbranded and Diverted Prescription Drugs Resold to the Public Through Retail Pharmacies in Puerto Rico 09/25/2024 08:00 AM EDT SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On September 19, 2024, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging 25 individuals with conspiracy to introduce misbranded drugs and to defraud the United States. In separate indictment, another individual was charged with unlicensed wholesale distribution of prescription drugs. In a separate charging instrument, another individual was charged with and pleaded guilty to unlicensed wholesale distribution of prescription drugs. Montgomery County Man Pleads Guilty to Election Fraud Offenses 09/25/2024 08:00 AM EDT KC Man Sentenced for Illegal Firearm 09/25/2024 08:00 AM EDT A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm after he pointed his pistol at an ex-girlfriend's head and threatened to kill her, then crashed into several vehicles while attempting to flee from law enforcement officers. Inmate Pleads Guilty to Possessing Weapon at FCI McDowell 09/25/2024 08:00 AM EDT Macon Mother and Son Sentenced for Roles in Decade-Long Business Theft 09/25/2024 08:00 AM EDT MACON, Ga. – Two members of the same family who illegally wrote millions in checks to themselves from their employer's operating account were sentenced to prison and ordered to pay restitution for their crimes.Billy Lee Wells, Jr., 47, of Macon, was sentenced to serve 57 months in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release. He was ordered to pay the following jointly and severally with co-defendant Eva Wells: $2,583,003.80 restitution to Phil J. Sheridan Company d/b/a Mid-Georgia Sales and $150,000 restitution due to Donegal Mutual Insurance Company. In addition, he was ordered individually to pay $586,112 to the IRS in restitution and $3,404,772.22 in forfeiture.  RGV tax preparers sent to prison for $3M tax fraud scheme 09/25/2024 08:00 AM EDT Three local sisters have been sentenced for their roles in a conspiracy to aid and assist in the preparation of filing fraudulent tax returns to the IRS U.S. Attorney and FBI Charge Man for Drive-by Shooting in Zuni 09/25/2024 08:00 AM EDT Devin Wyaco was charged by criminal complaint with federal firearms violations following a drive-by shooting that occurred on the Pueblo of Zuni Indian Reservation. 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