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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. Winter Park Man Sentenced To More Than Five Years In Federal Prison For Receiving Child Sex Abuse Images 11/15/2024 07:00 AM EST Orlando, Florida – U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Kevin Thompson (35, Winter Park) to five years and six months in federal prison for receipt of child sex abuse material. Thompson entered a guilty plea on July 22, 2024.   New York Doctor Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud 11/15/2024 07:00 AM EST BOSTON – A New York doctor pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston for receiving kickbacks in exchange for ordering medically unnecessary brain scans. Florida Man Sentenced To 80 Years For Producing And Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material 11/15/2024 07:00 AM EST Orlando, Florida – U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Brett Avery Tipton (42, Rockledge) to 80 years in federal prison for producing and distributing child sexual abuse material. The Court also ordered Tipton to forfeit the device used in the commission of the offense and to register as a sex offender. Tipton had entered a guilty plea on July 24, 2024. Former Decatur Oncologist Sentenced for Illegal Opioid Prescribing 11/15/2024 07:00 AM EST Cabot Man Sentenced to Over 16 Years in Federal Prison for Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm 11/15/2024 07:00 AM EST George Tavis Marino, II, a multi-convicted felon, will spend 200 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.  Career offenders sentenced to prison for meth trafficking and illegally possessing firearms 11/15/2024 07:00 AM EST Javou Jameil Smith, 43, and Brian Ricardo Hinton, 41, of Norfolk, have been sentenced to prison for trafficking meth and illegally possessing firearms. United States Reaches Settlement Agreement to Make Daycare Program Accessible for Children With Disabilities 11/15/2024 07:00 AM EST The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia has entered into a settlement agreement with Smarter Kids Child Care ("Smarter Kids") located in Smyrna, Georgia, to resolve allegations that Smarter Kids violated the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") by denying a child an opportunity to participate in its daycare program on the basis of his autism. QOL Medical and Its CEO Agree To Pay $47 Million for Allegedly Paying Kickbacks To Induce Claims for QOL's Drug Sucraid 11/15/2024 07:00 AM EST BOSTON – Pharmaceutical company QOL Medical, LLC (QOL) and its CEO, Frederick E. Cooper, have agreed to pay $47 million to resolve allegations that they caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs, in violation of the False Claims Act, by offering kickbacks, in the form of free Carbon-13 breath testing services, to induce claims for QOL's drug Sucraid. Palo Alto Man Convicted of Drug Offense Near Emmetsburg High School 11/14/2024 07:00 AM EST Columbus man sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for role in conspiracy involving drugs mailed from Arizona 11/14/2024 07:00 AM EST COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ontario M. Yarbrough, 26, of Columbus, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 135 months in prison for his involvement in a narcotics conspiracy involving kilogram quantities of drugs being mailed from Arizona to Columbus. Omaha Man Sentenced to 24 Months in Federal Prison for Ammunition Charges 11/14/2024 07:00 AM EST COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – An Omaha man was sentenced to two years in federal prison for possessing ammunition as a felon. Council Bluffs Man Sentenced to 84 Months for Drug Charges 11/14/2024 07:00 AM EST COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – A Council Bluffs man was sentenced today to 84 months in federal prison for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. You have received this e-mail because you have asked to be notified of changes to the Offices of the United States Attorneys website. GovDelivery is providing this service on behalf of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW · Washington, DC 20530 · 202-514-2000 and may not use your subscription information for any other purposes. Manage your Subscriptions | Department of Justice Privacy Policy  | GovDelivery Privacy Policy Follow the Offices of the United States Attorneys on Twitter: @USAttorneys