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Mozambique Former Finance Minister Gets 20-Year Sentence

Mozambique’s former finance minister, 68-year-old Manuel Chang, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Aug. 8 after being convicted of conspiring to commit wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a $2 billion scheme that targeted investors in the United States and other countries.

Report Raymond L. Daye

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Identity Theft

Orlando Man Who Eluded Authorities for 7 Years Sentenced for Fraud, Identity Theft

After eluding authorities for seven years, an Orlando man has been sentenced to almost 5½ years in federal prison for fraud and identity theft, the U.S. Attorney for Central Florida reported in a press release.

Report Raymond L. Daye

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Medical Fraud

Spokane Medical Supply Company Pays $225K for Bogus Medicare Claims

The owner of a Spokane Valley medical supply company will pay almost $225,000 for a kickback scheme to bill Medicare for unnecessary medical equipment, the U.S. Attorney’s Office reported.

Report Raymond L. Daye

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Police Chief Abused Position to Illegally Acquire Machine Guns, Sell Them at His Gun Store

Smalltown police chief Bradley Eugene Wendt will go to prison after a federal court handed down a five-year sentence, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Iowa District.

Report Matthew Koelher

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Sex Abuse

Former Fort Riley Soldier Gets 23 Years for Sex Abuse Of Minor

A 37-year-old Fort Riley, Kansas, soldier was sentenced in New Mexico federal court on Aug. 7 to 23 years in prison for sexually exploiting a 13-year-old girl, the U.S. Attorney’s Office reported in a press release.

Report Raymond L. Daye

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Medical Fraud

New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Medicare Fraud Conspiracy

A New Orleans man, John M. Spivey, who pled guilty on July 30 to conspiracy to commit Medicare fraud will not be sentenced until April 15, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a press release.

Report Raymond L. Daye

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Embezzlement

Former Missouri Alderman Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud; Sentenced to 5 Years Probation, Pay $292K Restitution

Long-time Des Peres Alderman John Pound was sentenced on Aug. 1 to five years of probation and ordered to repay $292,305 he embezzled from two clients of his property management company from 2006 to mid-2020, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri.

Report Raymond L. Daye

Embezzlement

Escrow Holder Defrauded Clients, Sentenced

Christopher Adam Jensen-Tanner, a former escrow company owner from Roswell, New Mexico, has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for defrauding his clients, according to a July 29 press release issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, New Mexico District.

Report Strahinja Nikolić

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Medical Fraud

U.S. Files Complaint Against Erlanger Health for False Medicare Claims, Improper Relationships with Physicians

A North Carolina/Tennessee healthcare company has been charged in federal court with Medicare fraud, according to a complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

Report Raymond L. Daye

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Misrepresentation

World Agency Discusses Doping Allegations of 23 Chinese swimmers

Did 23 Chinese Swimmers Cheat at the 2021 Olympics? A Meeting Has Been Called to Find Out

Report Seb Jenkins

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Bribery

Navy Officer Took Bribes for Special Immigrant Visas

A U.S. Navy Reserve commander was convicted for his role in a scheme creating false documents to get unvetted Afghan nationals Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) in exchange for money.

Report Nik Mebane

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Corrections Officer

Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Marijuana and Cell Phone to Inmate

High ranking sheriff’s deputies ought to know inmates shouldn’t have access to creature comforts like cell phones and Mary Jane. But at least one Lieutenant didn’t get that memo.

Report Jessika Saunders

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Mozambique Former Finance Minister Gets 20-Year Sentence

Orlando Man Who Eluded Authorities for 7 Years Sentenced for Fraud, Identity Theft

Spokane Medical Supply Company Pays $225K for Bogus Medicare Claims

Police Chief Abused Position to Illegally Acquire Machine Guns, Sell Them at His Gun Store

Former Fort Riley Soldier Gets 23 Years for Sex Abuse Of Minor

New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Medicare Fraud Conspiracy

Former Missouri Alderman Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud; Sentenced to 5 Years Probation, Pay $292K Restitution

Escrow Holder Defrauded Clients, Sentenced

U.S. Files Complaint Against Erlanger Health for False Medicare Claims, Improper Relationships with Physicians

World Agency Discusses Doping Allegations of 23 Chinese swimmers

Navy Officer Took Bribes for Special Immigrant Visas

Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Marijuana and Cell Phone to Inmate

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