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Jan 28, 2010

Lance Thomas, 46, of Wieppe, Idaho, was sentenced on Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge to 60 months in federal prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. During the past six weeks, seven other people…

Jan 26, 2010

WASHINGTON Dov Shellef, a businessman from Great Neck, N.Y., was convicted today on 86 counts, following a five-week jury trial, for conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service in the collection of approximately $1.9 million in excise taxes due on…

Jan 21, 2010

LAREDO, TX A federal indictment charging a Laredo dentist and his orthodontist wife with 17 counts of health care fraud has been unsealed. Both defendants, who were arrested yesterday without incident, appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Diana Saldana today.…

Jan 21, 2010

Performed Cosmetic Procedures that Were Billed to Patients Insurance Companies as ËœMedically Necessary A physician who operated a medical clinic in Torrance has been convicted of defrauding insurance companies by billing for medically necessary procedures, even though the operations he…