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Sept. 13, 2024 ¡ª Aaron DeAndre Mercer and Ronald Lynn Dorsey both of Washington, D.C. and members of the violent Kennedy Street Crew (KDY), were sentenced today to federal prison terms for their roles in a drug trafficking organization operating open-air drug markets in Northwest Washington, D.C.

July 31, 2024 ¡ª Caleb Keller of New Albany, Indiana has been sentenced to 20 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to wire fraud and money laundering.

August 1, 2023 ¡ª A former Dublin, Ga., resident is being sought internationally on multiple federal charges alleging he orchestrated a scheme that misdirected more than $30 million donated for Christian ministry in China.

Feb. 10, 2025 ¡ª A New Jersey accountant was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for his role in the promotion and sale of abusive syndicated conservation easement tax shelters.

April 11, 2025 ¨D A Florida man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison, two years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $4,381,265.76 in restitution to the United States for willfully failing to pay over employment taxes and willfully failing to file individual income tax returns.

June 8, 2023 ¡ª The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that four individuals were indicted on charges related to a prostitution enterprise called XO Companions, or XOC. The four defendants are Anton Panin of Hollywood, Florida, Jennie Lawson of Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, Tracey Lawson of Thomasville, Pennsylvania, and Viktoriia Zakirova of Miami, Florida.

June 8, 2023 ¡ª The U.S. Attorney¡¯s Office for the District of Colorado announces that obÌåÓýard Weiss of Greenwood Village was sentenced to six months in federal prison for distributing a controlled substance outside the usual course of professional practice, for structuring financial transactions in a way to evade reporting requirements, and for engaging in monetary transactions greater than $10,000 that were derived from unlawful activity. After his custodial sentence, the defendant will face ten months of home confinement, as part of three years on supervised release. The 69-year-old also was ordered to forfeit $826,083.24 in criminal proceeds, pay $150,000 in community restitution, and surrender both his medical license as well his license to prescribe controlled substances.

November 22, 2023 ¡ª A Pennsylvania doctor and his wife have admitted their roles in schemes to solicit and receive kickbacks and bribes in exchange for ordering genetic tests, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

December 5, 2023 ¡ª An Arizona woman was sentenced to prison today for participating in a scheme that defrauded the Medicaid programs in North Carolina and Georgia of more than $3.7 million, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell sentenced Bree¡¯Anna Harris of Phoenix, Arizona, to 36 months in prison and two years of supervised release and ordered the defendant to pay $3,971,649 in restitution.

December 12, 2023 ¡ª The former president and CEO of a Los Angeles-based anti-poverty nonprofit agency was sentenced today to six months in federal prison for embezzling money from the nonprofit for his personal benefit, failing to report these funds on his tax returns, and intentionally misapplying more than $600,000 in grant money to pay for unauthorized expenses.