Imperial Valley News Center
Doctors Plead Guilty to Opioid Offenses
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Knoxville, Tennessee - Two Tennessee doctors each pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance.
Chinese National Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Illegally Export Military- and Space-Grade Technology
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Phoenix, Arizona - On October 16, 2019, United States District Judge Diane J. Humetewa sentenced Tao Li, a 39-year-old Chinese national, to 40 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Li had previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to export military- and space-grade technology to the People’s Republic of China without a license in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
Department of Justice Prosecuted a Record-Breaking Number of Immigration-Related Cases in Fiscal Year 2019
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Washington, DC - The Justice Department announced that in fiscal year 2019 (FY19), its U.S. Attorneys’ Offices prosecuted the highest number of immigration-related offenses since record keeping began more than 25 years ago. These numbers successfully reverse the trend in previous years of declining prosecutions for felony Illegal Reentry defendants, misdemeanor Improper Entry defendants and felony Alien Smuggling defendants.
Mother and Daughter Sentenced for Violating Civil Rights of Woman with Disabilities
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New Orleans, Louisiana - Raylaine Knope, 43, was sentenced to 336 months imprisonment today in the Eastern District of Louisiana for obtaining forced, unpaid household labor and services from D.P., an adult woman with cognitive disabilities, as well as for conspiring to obtain D.P.’s forced labor and misprision of a felony. Knope’s daughter, Bridget Lambert, 22, was sentenced to 48 months imprisonment for conspiring with Knope and their other family members to obtain forced labor from D.P.
Southern California Doctor Found Guilty in $12 Million Medicare Fraud and Device Adulteration Scheme
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Los Angeles, California - A federal jury found a southern California doctor guilty Wednesday for his role in a $12 million scheme to provide medically unnecessary procedures to Medicare beneficiaries, upcode claims submitted to Medicare, and re-package single-use catheters for reuse on patients.
Justice Department Settles Immigration-Related Discrimination Claim Against National Restaurant Franchise Owner
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San Antonio, Texas - The Department of Justice announced Thursday that it has reached a settlement agreement with MUY Brands LLC, a San Antonio-based owner and operator of approximately 78 Taco Bell restaurant franchises in six states, and a related management company, MUY Consulting Inc. The settlement resolves the Department’s investigation into whether the companies violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by discriminating against lawful permanent residents because of their citizenship status when verifying their authorization to work in the United States.
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