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Baltimore, Maryland – A Maryland oncology practice and its owner agreed to pay more than $1.4 million to settle fraudulent billing allegations. Progressive Oncology & Hematology, LLC (Progressive), an oncology practice offering chemotherapy services in Frederick, Maryland, and its owner and sole provider, Mouhamad Bazzi, MD, agreed to pay the United States $1.45 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act.

Baltimore, Maryland – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced, today, multiple immigration-related prosecutions, including charges against several members of a Baltimore-area drug trafficking organization (DTO). These prosecutions are in connection with the Department of Justice’s Operation Take Back America.

Baltimore, Maryland – A Maryland man learned his fate in federal court, today, for making online threats. U.S. District Judge Adam B. Abelson sentenced Raymond Pumphrey, 47, of Brooklyn, to 15 months, followed by three years of supervised release, for making threats transmitted by interstate communication in connection with the cybercrime.

Baltimore, Maryland – An Ecuadorian alien received a federal-prison term, today, for illegally re-entering the United States after her prior removal. U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Vanessa Yalixa Munoz-Baque, 31, to six months in federal prison in connection with the re-entry charges after she was previously removed from the U.S. in August 2023. 

Greenbelt, Maryland – A former National Security Advisor to the President of the United States entered a guilty plea in federal court, today, in connection with charges stemming from the transmission and retention of national defense information. John Robert Bolton, II, 77, of Bethesda, Maryland, pled guilty to retention of national defense information, as alleged in Count 12 of the indictment. 

Baltimore, Maryland – A recidivist sex offender faces indictment, today, for committing sex-trafficking crimes against two minor victims. Lorenzo Turner, 43, of Washington D.C., is charged with two counts of sex trafficking a minor; two counts of transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity; and commission of a felony crime involving a minor by a registered sex offender.

Baltimore, Maryland – The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today, that six aliens unlawfully in the United States face indictment, stemming from a local drug investigation. The illegal aliens, along with a seventh defendant, are charged with several crimes in connection with a drug trafficking organization (DTO) operating in the Baltimore metropolitan area.

Baltimore, Maryland – A Baltimore man is headed to federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy. U.S. Chief District Judge George L. Russell sentenced Nathaniel Lightford, 47, to nine years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.

Baltimore, Maryland – A Baltimore man is headed to federal prison for orchestrating a real-estate scheme. U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Maddox sentenced Jacob Rappaport, 41, to 15 months in prison, today, for conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Rappaport, an attorney, represented Alexander Schultz, 31, formerly of Pikesville, Maryland, and Schultz’s company, Limitless Management — a company that bought, sold, and managed real estate in Maryland — on various real estate transactions. 

Baltimore, Maryland – A New York man received a federal-prison term for mimicking popular crypto influencers as he carried out a wire-fraud scheme. U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Noman Saleem, 39, of Queens and Levittown, to 15 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, in connection with the scam. 

Baltimore, Maryland – Planning to fly your drone in Baltimore during SAIL250 Maryland? The government is issuing temporary flight restrictions (TFR) around the Baltimore Inner Harbor, Fells Point, North Locust Point, Under Armour Pier, Baltimore Peninsula, and Martin State Airport during SAIL250 Maryland & Airshow Baltimore, from June 24 through June 30. 

Baltimore, Maryland – Today, the United States and Motor Vessel Dali Chief Engineer, Karthikeyan Deenadayalan, entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement in which he admitted to conduct that constitutes a criminal violation of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act.