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Seattle – A former King County Jail guard with a history of corrupt actions was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 102 months in prison for bribery and distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl pills, announced U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. 

A Los Angeles man who ran a Beverly Hills luxury watch consignment business and was known as “The Timepiece Gentleman” pleaded guilty today to swindling dozens of his customers of out a total of at least $5.6 million.

BOSTON – A former anesthesiologist at Tufts Medical Center was convicted yesterday by a federal jury of attempted sex trafficking of a child.

ESKAVAIL GORDON, also known as “Vail,” 21, of Stratford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for a firearm trafficking offense.

GEORGE MILLER, JR. allegedly steered vendor contracts to certain companies in exchange for cash.

Allstar Health Providers Inc., a Rancho Cucamonga-based home health agency, and its owner, Maria Chua, have agreed to pay $399,990 to the United States to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act when they knowingly received and retained more than one Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan prior to Dec. 31, 2020, in violation of PPP rules, the Justice Department announced today.

Today, a federal jury in Brooklyn convicted John Ragano, also known as “Bazoo,” a member of the Bonanno organized crime family, for the extortionate collection of credit from a victim.