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DME Business Owner Lands in Federal Prison for 10 Years for Health Care Fraud and Identity Theft Scheme
MCALLEN, TX—Juan De Leon, 41, of Edinburg, Texas and owner of United DME Inc., was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison without parole for his role in a health care fraud and identity theft scheme, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced today. Following a four-day trial and approximately an hour of deliberations in late September 2011, a federal jury in McAllen convicted De Leon on charges of conspiracy, health care fraud, and aggravated identity theft related to his scheme to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid for a variety of medical items including power wheelchairs and diabetic supplies.
Tampa Man Sentenced for Dubuque Concert Fraud
A man who participated in a scheme to promote and sell tickets to a non-existent rap concert purportedly to be held in Dubuque was sentenced today to 78 months in federal prison. Scott Elkins, 38, from Tampa, Florida, received the prison term after a guilty plea on August 30, 2011, to one count of mail fraud.
Three Persons Charged in Child Sexual Exploitation and Interstate Prostitution Case
Michael Malcom, age 55, from Humboldt, Iowa; Ashley Prince, age 21, from Fort Dodge, Iowa; and Nikki Fawcett, age 23, from Fort Dodge, have been charged with child sexual exploitation and other charges. The charges are contained in an indictment unsealed December 19, 2011, in United States District Court in Sioux City.
Orlando Man Sentenced to More Than 12 Years for Distributing Child Pornography
ORLANDO, FL—U.S. Attorney Robert E.
Orlando Man Sentenced to 11 Years for Distributing Child Pornography
ORLANDO, FL—U.S. Attorney Robert E.
Illinois prisons at bursting point if Logan closes
By Benjamin Yount | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Closing the Logan Correctional Center may save Illinois taxpayers $9 million in the short term, but potential lawsuits resulting from overcrowding and civil rights violations could burden the state financially in the long term. The loss of 1,970 beds at the Lincoln facility would force Illinois to squeeze 48,743 into 49,030 beds at the state’s 27 prisons, leaving only 287 beds available statewide.
Critical Resistance Founder Speaks on Incarceration Reform
WHAT: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, co-founder of the incarceration reform group Critical Resistance and professor of geography at the City University of New York Graduate Center, will present a talk titled, Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex: The World We Want is the World We Need at the University of Illinois at Chicago. WHEN: Sept.
PG Movies and Low Pay Await Wesley Snipes in Jail
When actor Wesley Snipes enters prison Thursday, he’ll leave behind his wife, young children and celebrity neighbors in the wealthy Florida enclave made infamous by next-door neighbor Tiger Woods. The prison camp in Lewis Run in northwestern Pennsylvania pales by comparison, but is still worlds away from the harsh prison fortresses depicted in the Snipes films ‘Undisputed’ and ‘Brooklyn’s Finest.’ Federal Correctional Institution McKean, a minimum-security camp, doesn’t have fences around its perimeter.
Daley, Weis: No early release for gun criminals
(WBEZ/Tony Arnold) Chicago Mayor Richard Daley addresses the media Tuesday Chicago’s mayor and top cop are calling for a change to the way some prisoners are released early in Illinois. That comes after a 19-year-old parolee was arrested for killing a Chicago police technician and a housing authority officer.
Report: Politics bungles facts on early release program
This year’s nasty race for Illinois governor has led to misinformation about prisons and bad prison policy, according to a new report released by Malcolm Young, with the Program for Prison Reentry Strategies at the Northwestern University School of Law. Young is hoping to shed some light on a prisoner early release program that has been the focus of a lot of debate this election season. lllinois Gov.
