Imperial Valley News Center
COVID-19 Task Force Nets Duct Cleaning Company
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Miami, Florida - Sextant Marine Consulting LLC (Sextant), a Florida-based duct cleaning company, has agreed to pay $30,000 in damages and civil penalties to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by obtaining more than one Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan in 2020. Sextant also repaid the duplicative PPP funds in full to its lender, relieving the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) of liability to the lender for the federal guaranty of approximately $170,000 on the improper loan.
Rwandan Genocide Suspect Permanently Leaves the United States After Denaturalization
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Buffalo, New York - A Rwanda native, most recently residing in Buffalo, New York, has been denaturalized by consent and departed from the United States under an order of removal following the filing of a complaint citing his suspected involvement in the Rwandan genocide in 1994.
Thirteen Defendants Plead Guilty in $126 Million Compounding Fraud Scheme
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Dallas, Texas - Thirteen defendants, including three compounding pharmacy owners, three physicians, two pharmacists, and three patient recruiters, pleaded guilty in the Southern District of Texas to a years-long, multi-state scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) and TRICARE.
Man Convicted of Sexual Exploitation of Minors
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Arlington, Virginia - A federal jury convicted a Virginia man Wednesday for producing, receiving, and possessing child pornography.
Repeat Child Sex Offender Sentenced to 108 Months in Prison for Attempted Sex Abuse in Vietnam
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Washington, DC - A U.S. citizen residing outside the United States was sentenced Wednesday to 108 months in prison for attempting to molest an 11-year-old boy in Vietnam.
Former Bureau of Prisons Corrections Officer Sentenced for Sexually Abusing an Inmate and Witness Tampering
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Birmingham, Alabama - Eric Todd Ellis, 32, a former Bureau of Prisons (BOP) corrections officer at the FCI-Aliceville facility in Aliceville, Alabama, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Birmingham, Alabama, to 18 months in prison and five years of supervised release. Ellis previously pleaded guilty to one count of sexual abuse of a ward and one count of tampering with a witness.
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