By Maj. Marnee A.C. Losurdo, 403rd Wing Public Affairs KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- At 1:15 a.m. June 15, Lt. Col. Jeff Ragusa shuts off his alarm, rolls out of bed and gets ready quietly and leaves for work.…

Beginning Sept. 1, farmers and ranchers can apply for financial assistance to help conserve working grasslands, rangeland and pastureland while maintaining the areas as livestock grazing lands. The initiative is part of the voluntary Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), a federally…

BOSTON—A criminal defense attorney from Lowell was sentenced today for conspiring to use inside information about the business activities of American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) to profit from trading AMSC stock. Douglas Parigian, 56, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge…

PITTSBURGH—A Beaver County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of production of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor. Tyler Seevers, 25, formerly of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Donetta W. Ambrose.…

Newport Beach Litigator Gets 30 Months in Prison for Separate Scams That Swindled Undocumented Aliens and a Bank SAN DIEGO—Attorney Gino Paul Pietro appeared in two federal courthouses this week, where he was collectively sentenced to serve 30 months in…

CHICAGO—The Department Manager of Applications at PACE has been arrested for allegedly accepting over $280,000 in kickbacks and gratuities in exchange for the influence he exerted in placing certain information technology (“IT”) contractors at PACE and in their employment at…

WASHINGTON—A Detroit-area medical doctor who referred Medicare beneficiaries for home health services in exchange for illegal cash kickbacks as part of a $3.6 million home health care fraud scheme has plead guilty for his role in the scheme. Kutub Mesiwala,…

PHILADELPHIA—Willie Singletary, 33, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to 20 months in prison for lying to the FBI when questioned about ticket fixing at the former Philadelphia Traffic Court. A federal jury found Singletary guilty of the charge in July…

NEWARK, NJ—The deputy director of the Hudson County Correctional Facility was found guilty today of illegally wiretapping his co-workers and another individual. Kirk Eady, 46, of East Brunswick, N.J. was found guilty of one count of intentionally intercepting the wire,…

ROCKFORD, IL—An Illinois physician was arrested this morning on a charge of illegal remunerations. NEIL SHARMA, 34, of Lemont, Illinois, a licensed Illinois physician and the medical director of an Illinois healthcare company, is charged with receiving a kickback in…

The United States Attorney’s Office has filed a forfeiture lawsuit against the real property at 24 and 24.5 Cottage Street in Rutland Vermont. The suit was brought pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(7), which provides that property which is used…

Renata Nicole Annese Stole More Than $800,000 in a Credit Card Fraud Scheme GRAND RAPIDS, MI—Renata Nicole Annese, 39, of Jenison, Michigan, pled guilty on June 29 in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan to one count…