Department of Justice News 10/31/13

You are subscribed to Justice News for the U.S. Department of Justice. This information has recently been updated with the following:  Settlement Reached with Warren County, N.C., Board of Education to Resolve Employment Rights Claim of Army Reserve Soldier 10/31/2013 05:51 PM EDT The Justice Department announced a settlement today with the Warren County, N.C., Board of Education that resolves a lawsuit the department filed on behalf of Army Reserve soldier Dwayne Coffer under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA). California Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud the IRS and Aggravated Identity Theft 10/31/2013 05:36 PM EDT Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division Kathryn Keneally and U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag for the Northern District of California announced that Noemi Rubio Baez, of Salinas, Calif., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to file false claims for tax refunds with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and to aggravated identity theft. Former U.S. Postal Service Mail Carrier Sentenced to Prison for Role in Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme 10/31/2013 05:31 PM EDT Vernon Harrison, of Montgomery, Ala., was sentenced to serve 111 months in prison and three years supervised release, along with an order to pay $82,791 restitution, for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama George L. Beck  Co-founder of Liberty Reserve Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering in Manhattan Federal Court 10/31/2013 04:45 PM EDT Vladimir Kats, 41, of Brooklyn, N.Y., pleaded guilty today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote to money laundering and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. The charges stem from his role in running Liberty Reserve, a company that operated one of the world’s most widely used digital currency services and allegedly laundered more than $6 billion in suspected proceeds of crimes. Owner of Texas-based Ambulance Service Convicted of Health Care Fraud 10/31/2013 04:24 PM EDT A federal jury in Houston has convicted Gwendolyn Climmons-Johnson, 53, of multiple counts of health care fraud for submitting false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for ambulance services. Justice Department Seeks to Shut Down South Texas Tax Preparer 10/31/2013 10:02 AM EDT The United States has filed a lawsuit asking a federal district court in McAllen, Texas, to permanently bar Hector Rangel Jr. from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.