PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Dubois, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to three years of probation on a conviction of a federal money laundering law related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, and Allegheny, United States Attorney Cindy Chung announced today.

PITTSBURGH, PA – A former resident of Garfield Heights, Ohio, pleaded guilty in federal court to violations federal narcotics laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, and Allegheny, United States Attorney Cindy Chung announced today.

          LOS ANGELES – A neurosurgeon pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for accepting approximately $3.3 million in bribes for performing spinal surgeries at a now-defunct Long Beach hospital whose owner later was imprisoned for committing a massive workers’ compensation system scam.

Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging four defendants with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft.  Charged in the indictment are:

Raissa Kaossele, age 22, of Baltimore, Maryland;

Damilola Ojo, age 29, of Pikesville, Maryland;

Victor Ojo, age 28, of Edgewood, Maryland;

Jamelia Thompson, age 29, of Pikesville, Maryland.

MISSOULA  — A Philipsburg woman who admitted to lying for more than 10 years about her income and resources to receive more Social Security Administration (SSA) benefits and other federal aid than she was qualified to receive was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay full restitution of $142,542, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.

Virginia Kathleen Pearson, 56, pleaded guilty in April to false statements to a government agency.