BOSTON – A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in connection with using the identity of a U.S. citizen.

Roberto Melo Guerrero, 39, a Dominican national who formerly resided in Lawrence, pleaded guilty to one count of false representation of a Social Security number and one count of making a false statement relating to a health care benefit program. U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper scheduled sentencing for Sept. 9, 2020. Melo Guerrero was arrested in December 2019 and has been detained since that time.

United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger announced that on July 8, 2020, Archie G. Overby (age 71; formerly of Waupaca, Wisconsin, and currently of Parker, Texas) was sentenced in federal court following his guilty plea to misapplication of funds by a bank officer, in violation of Title 18 United States Code, Section 656. 

NEWARK, N.J. – Seven people have been charged for their roles in conspiracies to pay and receive kickbacks in exchange for ordering genetic tests, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – A federal grand jury in Tallahassee returned an indictment on July 7, 2020, charging Phillip Golightly, 38, of Quincy, Florida, with two counts of Sexual Abuse of a Ward. Golightly, a U.S. Bureau of Prisons Correctional Officer at Federal Correctional Institution Marianna, is charged with sexually assaulting an inmate while on temporary duty at Federal Correctional Institution Tallahassee. The indictment was announced by Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

FRANKFORT, Ky. – A Shelbyville man, Fei Zhou Tang, 51, was sentenced on Wednesday to three years of probation, with six months on home detention, by U.S. District Court Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, following his guilty plea for committing wage and hour offenses.