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Missouri State Employee Accused of Stealing $140,000 in Unemployment Insurance Funds ST. LOUIS – A Missouri state employee has been indicted on three federal felony charges and accused of using her position to send about $140,500 in unearned unemployment benefits to friends, relatives and others,,,

Jackson Man Sentenced to 30 Months, Ordered to Repay $7.5 million For Health Care Fraud Scheme CAPE GIRARDEAU – U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh on Thursday sentenced a business owner from Jackson, Missouri to 30 months in prison for health care fraud and ordered him to repay $7.5 million,,,

St. Charles Woman Sentenced to Nearly 5 Years in Prison For $2.5 Million Missouri Medicaid Fraud ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark on Tuesday sentenced a woman from St. Charles to four years and nine months in prison for her role in a $2.5 million fraud involving Missouri’s Medicaid,,,

Ohio Doctor Pleads Guilty in St. Louis to Telemedicine Kickback Scheme ST. LOUIS – A doctor from Ohio pleaded guilty Monday to three felony charges and admitted accepting $291,000 in kickbacks from telemedicine companies involved in a nationwide fraud scheme. Despite knowing it was illegal to,,,

Man who served in Army under an assumed name sentenced to time served and community service for passport fraud ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Tuesday sentenced a man who has been living under an assumed name since he used it to enlist in the U.S. Army 37 years ago to 100 hours of,,,

St. Louis County Couple Sentenced for Defrauding Medicaid ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig on Friday sentenced a couple from St. Louis County for falsely claiming to have provided home care to elderly Medicaid recipients. Qais Meraj, 33, was sentenced to two months in prison, two,,,

St. Charles Woman Sentenced for Prescription Drug, Health Care Fraud ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Friday sentenced a woman from St. Charles who fraudulently obtained prescription drugs for herself and her children and then sold them to others, including an undercover agent, to,,,

Collinsville osteopathic physician sentenced to a year in prison for illegally prescribing drug ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White on Wednesday sentenced an osteopathic physician from Collinsville, Illinois to a year in prison for illegally prescribing an anti-anxiety drug. Matthew,,,

Missouri doctor sentenced to year in prison for healthcare fraud, he and wife ordered to repay $235,000 ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge E. Richard Webber on Thursday sentenced a doctor from Town and Country, Missouri to a year in prison for a health care fraud scheme and ordered he and his wife to,,,

Company, owners admit bringing more than 100 unauthorized migrant workers to Missouri ST. LOUIS – A father and son from Florida and their labor contracting company have pleaded guilty to federal charges and admitted bringing more than 100 unauthorized migrant workers to Missouri in 2018. Jorge Marin,,,