Security News in Brief: High-Volume Heroin Supplier to Middle Georgia Sentenced to Prison

Source: United States Department of Justice News

MACON, Ga. – The primary supplier of a heroin distribution ring operating between Atlanta and Macon, which funneled up to 30,000 doses of heroin into the region in three months, was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for his crime.

Michael Duffy, 43, of Sandy Springs, Georgia, was sentenced to serve 135 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Marc Treadwell on Tuesday, Nov. 30, after he previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin. There is no parole in the federal system.

Security News in Brief: Former Chief Financial Officer of Publicly Traded Company Sentenced to Two Years for Significant Securities Fraud

Source: United States Department of Justice News

The former chief financial officer of Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. (Roadrunner), a publicly-traded trucking and logistics company formerly headquartered in Cudahy, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday in the Eastern District of Wisconsin to 24 months in prison for his role in a complex securities and accounting fraud scheme.

Security News in Brief: Dade City Man Sentenced In Bank Fraud And Aggravated Identity Theft Case

Source: United States Department of Justice News

Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell has sentenced Daniel Santos (26, Dade City) to seven years and three months in federal prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. As part of his sentence, the court also ordered restitution in the amount of $263,066.15, the proceeds of the bank fraud.

Security News in Brief: Louisiana Marketer Sentenced in More Than $180 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

A Louisiana marketer was sentenced today to 30 months in prison in the Southern District of Mississippi for his role in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud TRICARE and private insurance companies by paying kickbacks to distributors for the referral of medically unnecessary prescriptions. TRICARE is the health care program for uniformed service members, retirees and their families. The conduct resulted in more than $180 million in fraudulent billings, including more than $50 million paid by federal health care programs.