Man sentenced for health care fraud, identity theft
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The following is a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Idaho.
BOISE –- Scott Alexander Laney, 38, of Boise, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 42 months in federal prison for health care fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Laney to serve three years of supervised release following his prison sentence, pay restitution totaling $29,795.49, and a fine of $2,500. Laney was convicted on Oct. 5, 2020, following a bench trial.
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A Boise man who was connected to cases of defrauding Medicare and Idaho Medicaid was sentenced to 3.5 years in federal prison Monday.
The allegations about Scott Alexander Laney, 38, were initially forwarded to the Idaho Attorney Generalâs Office from the Payette City Police Department in 2016, confirmed Chief John Plaza in a phone interview this morning. That was a while before his time and even before the detective who handled the case.
âThe wheels of justice turn slowly, but they grind finely,â Plaza said.
According to the report on file, a local doctorâs office, Healthcare With Heart, had suspected fraud there and contacted the Payette Police Department. The detective at the time, then investigated the case and decided it needed to go to the Attorney General, according to Plaza.
Florida man pleads guilty to cyberstalking family of murder victim in Idaho
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The following is a news release from the United States Attorney for the District of Idaho.
BOISE Alvin Willie George, 25, of Cross City, Florida, pleaded guilty to two counts of cyberstalking, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced Thursday. George was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Boise on Dec. 11, 2019. Sentencing is set for April 8, 2021, before U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill at the federal courthouse in Boise.
According to court records, in December 1999, in Texas, two female children were attacked in a bedroom. During the attack both children had their throats slit. One child survived the attack, but her friend was killed. The perpetrator of these crimes was convicted.
Idaho man sentenced for bomb threat
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An Idaho man with a history of making bomb threats to courthouses is going to federal prison.
Kristopher Allen Wrede, 30, of Boise, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to one year for making a telephonic bomb threat, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced Wednesday. According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Idaho, Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also ordered Wrede serve three years of supervised release following his prison sentence. Wrede pleaded guilty to the charge on Oct. 13.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) official has pleaded guilty to receiving bribes and falsifying tax returns.
U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced on Monday, Dec. 14, that James Heslep, a former Management and Program Analyst during this time at the FBI, pleaded guilty to receiving a bribe as a public official as well as making and subscribing a false income tax return.
“Public officials take a solemn oath not to exploit their office for personal gain,” said U.S. Attorney Davis. “Mr. Heslep disregarded his ethics training, purposely violated that oath, and compromised the FBI’s contracting process. This case stands as a cautionary warning for other public officials entrusted with influence over government contracts.”