Hattiesburg, MS Randy James, the former City Clerk of Bay Springs in Jasper County, was sentenced today before U.S. District Judge Taylor McNeel, for the federal crimes of money laundering and making false statements on a federal tax return, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca, Special Agent-in-Charge James E. Dorsey of the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Atlanta Field Office, and Mississippi State Auditor Shad White. James pleaded guilty and was convicted on October 7, 2020, by Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett.
James was sentenced to serve a total of 50 months in federal prison with a 30-month sentence for money laundering and a 20-month sentence for tax evasion to be served consecutively. Upon his release from federal prison James also was sentenced to serve an effective total of 3 years of supervised release with a 3-years of supervised release for money laundering and 1-year of supervised release for tax evasion to be serve
“This is not in my character,” Moran said. “I’ve learned my lesson in this.”
The scheme, which began in Mississippi, has defrauded TRICARE and other health care benefits providers of more than $1.5 billion nationwide, the government contends. At least 25 people have been charged, and 20 of them have been convicted at trial or pleaded guilty.
U.S. Senior Judge Keith Starrett said in court Tuesday that Moran, like the others in the case, was a good person until he got “caught up in this greed, this evil.”
“I’ve seen a lot of shows in my career as a judge and seen a lot of very sad cases through the years,” Starrett said. “The sad thing is the tremendous ability and potential you have for good. This involved so many people, so many lives ruined, so many careers lost.”
MS pain cream scheme: Ex-pharmacist Marco Moran going to prison, must pay back millions Lici Beveridge, Mississippi Clarion Ledger
Former pharmacist Marco Moran, one of more than 20 people convicted in a massive health care fraud involving compounded pain creams and other medications, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Hattiesburg to 10 years in prison.
He also must forfeit nearly $12.2 million in cash and pay restitution of around $22.1 million and a fine of $20,000.
Moran, 47, was charged in September 2018 to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. He pleaded guilty the same day.
He apologized to the court and the government as well as his children and a grandchild.
Judge signs consent decree in Hattiesburg wastewater settlement Mayor Toby Barker discusses the settlement during an August news conference. (Source: WDAM) By WDAM Staff | January 22, 2021 at 4:30 PM CST - Updated January 22 at 4:40 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - A federal judge signed a consent decree Wednesday between the city of Hattiesburg and state and federal agencies over a longstanding issue with the city’s wastewater system.
The consent decree and the accompanying lawsuit, filed by the Environmental Protection Agency, were announced by Mayor Toby Barker on Aug. 26 after seven years of negotiations.
Negotiations began during former Mayor Johnny DuPree’s administration after a September 2012 EPA inspection noted unreported sanitary sewer overflows.
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