by Associated Press Published: December 14,2012
Tags: acquire, bench, bid, buy, court, crime, criminal, fraud, guilty, home, house, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, mail fraud, plea, plead, purchase, real estate, residence, residentiasl, sale, sell, sentence
LAUREL — Two real estate investors have pleaded guilty to bid rigging and mail fraud in a scheme to artificially lower prices of auctioned homes in Alabama. U.S. Department of Justice officials say Robert M. Brannon, of Laurel, and his son Jason Brannon, of Mobile, Ala., conspired with others to avoid bidding against each other [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 10,2012
Tags: Cancer, clinic, court, crime, criminal, health, health care, oncologist, oncology, sentence
SUMMIT — A federal judge has sentenced a doctor to 20 years in prison and ordered her to repay nearly $8.2 million for fraud at a former Mississippi cancer center she ran. U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III said he was “appalled” at how Dr. Meera Sachdeva treated patients at a vulnerable time of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 14,2012
Tags: bench, case, court, crime, criminal, decision, doctor, health, health care, hospital, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, kickback, medical, medicine, physician, ruling, sentence, sentencing, trial
BATESVILLE — A Batesville doctor has been sentenced to home confinement for his role in a medical kickback scheme. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports Dr. Robert Corkern was sentenced to two years’ house confinement and three years’ post-release supervision. Corkern pleaded guilty to bribing a former Panola County administrator to use public funds as [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 12,2012
Tags: bench, decision, intellectual property, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, pirate, pirating, retail, ruling, sale, sell, sentence, sentencing
HAZLEHURST — A Hazlehurt man has been sentenced to serve 15 years in prison for selling pirated DVDs and CDs. Attorney General Jim Hood says 37-year-old Patrick Lashun King was sentenced to 18 years with three years suspended last week. Hood says King pleaded guilty to six counts of selling pirated DVDs and CDs before [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 9,2012
Tags: black market, cigarette, contraband, court, decision, federal government, illegal, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, ruling, sentence, sentencing, tobacco
OXFORD — An Arkansas man has been sentenced to three years in prison for his role in the trafficking of contraband cigarettes. James B. Trosper, of Rogers Ark., pleaded guilty in 2011 to three counts involving the scheme. WTVA-TV reports Trosper was sentenced in federal court in Oxford. Prosecutors said Trosper and others were involved [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 7,2012
Tags: bench, construction, contractor, court, fraud, home, homebuilder, homebuilding, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, repair, sentence, sentencing
CARTHAGE — A Carthage man has been sentenced to five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to home repair fraud, according to the Attorney General’s Office. Alvin Dennis Hall, 47, pleaded guilty to one felony count of home repair fraud. He was sentenced by Judge William E. Chapman [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 1,2012
Tags: bench, court, crime, criminal, doctor, drug, health, health care, illegal drug, illicit durg, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, medical, medicine, perscription drug, physician, prison, sentence, sentencing
COLUMBUS — A doctor has been sentenced to 13 months in federal prison on three counts of distributing narcotics. Dr. Mark Burtman of Columbus was sentenced in federal court in Oxford. Burtman was charged with illegally distributing prescription painkillers. He pleaded guilty to the three counts on June 28. In addition to the prison time, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 31,2012
Tags: attorney, bench, court, crime, criminal, decision, embezzlement, forger, forgery, habitual offender, judge, judicial, judiciary, law, law firm, lawyer, legal, prison, ruling, secretary, sentence
BATESVILLE — A 40-year-old Sardis woman has received a 10-year prison sentence after a Panola County Circuit Court jury convicted her of forging a court document. The Commercial Appeal reports Samantha Johnson was convicted after fewer than 15 minutes of deliberation. Judge Jimmy McClure immediately sentenced her to 10 years for composing the fictitious Chancery [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 12,2012
Tags: court, executive search, federal government, home, homeowner, house, housing authority, kickback, low income, mortgage, prison, prisons, real estate, residence, resident, sentence, trial
LELAND — A committee looking for a new leader for the South Delta Regional Housing Authority has narrowed the field of 95 applicants down to five. It plans to present the top three candidates to the board in coming months. SDRHA board attorney Kelly Hardwick tells the Delta Democrat Times there is no timetable to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 5,2012
Tags: appeal, bank, banking, bench, broker, conviction, court, decision, finance, financial institution, fraud, guilty, home, homebuyer, house, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, mortgage, real estate, residence, residential, ruling, sentence, sentencing
JACKSON — A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of former mortgage broker Michael Persac Persac and former broker Jason Ellis were convicted in 2011. They were both ordered to prison and were ordered to forfeit more than $3 million and pay more than $781,000 in restitution. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. [...] [...]
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