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Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

Baltimore, Maryland – A Silver Spring, Maryland, woman entered a guilty plea in federal court today, in connection with an unemployment insurance (UI) fraud scheme. Elizabeth Maria Ceballos, 49, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced today the dismissal of a desegregation case in Dyersburg, Tennessee, concluding a matter that has remained on the docket for sixty years.

In 1966, the United States filed a complaint against the Dyersburg Board of Education to challenge racially segregated public education in Dyersburg City Schools in violation of the Constitution and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Court approved the Board’s desegregation plan, and the Justice Department spent sixty years monitoring for compliance.

After a thorough review, the Civil Rights Division determined that Dyersburg City Schools no longer operates as a segregated system and has eliminated the vestiges of prior de jure segregation. On Feb. 11, the Court formally declared that the district had achieved unitary status and, on Feb. 12, dismissed the case with prejudice.

“Compliance means closure. When school districts comply in good faith with court orders to eliminate the vestiges of past discrimination, the federal government has no legitimate reason to continue monitoring,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “After sixty years of federal control, it’s time for Dyersburg City Schools to redirect the time, energy, and taxpayer dollars spent on reporting requirements to directly improving education in the community.”

“I am pleased to join in this long overdue dismissal, and I commend the Dyersburg City Schools for their diligent compliance and achievement of unitary status,” said U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee. “The long-standing good faith efforts of the school district have demonstrated decades of improvement, and local control is best suited to continue to address the best interests of students, parents, and faculty and staff.”

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

BOSTON – A Dominican national unlawfully residing in Worcester was sentenced in federal court in Worcester for illegally reentering the United States after deportation. The defendant was previously convicted and sentenced for illegal reentry in 2020 and subsequently removed from the United States.

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

PROVIDENCE – Zynex, Inc, a Colorado-based medical device company, has agreed to enter into a non-prosecution agreement (NPA) with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island and admit to participating in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud, securities fraud, mail fraud, and other violations, announced United States Attorney Charles C. Calenda.

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

Greenbelt, Maryland – A Silver Spring, Maryland, man is headed to federal prison for several decades for committing child sex abuse crimes. U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Chase William Mulligan, 28, today, to 50 years in prison, followed by 25 years of supervised release, for two counts of producing child sexual abuse material. 

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

JOHN A. MASANOTTI, JR., 71, of Bonita Springs, Florida, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 90 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release for offenses stemming from an investment fraud scheme.