Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking in Illegally-Imported Sperm Whale Teeth
WASHINGTON – Melinda Clayton of Montgomery, Ala., pleaded
guilty today to
charges of conspiring to defraud the United States by
filing false claims, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.
According to the
plea agreement, Clayton admitted that between January and April 2011, she conspired with others to defraud the United States by
obtaining or aiding to
obtain the
payment of false, fictitious and
fraudulent claim ....
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