U.S. Attorney’s Office

District of South Carolina

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Assistant U.S. Attorney from South Carolina Honored by FBI for Prosecution of Cocaine Drug Conspiracy

Columbia, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina M. Rhett DeHart announced today that the Columbia Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has recognized Assistant United States Attorney Benjamin Garner for his work in the prosecution of nearly 100 violent street gang members of a major cocaine and crack cocaine trafficking conspiracy operating throughout South Carolina’s Midlands.

“The work of Assistant United States Attorney Benjamin Garner, as well as the support of Assistant United States Attorney Jane Taylor and Supervisory Legal Administrative Specialist Shana Greenway, on ‘The Movement’ prosecution represents the best of our office,” said Acting U.S. Attorney DeHart. “‘The Movement’ case also highlights the incredible collaborative efforts of local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to make our communities safer and better places.”

After many drug-related shootings in a confined area led the Sumter Police Department to connect a group of individuals to a gang-style operation in the area known as “The Movement,” federal assistance was sought. Through the collaboration of local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, over a dozen cocaine suppliers for the drug dealers in the area were apprehended and pled guilty to federal drug charges. The investigation then led to the arrest of more than three dozen individuals and the seizure of almost 20 pounds of cocaine and $9 million in drug money, followed by the prosecution of an additional thirty-eight defendants. In total, federal charges were brought against 91 defendants for drug and firearm offenses with “The Movement” case.

U.S. Attorney’s Office

Northern District of Texas

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Arlington Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns

An Arlington man whose fraudulent tax filings netted him more than $935,000 in improper refunds has been sentenced to five years in federal prison and ordered to pay $495,368 in restitution to the IRS, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.

Glenn Edwards Boggus, 34, pleaded guilty in January 2020 to filing a false claim for refund from the IRS. He was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge Karen Gren Scholer.

In plea papers, Mr. Boggus admitted that in January 2017, he filed a fraudulent individual income tax return, Form 1040, that claimed a $1.14 million tax refund for tax year 2016. Along with his fraudulent 1040, he submitted a false wage and tax statement, Form W-2, reporting $5,647,888 in wages and $3,333,116 in withholdings, which he knew to be false. (At his sentencing hearing, prosecutors introduced evidence that the company from which he’d purportedly collected his wages was fake.)

The IRS sent Mr. Boggus a check in the amount of $935,432.56 for his alleged tax refund. In March 2017, Mr. Boggus attempted to deposit the check into an account he opened at Regions Bank.

As part of his plea, Mr. Boggus also admitted that for tax years 2013 through 2015, he executed a similar scheme to defraud the government, submitting false tax returns claiming he had paid certain withholdings and was entitled to tax refunds. He said he knowingly filed his tax returns in which he claimed fraudulent tax refunds from the IRS in the amount of $33,489 for tax year 2013, $323,765 for tax year 2014, and $258,407 for tax year 2015.

IRS - Criminal Investigation investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney L. Rachael Jones prosecuted the case.

U.S. Attorney’s Office

District of Massachusetts

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Northborough Nurse Charged with Tampering with Liquid Morphine

BOSTON – A registered nurse was arrested yesterday in connection with tampering with morphine prescribed to a nursing home resident in her care.

Gwen Rider, 41, of Northborough, was indicted on one count of tampering with a consumer product and one count of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and deception. Rider was released on conditions after making an initial appearance in federal court in Worcester this afternoon.

According to the indictment, Rider was a registered nurse employed by a Worcester county nursing home. From approximately 11:00 p.m. on Nov. 6, 2020 until 7:00 a.m. the following morning, Rider was on duty in a unit specializing in care for residents suffering from dementia. During her shift and while entrusted with the care of a resident suffering from dementia, Rider allegedly tampered with a bottle of morphine sulfate prescribed to the patient by removing some of the morphine and tampering with the remaining supply. Morphine sulfate is a Schedule II controlled substance under federal law.

The charge of tampering with a consumer product provides for a sentence up to 10 years in prison, up to three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000. The charge of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and deception provides for a sentence of up to four years in prison, up to one year of supervised release and a fine of $250,000. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

Acting United States Attorney Nathaniel R. Mendell; Jeffrey Ebersole, Special Agent in Charge of the Food and Drug Administration, Office of Criminal Investigations; Monica Bharel MD, MPH, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health; and Marylou Sudders, MSW, ACSW, Secretary of Health and Human Services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts made the announcement today. Valuable assistance was also provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Northborough Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney John T. Mulcahy of Mendell’s Worcester Branch Office is prosecuting the case.

117th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. RES. 292

Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 859) to prohibit the

President from issuing moratoria on leasing and permitting energy and

minerals on certain Federal land, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 5, 2021

Mr. Roy (for himself and Mrs. Boebert) submitted the following

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules

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RESOLUTION

Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 859) to prohibit the

President from issuing moratoria on leasing and permitting energy and

minerals on certain Federal land, and for other purposes.

Resolved, That immediately upon adoption of this resolution, the

House shall proceed to the consideration in the House of the bill (H.R.

859) to prohibit the President from issuing moratoria on leasing and

permitting energy and minerals on certain Federal land, and for other

purposes. All points of order against consideration of the bill are

waived. The bill shall be considered as read. All points of order

against provisions in the bill are waived. The previous question shall

be considered as ordered on the bill and on any amendment thereto to

final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate

equally divided and controlled by the majority leader and the minority

leader or their respective designees; and (2) one motion to recommit.

Sec. 2. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not apply to the

consideration of H.R. 859.