BILLINGS, Montana, Aug. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2024: A former nurse practitioner in Butte admitted on Thursday to prescribing controlled substances despite having a suspended license and to falsely billing an insurance company approximately $61 million for vitamin B-12 injections in which she received nearly $600,000 for the false claims, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today. The defendant, Tristan Ashle  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Aug. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2024: A Lodge Grass man who trafficked methamphetamine as part of large-scale, multi-state operation that was centered on the Crow Indian Reservation was sentenced today to four years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Morgan Luke Hugs, 34, pleaded guilty in April to possession with intent to distri  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: Secretary Haaland this week announced major milestones for the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, which she launched in June 2021 as the first-ever comprehensive effort by the federal government to recognize the troubled legacy of past federal Indian boarding school policies. The Department released the second and final volume of the investigative report led by Assistant Secretary for Indian Aff  more

RICHLAND, Washington, Aug. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2024: Vanessa R. Waldref, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that Sharte Dashon Kimble, age 32, has been sentenced after pleading guilty to conspiracy to Possession with Intent to Distribute 400 Grams or More of Fentanyl. Senior United States District Court Judge Edward F. Shea imposed a sentence of 165 mo  more