TOLEDO, Ohio, May 26 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, Michelle M. Baeppler, issued the following news release on May 24, 2023: First Assistant United States Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that a federal jury convicted Kevin A. Clay, age 39, of Perrysburg, Ohio of conspiracy, healthcare fraud, and making a false statement on an application for charitable tax-exempt status with the IRS on Wednesday, May 24, in Toledo, Ohio following a 4-day trial before Judg  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 26 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region 5 issued the following news release: A Columbus children's hospital failed to protect employees -- including nurses and mental health professionals -- from patients whose bites, kicks, punches and other assaults caused serious injuries, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found. Responding to a complaint of unsafe working conditions, investigators with the department's Occupat  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio issued the following news release on May 24, 2023: Richard Gould, 67, of Strongsville, Ohio, was sentenced on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, to seven days in prison by U.S. District Judge J. Philip Calabrese after Gould pleaded guilty to a two-count indictment that charged him with making and subscribing false tax returns. According to court documents, during the tax years of 2014 to 2016, Gould was employed a  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio issued the following news release on May 25, 2023: Aydin Kalantarov, 38, of Willoughby Hills, Ohio, was sentenced yesterday to 33 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Pamela A. Barker, after he pleaded guilty to defrauding the Small Business Administration ("SBA") of approximately $1.2 million in Economic Injury Disaster Loan ("EIDL") program under Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security ("CAR  more