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Oklahoma Home Repairman Ordered to Pay Restitution

An Oklahoma City home repairman was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to two counts of home repair fraud, Attorney General Scott Pruitt said. Alan B. Holcombe, 54, was sentenced in Cleveland County District Court to a 10-year suspended sentence and …

West Virginia Women Admit Power Surge Scams

The government says two West Virginia women have pleaded guilty to filing fraudulent claims against a power company totaling nearly $600,000. Prosecutors say 47-year-old Deborah Farmer and 45-year-old Julia Washington entered their pleas Monday to conspiracy charges related to mail …

Ex-Mine Chief Pleads Guilty to 2010 West Virginia Blast Charge

The former superintendent of the West Virginia mine where 29 workers died in a 2010 explosion pleaded guilty on Thursday to a federal conspiracy charge that he tipped off employees to safety inspections. Gary May, 43, is the most senior …