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A Glendale doctor who fraudulently billed more than $45 million in Botox injections to Medicare and used the proceeds to fund a lavish lifestyle was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in federal prison.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
In the novel, Myshkin does not present the harrowing experience as his own but as the firsthand account of an acquaintance who had been sentenced to death for a political offense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Iran has sentenced award-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi to five years and one month in prison and ordered the seizure of of all of his assets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
She also sentenced each to 20 years in prison for additional crimes, but said the men would serve the sentences concurrently.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
In 1986, Ronald Pelton was convicted of espionage and sentenced to life in prison.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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