20 Detroit-area Residents Charged in Medicare Fraud Strike Force Takedown for...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 5, 2013. Twenty Detroit-area residents have been charged for their roles in physician home visit, home health care, chiropractic and psychotherapy schemes to submit...
View ArticleNew York Antiques Dealer Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison for Wildlife Smuggling
Wang Smuggled Artfacts Carved from Rhinoceros Horns from New York to China Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 5, 2013. Qiang Wang, aka Jeffrey Wang, a New York antiques dealer, was sentenced in federal...
View ArticleInformation Technology Specialist at National Science Foundation Pleads...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 6, 2013. An information technology specialist working for the National Science Foundation (NSF) pleaded guilty late yesterday to theft of government property totaling...
View ArticleJustice Department Reaches Settlement with Newseum to Improve Access for...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 6, 2013. The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement with Newseum Inc., which owns and operates the Newseum, to address alleged...
View ArticleVirginia Man Sentenced for Conducting $270 Million Investment Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 6, 2013. The owner of a Virginia-based investment firm was sentenced today to serve 144 months in prison for orchestrating a $270 million stock loan scheme that...
View ArticleFormer Sea Star Line President Sentenced to Serve Five Years in Prison for...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 6, 2013. The former president of Sea Star Line LLC, a Jacksonville, Fla.-based water freight carrier, was sentenced to serve five years in prison and to pay a $25,000...
View ArticleOwner of New York Sportswear Distribution Business Sentenced for Tax Fraud
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 6, 2013. Harry Neuhoff, a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y., was sentenced to serve 12 months and one day in prison and three years supervised release for tax evasion, the...
View ArticleGovernment Intervenes in False Claims Lawsuit Against IPC the Hospitalist Co....
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 9, 2013. The government has intervened in a lawsuit against IPC The Hospitalist Co. Inc., and its subsidiaries (IPC), alleging that IPC submitted false claims to...
View ArticleNorthrop Grumman Corp. Pays $11.4 Million to Resolve Allegations That It...
Washington, DC---(ENEWSPF)—December 9, 2013. The Justice Department announced today that Northrop Grumman Corp. has paid the United States $11.4 million to settle a government claim for penalties...
View ArticleAlabama Man Pleads Guilty for His Role in Racially Motivated Cross Burning
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 9, 2013. Thomas Windell Smith, 24, of Dothan, Ala., turned himself in and pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday, Dec. 6, 2013, to one count of conspiring to...
View ArticleGerman Engineering Firm Bilfinger Resolves Foreign Corrupt Practices Act...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 11, 2013. Bilfinger SE, an international engineering and services company based in Mannheim, Germany, has agreed to pay a $32 million penalty to resolve charges that...
View ArticleAlabama Shrimper Convicted for Shooting Dolphin
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 11, 2013. An Alabama man pleaded guilty yesterday in a federal court in Gulfport, Miss., to knowingly shooting a dolphin, the Justice Department announced. Brent...
View ArticleFormer Chief Executive of Mortgage Servicing Company Sentenced for Scheme to...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 11, 2013. Earl Gross, 74, of Las Vegas, the former President and Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Mortgage, a loan servicing company, was sentenced to serve 18 months...
View ArticlePennsylvania Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Hacking into Multiple...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2013. A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison for his role in a scheme to hack into computer networks and sell access to those networks....
View ArticleTwo Patient Recruiters for Miami Home Health Companies Sentenced for Roles in...
WASHINGTON, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2013. - Two patient recruiters for Miami health care companies were sentenced today for their participation in a $48 million home health Medicare fraud scheme....
View ArticleUkrainian National Who Co-founded Cybercrime Marketplace Sentenced to 18...
Co-founded Carderplanet, One of the First Online Marketplaces for Stolen Financial Data Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2013. One of the world’s most prolific cybercriminals was sentenced today...
View ArticleTherapist Pleads Guilty in Miami for His Role in $63 Million Health Care...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2013. A former licensed mental health counselor at the defunct health provider Health Care Solutions Network Inc. (HCSN) pleaded guilty today in Fort Lauderdale,...
View ArticleTwo Army National Guard Soldiers Plead Guilty in Connection with Bribery and...
To Date, 19 Individuals Have Pleaded Guilty in Ongoing Corruption Investigation Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 13, 2013. Two U.S. Army National Guard soldiers pleaded guilty for their roles in...
View ArticleSix Indicted in International Investment Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 16, 2013. Six individuals have been indicted for their role in an investment scam perpetrated from the United States and Switzerland, Acting Assistant Attorney General...
View ArticleFTC Moves Against Massive Mobile Cramming Operation That Heaped Millions in...
Defendants Pitched ‘Love Tips,’ ‘Fun Facts,’ and Free Justin Bieber Tickets Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--December 16, 2013. The Federal Trade Commission is taking action to stop a mobile phone cramming...
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