Government Intervenes in Lawsuits Against Health Management Associates Inc....
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 13, 2014. The government has intervened in eight False Claims Act lawsuits against Health Management Associates Inc. (HMA) alleging that HMA billed federal health care...
View ArticleThree Former Rabobank Traders Charged with Manipulating Yen Libor
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 13, 2014. Two former Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A. (Rabobank) Japanese Yen derivatives traders and the trader responsible for setting Rabobank’s...
View ArticleDisc Jockey in Puerto Rico Pleads Guilty to Sexual Exlpoitaton of Three Minors
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 13, 2014. A former disc jockey for area high school parties pleaded guilty today in the District of Puerto Rico to producing child pornography. Acting Assistant...
View ArticleCourt Rejects Banking Associations’ Challenge to Regulations Addressing...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 13, 2014. Today the District Court in the District of Columbia dismissed a challenge filed by the Florida Bankers Association and Texas Bankers Association challenging...
View ArticleDefendants in Phony Mortgage Relief Scheme to Pay Nearly $3.6 Million
Orders Ban Them from Mortgage Relief Business Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--January 14, 2014. The South Florida-based defendants in an alleged mortgage relief scam will surrender their assets and be...
View ArticleFormer Lorain County, Ohio, Corrections Officer Sentenced to Serve 18 Months...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 14, 2014. A former Lorain County, Ohio, corrections officer was sentenced today to serve 18 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release after...
View ArticleH. Ty Warner Sentenced to Probation After Paying $80 Million in Taxes and...
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 14, 2014. H. TY WARNER, the creator of Beanie Babies and other plush animal toys was sentenced today to two years’ probation for failing to report more than $24.4 million in...
View ArticleApple Inc. Will Provide Full Consumer Refunds of At Least $32.5 Million to...
Company Also Will Modify its Billing Practices Under FTC Settlement Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--January 16, 2014. Apple Inc. has agreed to provide full refunds to consumers, paying a minimum of $32.5...
View ArticleKoito Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Agrees to Plead Guilty to Price Fixing on...
Company Agrees to Pay $56.6 Million Criminal Fine Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2014. Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd., a Tokyo-based company, has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a total of $56.6...
View ArticleTwo Men Charged in Las Vegas with Biofuels Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2014. Two men have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Las Vegas for offenses involving the federal renewable fuel program that allegedly netted them more than...
View ArticleFour Members of Jewelry Theft Ring Plead Guilty
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2014. Four men have pleaded guilty for their roles in a highly sophisticated and violent organization that targeted jewelry couriers in Georgia and Texas. The...
View ArticleAlabama Medical Clerk and Another Indicted in Stolen Identity Tax Refund...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2014. Sasha Webb and Charlie Jackson have each been indicted for stolen identity refund fraud crimes, Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice...
View ArticleMiami Patient Recruiter Pleads Guilty for Role in $190 Million Medicare Fraud...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 17, 2014. A patient recruiter for a fraudulent Miami-area mental health company, American Therapeutic Corporation (ATC), pleaded guilty today for her participation in a...
View ArticleNationwide Contract Therapy Providers to Pay $30 Million to Resolve False...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 17, 2014. Contract therapy providers RehabCare Group Inc., RehabCare Group East Inc. and Rehab Systems of Missouri and management company Health Systems Inc. have...
View ArticleDefendants in Phony Mortgage Relief Scheme to Pay Nearly $3.6 Million
Orders Ban Them from Mortgage Relief Business Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--January 14, 2014. The South Florida-based defendants in an alleged mortgage relief scam will surrender their assets and be...
View ArticleFormer Lorain County, Ohio, Corrections Officer Sentenced to Serve 18 Months...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 14, 2014. A former Lorain County, Ohio, corrections officer was sentenced today to serve 18 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release after...
View ArticleH. Ty Warner Sentenced to Probation After Paying $80 Million in Taxes and...
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 14, 2014. H. TY WARNER, the creator of Beanie Babies and other plush animal toys was sentenced today to two years’ probation for failing to report more than $24.4 million in...
View ArticleApple Inc. Will Provide Full Consumer Refunds of At Least $32.5 Million to...
Company Also Will Modify its Billing Practices Under FTC Settlement Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--January 16, 2014. Apple Inc. has agreed to provide full refunds to consumers, paying a minimum of $32.5...
View ArticleKoito Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Agrees to Plead Guilty to Price Fixing on...
Company Agrees to Pay $56.6 Million Criminal Fine Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2014. Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd., a Tokyo-based company, has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a total of $56.6...
View ArticleTwo Men Charged in Las Vegas with Biofuels Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2014. Two men have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Las Vegas for offenses involving the federal renewable fuel program that allegedly netted them more than...
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