Ninth Individual Sentenced in Connection with Costa Rica-based Business...
Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--August 13, 2013. Michael Kerry Deevy, a Canadian citizen, was sentenced today in connection with a series of business opportunity fraud ventures based in Costa Rica, the...
View ArticleHealth Care Clinic Owners Plead Guilty in Miami for Roles in $8 Million...
Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--August 13, 2013. Two health care clinic owners pleaded guilty today in connection with an $8 million health care fraud scheme involving the now-defunct home health care...
View ArticleJustice Department Reaches Settlement with Homeowners Association and...
Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--August 14, 2013. The Justice Department announced yesterday that the Townhomes of Kings Lake HOA Inc. (HOA) and Vanguard Management Group Inc. have agreed to pay $150,000 to...
View ArticleIndividual Arrested in Florida in Connection with a Lottery Scam in Jamaica
Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--August 14, 2013. A Jamaican citizen charged in connection with the operation of a fraudulent lottery was arrested Tuesday in Orlando, Fla., following his indictment by a...
View ArticleJustice Department Settles Immigration-related Discrimination Claim Against...
Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--August 14, 2013. The Justice Department announced today that it reached an agreement with Forever 21 resolving allegations that the company violated the anti-discrimination...
View ArticleJustice Department Settles Immigration-related Discrimination Claim Against...
Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--August 14, 2013. The Justice Department today reached an agreement with SOS Employment Group, based in Salt Lake City resolving claims that the company violated the...
View ArticleAlabama State Employee Sentenced to Prison for Stolen Identity Refund Fraud
Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--August 14, 2013. Chequlia Motley of Montgomery, Ala., was sentenced yesterday to serve 36 months in prison for conspiracy and aggravated identity theft, announced Assistant...
View ArticlePulaski County Sheriff’s Deputy Indicted for Federal Civil Rights Violation
Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--August 15, 2013. U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky David J. Hale and Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Jocelyn Samuels...
View ArticleMichigan Physical Therapist and Home Health Agency Owner Pleads Guilty for...
Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--August 15, 2013. A greater Detroit-area physical therapist who was also an owner of a home health agency pleaded guilty yesterday for his role in a $22 million home health...
View ArticleOperators of Louisiana Home Health Company Sentenced for $17.1 Million Health...
Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--August 15, 2013. The owner of South Louisiana Home Health Care Inc. and the director of nursing for the Louisiana home health agency were sentenced today for their roles in a...
View ArticleDepartment of Justice Reaches Agreement to Improve Conditions at St. Tammany...
Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--August 15, 2013. The Justice Department announced today that it has entered into a comprehensive agreement with the Parish of St. Tammany, La., and the St. Tammany Parish...
View ArticleThree Members and One Associate of Violent North Carolina Latin Kings Gang...
Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--August 15, 2013. Three members and one associate of the North Carolina Almighty Latin King/Queen Nation (ALKQN) have been sentenced this week in federal court in the Middle...
View ArticleMS-13 Leader Sentenced for Multiple Racketeering Offenses
Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--August 15, 2013. Jose Armando Bran, aka “Pantro,” was sentenced today to serve two consecutive life sentences for his role in a murder and maiming that he ordered while he...
View ArticleFederal Court Strikes Down Oklahoma Sharia and International Law Ban
OKLAHOMA CITY--(ENEWSPF)--August 15, 2013. A federal court today struck down an Oklahoma state constitutional amendment that would have prohibited state courts from considering what is broadly...
View ArticleFormer Lorain County, Ohio, Corrections Officer Charged for Assaulting an Inmate
Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--August 16, 2013. Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Jocelyn Samuels, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio Steven M. Dettelbach and...
View ArticleJustice Department Reaches Interim Olmstead Settlement with the State of Texas
Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--August 19, 2013. The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced today that it has joined with private plaintiffs in entering an interim settlement agreement with...
View ArticleShands Healthcare to Pay $26 Million to Resolve Allegations Related to...
Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--August 19, 2013. Shands Teaching Hospital & Clinics Inc., Shands Jacksonville Medical Center Inc. and Shands Jacksonville Healthcare Inc. (collectively, Shands...
View ArticleJustice Department Settles Fair Housing Lawsuit with Multi/Tech Engineering...
Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--August 21, 2013. The Justice Department announced yesterday that Multi/Tech Engineering Services Inc., an engineering firm based in Salem, Ore., has agreed to pay more than...
View ArticleLong Island Physician to Pay U.S. $388,000 to Settle False Claims Act...
Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--August 21, 2013. Richard S. Obedian, a Long Island, N.Y., orthopedic surgeon, will pay the government $388,000 to settle allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by...
View ArticleTherapy Staffing Company Owner and Patient Recruiter Plead Guilty in $7...
Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--August 21, 2013. A patient recruiter and a therapy staffing company owner pleaded guilty today in connection with a $7 million health care fraud scheme involving the now...
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