Day: February 6, 2015

State Department Briefing by Marie Harf, Feb. 6, 2015

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 6, 2015. Index for Today’s Briefing SECRETARY TRAVEL CAMEROON/CHAD/NIGER/NIGERIA/REGION SYRIA/JORDAN/IRAQ/REGION IRAN/YEMEN/REGION NIGERIA/REGION TURKEY/ISRAEL/REGION INDIA/REGION JAPAN SRI LANKA BANGLADESH CYBER SECURITY CUBA TURKEY COUNTERTERRORISM/NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY SLOVAKIA UKRAINE/RUSSIA/REGION INDIA IRAN TRANSCRIPT: 12:20 p.m. EST MS. HARF: Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the daily press briefing. I have a couple[Read More…]

United States Settles False Claims Act Suit Against Good Shepherd Hospice Inc. and Related Entities

Midwest Hospice Chain Allegedly Billed Medicare for Ineligible Patients Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 6, 2015. Today, Good Shepherd Hospice Inc., Good Shepherd Hospice of Mid America Inc., Good Shepherd Hospice, Wichita, L.L.C., Good Shepherd Hospice, Springfield, L.L.C., and Good Shepherd Hospice – Dallas L.L.C. (collectively Good Shepherd) agreed to pay $4 million[Read More…]

District Court Enters Permanent Injunction Against Oregon Company and Executive to Stop Distribution of Unapproved New Drugs and Adulterated Products

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 6, 2015. The U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon entered a permanent injunction against James G. Cole Inc., of Hood River, Oregon, its president James G. Cole and its former general manager Julie D. Graves to prevent the distribution of unapproved and misbranded drugs and adulterated[Read More…]

Former Army Soldier Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder of his Five-Year-Old Daughter, Feb. 6, 2015

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 6, 2015. An Army soldier was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole today for murdering his five-year-old daughter, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Florence T. Nakakuni of the District of Hawaii.  Naeem Williams,[Read More…]

International Terrorism Defendant Sentenced in Manhattan to 25 Years in Prison

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 6, 2015. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York announced that Adel Abdel Bary, aka “Adel Mohammed Abdul Almagid Abdel Bary,” aka “Abbas,” aka “Abu Dia,” aka “Adel” (Bary), was sentenced in Manhattan federal[Read More…]

Unlicensed Detroit Doctor Convicted in $4.69 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 6, 2015. A federal jury in Detroit today convicted an unlicensed physician for his participation in a nearly $4.7 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade of the Eastern District of Michigan, Special[Read More…]

Former Ku Klux Klan Officer Sentenced to 10 Months for Committing Perjury During Cross-Burning Investigation

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 6, 2015. Today, U.S. District Court Judge L. Scott Coogler sentenced Pamela Morris, former secretary of a chapter of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in Ozark, Alabama, to 10 months in prison and three years of supervised release for committing perjury during a grand jury’s investigation into a[Read More…]

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