Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2015. A former civilian employee of the Department of Defense was sentenced to 84 months in prison for engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor in a foreign place. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson[Read More…]
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Owner of Pennsylvania Diet Supplement Business Sentenced to 30 Months Imprisonment for Selling Misbranded Drugs as Weight Loss Products over the Internet
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2015. The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Cheryl Floyd, age 52, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, owner of Floyd Nutrition LLC, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison by U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo of the Middle District of[Read More…]
Millennium Health Agrees to Pay $256 Million to Resolve Allegations of Unnecessary Drug and Genetic Testing and Illegal Remuneration to Physicians
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2015. Millennium Health, formerly Millennium Laboratories, has agreed to pay $256 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act for billing Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health care programs for medically unnecessary urine drug and genetic testing and for providing free items to physicians who[Read More…]
Operators of Medical Equipment Supply Company Convicted in $1.5 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2015. A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted the former owner and the former operator of a durable medical equipment supply company of health care fraud charges in connection with a $1.5 million Medicare fraud scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal[Read More…]
Ohio Hospital to Pay $4.1 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2015. Cincinnati-based West Chester Hospital and its parent company, UC Health, have agreed to pay $4.1 million to settle allegations that West Chester Hospital violated the False Claims Act by billing federal health care programs for costs associated with medically unnecessary spine surgeries, the Justice Department announced[Read More…]
Miami-Area Pharmacy Owner Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Role in $1.8 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. A Miami-area pharmacy owner was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for his role in the submission of more than $1.8 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of[Read More…]
Three Japanese Auto Parts Executives Indicted for Bid-Rigging Conspiracy Involving Body Sealing Products Installed in U.S. Cars
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. A federal grand jury in Covington, Kentucky, returned an indictment against one former and two current Japanese automotive executives for their alleged participation in a conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for the sale of automotive body sealing products sold in the United States. The indictment, filed[Read More…]
Nation’s Second-Largest Nursing Home Pharmacy to Pay $9.25 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2015. The nation’s second-largest nursing home pharmacy, PharMerica Corp., has agreed to pay $9.25 million to resolve allegations that it solicited and received kickbacks from pharmaceutical manufacturer Abbott Laboratories in exchange for promoting the prescription drug Depakote for nursing home patients. PharMerica is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.[Read More…]
Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison for Trafficking Counterfeit Military Goods
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2015. A Massachusetts man was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for importing thousands of counterfeit integrated circuits (ICs) from China and Hong Kong and reselling them to U.S. customers, including contractors supplying them to the U.S. Navy for use in nuclear submarines. Assistant Attorney General[Read More…]
Two Sentenced for Roles in Prescription Drug Smuggling Ring
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2015. The Department of Justice announced today that two Athens, Texas, residents have been sentenced for their role in the smuggling of imitation, unapproved and misbranded prescription drugs from China. Tom Giddens, 57, and Wanda Hollis, 63, were each sentenced to serve 15 months in prison by[Read More…]
