Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2015. The former owner of a Los Angeles-based medical supply company was sentenced today to seven years in prison for his role in a fraud scheme that resulted in $3.3 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal[Read More…]
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Justice Department Reaches Agreement with City of Cleveland to Reform Cleveland Division of Police Following the Finding of a Pattern or Practice of Excessive Force
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 26, 2015. The United States Department of Justice and the City of Cleveland announced today that they have entered into a court enforceable agreement to address the department’s findings that the Cleveland Division of Police (CDP) engages in a pattern or practice of using excessive force in violation[Read More…]
Texas Resident Charged with Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to ISIL
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2015. A criminal complaint has been unsealed in the Southern District of Texas following the arrest of a Spring, Texas, man on allegations he conspired to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a foreign terrorist organization. Assistant Attorney General for National[Read More…]
Two California Men Arrested on Charges of Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIL
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2015. Two California men, one of whom attempted to travel to the Middle East to allegedly join ISIL, have been arrested on charges of conspiring to provide material support to the designated foreign terrorist group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), announced Assistant Attorney[Read More…]
California Operator of MyRedBook.com Sentenced to 13 Months in Prison for Facilitating Prostitution
Defendant Also Ordered to Forfeit More Than $1.28 Million Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2015. A California man was sentenced to 13 months in prison today for his operation of the myRedBook.com website to facilitate prostitution. This represents the first federal conviction of a website operator for facilitation of prostitution. Assistant Attorney[Read More…]
Assistant Administrator of Riverside General Hospital Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for $116 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2015. The former assistant administrator of Riverside General Hospital was sentenced today to 40 years in prison for his role in a $116 million Medicare fraud scheme. To date, 10 individuals have pleaded guilty or been convicted for their involvement in the scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie[Read More…]
U.S. Army Sergeant Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Taking Bribes While Deployed in Afghanistan
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2015. A sergeant with the U.S. Army was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for accepting bribes from Afghan truck drivers at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Gardez in Afghanistan, in exchange for allowing the drivers to take thousands of gallons of fuel from the base for[Read More…]
Seventy-One Defendants Charged in Long-Running Investigation of Grape Street Crips Street Gang
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2015. Seventy-one people have been charged in connection with a long-running, coordinated federal, state and local investigation into the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips, a street gang allegedly responsible for violence and wide-spread drug trafficking in the northern New Jersey, announced U.S. Attorney Paul[Read More…]
ConAgra Subsidiary Agrees to Enter Guilty Plea in Connection with 2006 through 2007 Outbreak of Salmonella Poisoning Related to Peanut Butter
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 20, 2015. ConAgra Grocery Products LLC, a subsidiary of ConAgra Foods Inc., today agreed to plead guilty and pay $11.2 million in connection with the shipment of contaminated peanut butter linked to a 2006 through 2007 nationwide outbreak of salmonellosis, or salmonella poisoning, the Department of Justice announced[Read More…]
U.S. Settles with Marathon Petroleum Corporation to Cut Harmful Air Emissions at Facilities in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2015. The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Marathon Petroleum Corporation today that resolves various alleged Clean Air Act violations at ten Marathon facilities and requires Marathon to take steps to reduce harmful air pollution emissions at facilities in three[Read More…]
