Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 21, 2015. The government has intervened in three False Claims Act lawsuits and filed a consolidated complaint against HCR ManorCare alleging that ManorCare knowingly and routinely submitted false claims to Medicare and Tricare for rehabilitation therapy services that were not medically reasonable and necessary, the Department of Justice[Read More…]

Sex Trafficking Scheme Used Threats, Violence and Coercion to Compel Women into Prostitution in New Orleans and Elsewhere Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2015.  Today, three additional defendants pleaded guilty in connection with a sex trafficking scheme operated out of the Riviera Motel in New Orleans, Louisiana, which compelled multiple women to[Read More…]

Defendant Attempted to Travel to Yemen to Join al-Qaeda Affiliate, Assist Co-Conspirator’s Efforts to Join The Terrorist Group and Destroy Evidence of Terrorism Offenses Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2015.  Earlier today at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York, Marcos Alonso Zea, also known as “Ali Zea,” an American citizen[Read More…]

Four Defendants Arrested in Minneapolis; Two Arrested in San Diego Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2015. A criminal complaint was filed today charging six Minnesota men with conspiracy and attempt to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, namely, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).   Zacharia Yusuf[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 17, 2015. Brian Karl Brimager, 37, prior boyfriend of murdered Los Angeles woman Yvonne Baldelli, was indicted by a federal grand jury in San Diego, California, today on first degree murder charges.  Brimager was arraigned in court on the superseding indictment and pleaded not guilty. Brimager has been[Read More…]

Seven Foreign Nationals and Companies Placed on Department of Commerce’s Entity List Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 17, 2015. A 24-count indictment has been unsealed today charging four corporations and five individuals with facilitating the illegal export of high-tech microelectronics, uninterruptible power supplies and other commodities to Iran in violation of the International[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 14, 2015. A federal grand jury in West Palm Beach, Florida, returned a two-count indictment charging Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Deputy William D. Wheeler, 46, with unlawfully assaulting a man at the Palm Beach County Detention Center on Oct. 9, 2013, and filing a false report on the[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 14, 2015. A South Florida Doctor was charged in a seventy-six count indictment for participating in a Medicare fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge George L. Piro of the  FBI’s Miami Field Office, Special Agent in[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 14, 2015. The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) today announced the start of the Collaborative Reform Initiative for Technical Assistance (CRI-TA) with the Calexico Police Department in California. “The COPS Office will conduct a thorough, independent assessment of the Calexico Police[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015.  One former security guard for Blackwater USA was sentenced today to a term of life in prison, and three others were each sentenced to prison terms of 30 years and one day for their roles in the Sept. 16, 2007, shooting at Nisur Square in Baghdad,[Read More…]