Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2015. The Justice Department has filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against Michael P. Ferry Inc. and its owner, Michael P. Ferry (Ferry), to block them from violating the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) in connection with their alleged[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015. The Justice Department announced today that Medtronic plc and affiliated Medtronic companies, Medtronic Inc., Medtronic USA Inc., and Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA Inc., have agreed to pay $4.41 million to the United States to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by making false[Read More…]

Defendant Allegedly Supported a Conspiracy to Kill Americans and Carry Out Attacks Against U.S. Military Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015  U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch of the Eastern District of New York, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, Assistant Director in Charge Diego G. Rodriguez of the FBI’s[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015.  A former trader at ConvergEx Global Markets Limited (CGM Limited) pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in New Jersey for his role in a scheme to falsify the books and records of a registered U.S. broker-dealer.  Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015.  A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has indicted four people in connection with an international counterfeit currency operation headquartered in the African nation of Uganda, announced U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton for the Western District of Pennsylvania.  The indictment, returned on April 1, 2015, charges[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2015.  Robert Menendez, a U.S. Senator, and Salomon Melgen, a Florida ophthalmologist, were indicted today in connection with a bribery scheme in which Menendez allegedly accepted gifts from Melgen in exchange for using the power of his Senate office to benefit Melgen’s financial and personal interests, announced[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2015.  A Swiss citizen and former asset manager at a Swiss asset management firm pleaded guilty to conspiring with U.S. taxpayer-clients and others to help U.S. taxpayers hide millions of dollars in offshore accounts from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and to evade U.S. taxes on the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2015.  Robinson Health System Inc. has agreed to pay $10 million to settle claims that it violated the False Claims Act, the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Statute by engaging in improper financial relationships with referring physicians, the Justice Department announced today.  Robinson is a nonprofit corporation[Read More…]

Agents Were Part of Baltimore’s Silk Road Task Force Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 30, 2015. Two former federal agents have been charged with wire fraud, money laundering and related offenses for stealing digital currency during their investigation of the Silk Road, an underground black market that allowed users to conduct illegal transactions[Read More…]

The Fraud Caused the Ninth Largest Bank Failure with Estimated Losses in Excess Of $677 Million Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2015.  A jury convicted Ebrahim Shabudin yesterday of seven felony counts of conspiracy, securities fraud and other corporate fraud offenses stemming from the failure of United Commercial Bank (UCB), announced U.S.[Read More…]