Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 12, 2015. The Justice Department announced today that it has entered into a consent decree with the state of Maryland and the Queen Anne’s County Sheriff. If approved by the court, the settlement will resolve Murphy-Taylor v. State of Maryland, et al., a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit[Read More…]
Federal and International
U.S. Citizen Extradited from Costa Rica in Connection with International-Based Business Opportunity Fraud Ventures
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 12, 2015. A U.S. citizen charged in connection with the operation of a series of fraudulent business opportunities was extradited from Costa Rica to the United States, the Justice Department announced today. John White was charged in a Nov. 29, 2011, indictment in the Southern District of Florida[Read More…]
Two U.S. Army Sergeants Plead Guilty to Taking Bribes While Deployed in Afghanistan
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 11, 2015. Two sergeants with the U.S. Army have pleaded guilty for accepting bribes from Afghan truck drivers at Forward Operating Base Gardez, Afghanistan (FOB Gardez), in exchange for allowing the drivers to take thousands of gallons of fuel from the base for resale on the black market,[Read More…]
AstraZeneca to Pay $7.9 Million to Resolve Kickback Allegations
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 11, 2015. AstraZeneca LP, a pharmaceutical manufacturer based in Delaware, has agreed to pay the government $7.9 million to settle allegations that it engaged in a kickback scheme in violation of the False Claims Act, the Justice Department announced today. AstraZeneca markets and sells pharmaceutical products in the[Read More…]
District Court Enters Permanent Injunction Against San Francisco Soy and Tofu Company and Senior Officers to Stop Distribution of Adulterated Products
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2015. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Fong Kee Tofu Co. Inc., Yan Hui Fong, the firm’s co-owner and chief executive officer, and Jen Ying Fong and Suny Fong, co-owners and corporate officers, to prevent[Read More…]
Three Brandon, Mississippi, Men Sentenced for Their Roles in the Racially Motivated Assault and Murder of an African-American Man
Victim Died After Being Run Over by Truck Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2015. The Justice Department announced today that Deryl Paul Dedmon, 22, John Aaron Rice, 21, and Dylan Wade Butler, 23, all of Brandon, Mississippi, were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Jackson for their roles in federal hate[Read More…]
Iowa Home Care Company to Pay $5.63 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2015. ResCare Iowa Inc. has agreed to pay $5.63 million to the United States and the state of Iowa to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false home healthcare billings to the Medicare and Medicaid programs, the Department of Justice announced today. [Read More…]
Robertson County Schools Reach Settlement with the Department of Justice to Further School Desegregation
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)-February 10, 2015. Today, the Department of Justice reached a settlement agreement with the Robertson County, Tennessee, school district to resolve the department’s determination that the district had yet to fulfill its desegregation obligations in the areas of student assignment and school construction. The department identified a series of[Read More…]
Owner of Miami Home Health Company Pleads Guilty for Role in $6.9 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme. Feb. 10, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2015. The owner of a Miami home health care agency pleaded guilty today in connection with a $6.9 million Medicare fraud scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent[Read More…]
Justice Department Resolves Lawsuit Against Sairam Enterprises Inc. For Discriminating Against Disabled Veteran With Service Animal
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 9, 2015. The Department of Justice reached an agreement today to resolve a lawsuit it brought against Sairam Enterprises Inc. LLC, which owns a hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The proposed consent decree, which must be approved by the court, resolves a 2014 lawsuit that the department filed against[Read More…]
