Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 9, 2015. A former police officer employed by the City of Salem, Virginia, and assigned to a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) task force, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for soliciting and receiving sexual favors from a cooperating defendant in exchange for agreeing to recommend[Read More…]
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Ambulance Company Manager Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison for $5.5 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 9, 2015. The general manager of a Southern California ambulance company was sentenced today to 78 months in federal prison for his role in a $5.5 million scheme to defraud the Medicare program. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney[Read More…]
United States Settles False Claims Act Suit Against Good Shepherd Hospice Inc. and Related Entities
Midwest Hospice Chain Allegedly Billed Medicare for Ineligible Patients Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 6, 2015. Today, Good Shepherd Hospice Inc., Good Shepherd Hospice of Mid America Inc., Good Shepherd Hospice, Wichita, L.L.C., Good Shepherd Hospice, Springfield, L.L.C., and Good Shepherd Hospice – Dallas L.L.C. (collectively Good Shepherd) agreed to pay $4 million[Read More…]
District Court Enters Permanent Injunction Against Oregon Company and Executive to Stop Distribution of Unapproved New Drugs and Adulterated Products
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 6, 2015. The U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon entered a permanent injunction against James G. Cole Inc., of Hood River, Oregon, its president James G. Cole and its former general manager Julie D. Graves to prevent the distribution of unapproved and misbranded drugs and adulterated[Read More…]
Former Army Soldier Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder of his Five-Year-Old Daughter, Feb. 6, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 6, 2015. An Army soldier was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole today for murdering his five-year-old daughter, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Florence T. Nakakuni of the District of Hawaii. Naeem Williams,[Read More…]
International Terrorism Defendant Sentenced in Manhattan to 25 Years in Prison
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 6, 2015. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York announced that Adel Abdel Bary, aka “Adel Mohammed Abdul Almagid Abdel Bary,” aka “Abbas,” aka “Abu Dia,” aka “Adel” (Bary), was sentenced in Manhattan federal[Read More…]
Unlicensed Detroit Doctor Convicted in $4.69 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 6, 2015. A federal jury in Detroit today convicted an unlicensed physician for his participation in a nearly $4.7 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade of the Eastern District of Michigan, Special[Read More…]
Former Ku Klux Klan Officer Sentenced to 10 Months for Committing Perjury During Cross-Burning Investigation
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 6, 2015. Today, U.S. District Court Judge L. Scott Coogler sentenced Pamela Morris, former secretary of a chapter of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in Ozark, Alabama, to 10 months in prison and three years of supervised release for committing perjury during a grand jury’s investigation into a[Read More…]
Medtronic Inc. to Pay $2.8 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Related to ‘SubQ Stimulation’ Procedures
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 6, 2015. Medical device manufacturer Medtronic Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $2.8 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that Medtronic caused certain physicians to submit false claims to federal health care programs for a medical procedure known as “SubQ stimulation,” the Justice[Read More…]
Somali Citizen Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Al-Shabaab
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 5, 2015. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, Acting U.S. Attorney Richard L. Durbin Jr. of the Western District of Texas, FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs and Chief Patrol Agent Rudolfo Karisch of the U.S. Border Patrol’s Del Rio Sector announced today that[Read More…]
