Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 23, 2014. A California woman pleaded guilty today for her role in a half-million-dollar “sweepstakes fraud” scheme that was run from Costa Rica and targeted U.S. residents.  A Costa Rican national and an Ohio resident were also indicted for their roles in separate but similar schemes earlier this[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 23, 2014. The owners of Out of Africa Adventurous Safaris were charged with conspiracy to sell illegal rhinoceros hunts in South Africa in order to defraud American hunters, money laundering and secretly trafficking in rhino horns, announced Sam Hirsch Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment[Read More…]

Law Causes Many Former Offenders to Become Homeless MIAMI –-(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2014.  The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Florida filed suit against Miami-Dade County and the Florida Department of Corrections, seeking a permanent injunction against a housing ordinance that is extraordinarily difficult for former sex offenders to[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 22, 2014. Four former security guards for Blackwater USA were found guilty today of charges stemming from the Sept. 16, 2007, shooting at Nisur Square in Baghdad, Iraq, that resulted in the killing of 14 unarmed civilians and the wounding of numerous others. The jury verdicts, in the[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2014. A Miami licensed physician assistant was sentenced today to serve 15 years in prison for participating in a Medicare fraud scheme involving approximately $200 million in fraudulent billings by American Therapeutic Corporation (ATC), a mental health company that was headquartered in Miami. Assistant Attorney General Leslie[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2014.  Assistant Attorney General for National Security  John Carlin, United States Attorney Preet Bharara for the Southern District of New York, Assistant Director-in-Charge George Venizelos of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Commissioner William J. Bratton of the New York[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2014. The Department of Justice announced today that two cardiologists based in London, Kentucky, have agreed to pay $380,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by entering into sham management agreements with Saint Joseph Hospital, also based in London, Kentucky, in exchange for[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2014. A federal jury in Houston today convicted the president of Riverside General Hospital (Riverside), his son, and two others for their participation in a $158 million Medicare fraud scheme involving false claims for mental health treatment.  Ten defendants have now been convicted in connection with the[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2014. The owner and president of a wholesale and retail perfume store in Laredo, Texas, was indicted by a federal grand jury today on 44 counts of causing his business to fail to report cash transactions of more than $10,000.  Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2014. A mechanic who specializes in repairing exotic foreign cars and other high-end luxury vehicles was arrested on Friday after being indicted on tax charges by a grand jury in Detroit, the Justice Department announced. Terry Myr, a resident of Smith’s Creek, Michigan, was charged with tax[Read More…]