WILMINGTON, Del.—(ENEWSPF)—October 9, 2014. Dmitry Ustinov, of Moscow, Russia, 53, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 18 months in prison and 3 years supervised release, for conspiracy to export high-tech military technology, in violation of federal law, including the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and the International Traffic in[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 8, 2014. An indictment was unsealed today charging two managers and operators of three Los Angeles medical clinics with Medicare fraud and conspiracy to pay illegal kickbacks for medical procedures that were never actually provided.     Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; Acting[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 8, 2014. A former owner and manager of two Detroit-area home health care agencies has pleaded guilty in federal court for his role in a $22 million Medicare fraud conspiracy.    Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade of[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 6, 2014. A citizen and resident of Costa Rica pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to smuggle more than 25 undocumented immigrants to the United States. 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,[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 6, 2014. The Department of Justice announced today that three Athens, Texas, residents have been indicted on charges associated with their alleged smuggling of imitation, unapproved, and misbranded prescription drugs from China. Wanda Hollis, 63, Tom Giddens, 57, and Catherine Nix, 41, were each charged with one felony[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2014. The Department of Justice announced today that the department, on behalf of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against Pharmaceutical Innovations Inc. and Gilbert Buchalter, who is the company’s founder, owner, and[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2014. The Department of Justice announced today a second superseding indictment in a sex trafficking conspiracy charging six individuals for offenses related to their involvement in sex trafficking adult victims in New Orleans and elsewhere.  Five defendants, Granville Robinson, aka “Bear” and “HB,” 25; Duane Phillips, aka[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2014. A Northern California real estate investor has agreed to plead guilty for his role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced. Felony charges were filed today in the U.S. District[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2014. Eric St-Cyr, an investment advisor, and Patrick Poulin, an attorney, were sentenced today to serve 14 months in prison and three years of supervised release each for conspiring to launder monetary instruments, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Senior U.S. District Judge T.S.[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2014. Three Colombian citizens pleaded guilty today for conspiring to transport more than 1,000 kilograms of cocaine on board “go-fast boats” from the north coast of Colombia into international waters on vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of[Read More…]