Physician Was Also Convicted of Lying to Medicare About House Calls Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 13, 2014. Late yesterday, a federal jury in the Northern District of Texas convicted a physician and a home health agency manager for their participation in a $3 million Medicare fraud conspiracy. Acting Assistant Attorney General David[Read More…]
Federal and International
Medicare Fraud Strike Force Charges 90 Individuals for Approximately $260 Million in False Billing
27 Medical Professionals, Including 16 Doctors, Charged with Health Care Fraud WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—May 13, 2014. Attorney General Eric Holder and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that a nationwide takedown by Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in six cities has resulted in charges against 90[Read More…]
Former Virginia Department of Social Services Employee Sentenced for Preparing False Tax Returns and Stealing Identities
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 12, 2014. Sybil Marshall Coles, 45, of Pamplin, Virginia, was sentenced today to serve five years in prisonfor aggravated identity theft and preparing a false tax return, announced Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally for the Tax Division, U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente for the Eastern District of Virginia[Read More…]
Private Security Guard Sentenced for Providing Armed Security for Drug Transaction
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 12, 2014. A former private security guard was sentenced in the District of Puerto Rico today for his role in providing armed security for a drug transaction. Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Rosa E. Rodriguez-Velez of the District[Read More…]
Minnesota Man Indicted for Sexual Assault on U.S. Air Force Base in Okinawa, Japan
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 12, 2014. A Minnesota man who worked at Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa, Japan, was indicted today in the District of Minnesota on charges of sexual abuse, production of child pornography and possession of child pornography. Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s[Read More…]
Three Florida Residents Sentenced for Mail Fraud in Connection with Misprepresenting Business Opportunities
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 12, 2014. Three individuals who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud in connection with operating a series of fraudulent business opportunity companies were sentenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Robert Gallo (aka Bobby Pace, Vincent Pastone, Joe Barone, Bobby[Read More…]
Former New York Tax Liens Investment Company Executive Pleads Guilty for Role in Bid Rigging Scheme at Municipal Tax Lien Auctions
Investigation Has Yielded 15 Guilty Pleas to Date Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 12, 2014. A former New York-based tax liens company executive pleaded guilty today for his role in a conspiracy to rig bids at auctions conducted by New Jersey municipalities for the sale of tax liens, the Department of Justice announced.[Read More…]
Swiss Asset Management Firm and Related Companies Agree to Resolve Criminal Tax Investigation
The Swisspartners Group Is Paying $4.4 Million in Forfeiture and Restitution Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 9, 2014. James M. Cole, the Deputy Attorney General of the Department of Justice, Kathryn Keneally, the Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division of the Department of Justice, Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the[Read More…]
Florida Doctor Sentenced for Federal Tax Crimes
Doctor Maintained Multiple Offshore Bank Accounts at UBS and Other Foreign Banks That Concealed More Than $60 Million in Income and Assets Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 9, 2014. Dr. Patricia Lynn Hough, of Englewood, Florida, was sentenced today to serve two years in prison and three years supervised release by U.S. District[Read More…]
Former Maryland Sergeant Sentenced for Obstruction of Justice
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 9, 2014. Josh Hummer, formerly a sergeant at Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) in Hagerstown, Maryland, was sentenced today to serve 12 months and a day in prison for obstruction of justice. Previously, on Jan. 31, 2014, a federal jury found Hummer guilty of providing false and misleading information[Read More…]
