Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 13, 2014. John Bryan Villegas, 23, of Kittery, Maine, was sentenced today in federal court in New Hampshire to serve 33 months in prison for engaging in a type of cyber stalking known as “sextortion,” announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division[Read More…]
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Temporary Restraining Sought Order to Stop Ohio Dept. of Youth Services from Excessively Secluding Boys with Mental Health Needs
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 12, 2014. Today, the Justice Department sought a federal court order temporarily restraining the Ohio Department of Youth Services (DYS) from unlawfully secluding boys with mental health needs in its juvenile correctional facilities. The requested order would require DYS to abide by safeguards in its use of seclusion[Read More…]
Jury Convicts All Seven Defendants in $97 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 12, 2014. A federal jury in Houston today convicted two owners of a former Houston mental health care company, Spectrum Care P.A. (Spectrum), several of its employees and the owners of certain Houston group care homes for their participation in a $97 million Medicare fraud scheme. Acting Assistant[Read More…]
Swiss Banker Pleads Guilty to Conspiring with U.S. Tax Evaders, Other Swiss Bankers and Bank Management
Defendant Helped U.S. Customers Conceal Assets in Secret Swiss Bank Accounts and Tax Havens Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 12, 2014. Andreas Bachmann, 56, of Switzerland, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in connection with his work as a banking and investment adviser for U.S. customers. Deputy[Read More…]
Third Defendant Pleads Guilty to Racially-Motivated Assault on White Man and African-American Woman in California
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 11, 2014. Anthony Merrell Tyler, 33, pleaded guilty in federal court today to violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act for his role in a 2011 racially motivated attack on a white man and an African-American woman in Marysville, Calif. Tyler’s co-defendants, Billy[Read More…]
U.K. Resident Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for Travelling to Ohio to Have Sex with a Minor
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 11, 2014. Richard Castle, 47, a resident of the United Kingdom, has been sentenced to serve 192 months in prison in connection with a trip he made to Ohio from his home in the United Kingdom to have illicit sexual activity with a minor in June 2011. Acting[Read More…]
Federal Inmate Pleads Guilty to Murder of United States Correctional Officer
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 11, 2014. A federal inmate pleaded guilty today for the murder of United States Correctional Officer Jose Rivera, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner for the Eastern District of California. James Ninete Leon Guerrero, 48, of[Read More…]
Florida Hospital System Agrees to Pay the Government $85 Million to Settle Allegations of Improper Financial Relationships with Referring Physicians
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 11, 2014. Halifax Hospital Medical Center and Halifax Staffing Inc. (Halifax), a hospital system based in the Daytona Beach, Fla., area, have agreed to pay $85 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to the Medicare program that violated the Physician[Read More…]
Pharmaceutical Company to Pay $27.6 Million to Settle Allegations Involving False Billings to Federal Health Care Programs
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 11, 2014. Pharmaceutical manufacturer Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. and a subsidiary, IVAX LLC, have agreed to pay the government and the state of Illinois $27.6 million for allegedly violating the False Claims Act by making payments to induce prescriptions of an anti-psychotic drug for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. [Read More…]
French Citizen Pleads Guilty to Obstructing Criminal Investigation into Alleged Bribes Paid to Win Mining Rights in the Republic of Guinea
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 10, 2014. Frederic Cilins, 51, a French citizen, pleaded guilty today in the Southern District of New York to obstructing a federal criminal investigation into whether a mining company paid bribes to win lucrative mining rights in the Republic of Guinea. Mythili Raman, Acting Assistant Attorney General for[Read More…]
