Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 10, 2014. The Department of Justice announced that this morning John W. Ng, 58, of Albuquerque, N.M., made his initial appearance in federal court on a criminal complaint charging him with a hate crime offense.  This charge is related to anti-Semitic threats Ng made against a Jewish woman[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 7, 2014. The leader of an identity theft ring that stole more than 600 identities from U.S. government employees and others was sentenced today to serve 12 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 7, 2014. Skagit County, Washington, has agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules.  Skagit County agreed to a $215,000 monetary settlement and to work closely with the Department of Health and Human Services[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2014. A federal court has found that marketers of bogus remedies for treating and preventing diabetes violated Section 5 of the FTC Act, and has ordered them to pay nearly $2.2 million. The FTC will use the funds it recovers to reimburse consumers. The court has prohibited[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 7, 2014. Sea Star Line LLC and Horizon Lines LLC have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by fixing the price of government cargo transportation contracts between the continental United States and Puerto Rico, the Department of Justice announced today.   Under the settlement[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 6, 2014. A former state marshal and a correctional officer in Puerto Rico were sentenced today for attempting to smuggle heroin to inmates in exchange for payment, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez of the[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 6, 2014. A former Detroit-area physician pleaded guilty today for his role in an $11.5 million health care fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade of the Eastern District of Michigan, Special Agent in Charge Paul[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 6, 2014. Acting Assistant Attorney General Jocelyn Samuels of the Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz of the District of Massachusetts announced today that they have entered into a consent decree with HRB Digital LLC and HRB Tax Group Inc., subsidiaries of H&R Block Inc.,[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 6, 2014. A former owner and operator of a Florida-based airline fuel supply service company pleaded guilty today to participating in a kickback scheme to defraud Illinois-based Ryan International Airlines, a charter airline company located in Rockford, Ill., the Department of Justice announced. Sean E. Wagner, the former[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 6, 2014. Hector Orjuela Jr., 47, was sentenced today to serve 30 years in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for molesting children under the age of 12 and producing child pornography, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Assistant[Read More…]