Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2014. At the request of the Federal Trade Commission and the Office of the Florida Attorney General, a U.S. district court has temporarily halted and frozen the assets of an Orlando-based operation that used pre-recorded telephone calls, commonly known as robocalls, to pitch purportedly “free” medical alert[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 10, 2014. Michael Slattery Jr., an Irish national, was sentenced in federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y., today to serve 14 months   in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act in relation to illegal rhinoceros horn trafficking, announced Acting[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 10, 2014. Michael Morgan, formerly an officer at Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) in Hagerstown, Md., pleaded guilty today to assaulting an inmate on March 9, 2008, announced the Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland.   Morgan is the 12th former RCI officer to[Read More…]

‘Operation Steer Clear’ Drives Home That Auto Ads Must Be Truthful Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2014.  The Federal Trade Commission announced yesterday that nine auto dealers agreed to settle deceptive advertising charges, and the agency is taking action against a 10th dealer, in a nationwide sweep focusing on the sale, financing,[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 10, 2014. Michael R. Barr, former chief executive officer of Louisville, Kentucky-based HealthEssentials Solutions Inc., has agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations that he knowingly caused HealthEssentials to submit false claims to Medicare between 1999 and 2004, the Justice Department announced today.  Norman J. Pfaadt, HealthEssentials’[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 9, 2014. A former mayor of South Pittsburg, Tenn., and an associate were sentenced today in Chattanooga, Tenn., for managing an illegal gambling business, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special Agent in Charge Kenneth L. Moore of the FBI’s[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 9, 2014. A federal grand jury in Fort Myers, Fla., indicted former Desoto County Sheriff’s Office deputies Steven Rizza and Jonathan Mause today for charges related to the violation of the civil rights of an inmate who was assaulted by Rizza at the Desoto County Jail and the[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 9, 2014. The Justice Department announced today that two related entities, Michigan-based Cadillac Asphalt LLC (Cadillac) and Michigan Paving and Materials Co. (MPM), have agreed to pay $3.8 million to resolve allegations that they falsely claimed Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) credits on a number of federally funded transportation[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 9, 2014. CareFusion Corp. has agreed to pay the government $40.1 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks and promoting its products for uses that were not approved by the Food and Drug Administration, the Justice Department announced today.  CareFusion, a[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 9, 2014. Alcoa World Alumina LLC, a majority-owned and controlled global alumina sales company of Alcoa Inc., has agreed to plead guilty later today and pay $223 million in criminal fines and forfeiture to resolve charges that it paid millions of dollars in bribes through an international middleman[Read More…]