Settlement Bars Chiropractor Association from Conspiring to Raise Fees Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2013. The U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday that it has reached a settlement with Chiropractic Associates Ltd. of South Dakota (CASD), an association comprising approximately 80 percent of all practicing chiropractors in South Dakota. The settlement prohibits[Read More…]
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Founder and President of Labor Union Sentenced to 76 Months for Stealing from Union’s Treasury and Pension Fund
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2013. The founder and president of the National Association of Special Police and Security Officers (NASPSO) was sentenced to 76 months in prison today for stealing union treasury and pension funds, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. Caleb Gray-Burriss, 62,[Read More…]
Former Federal Fugitive Pleads Guilty in California to Massive Fraud and Identity Theft Scheme in Connection with Nationwide Foreclosure Scam
Defendant Collected More Than $1.2 Million from More Than 800 Distressed Homeowners Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2013. A former Los Angeles resident, who fled to Canada and was a federal fugitive for 12 years, pleaded guilty today to aggravated identity theft and bankruptcy fraud in connection with leading a nearly 15-year[Read More…]
U.S. Obtains Permanent Injunction Against New York Dietary Supplement Firm’s Operations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2013. U.S. District Court Judge Joseph F. Bianco entered a consent decree of permanent injunction between the United States, Kabco Pharmaceuticals Inc. and its CEO and President Abu Kabir, the Justice Department announced today. The consent decree entered by the court enjoins the defendants from violating the[Read More…]
District Court Enters Permanent Injunction Against Houston-Based Producer of Egg Rolls and ther Foods
Court Also Enjoins Company’s President of Operations and Former Director of Quality Assurance Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2013. U.S. District Court Judge Melinda Harmon entered an order of permanent injunction against Chung’s Products LP, a Houston-based producer of egg rolls and other foods, Charlie A. Kujawa, Chung’s president of operations, and[Read More…]
Bosley, Inc. Settles FTC Charges That It Illegally Exchanged Competitively Sensitive Business Information With Rival Firm, Hair Club, Inc.
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2013. Bosley, Inc., the nation’s largest manager of medical/surgical hair restoration procedures, has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it illegally exchanged competitively sensitive, nonpublic information about its business practices with one of its competitors, HC (USA), Inc., commonly known as Hair Club. In settling the FTC’s[Read More…]
Chinese Business Executive Convicted for Illegal Trade in Rhino Horn
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2013. Shusen Wei, 45, a citizen of China, pleaded guilty on Friday in Miami federal court to charges stemming from his involvement in the smuggling of a carved rhinoceros horn from the United States to China, announced Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment &[Read More…]
Miami-Based Health Care Clinic and Its Owners and Operators Sentenced for $50 Million Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2013. The owners and operators of Biscayne Milieu, a Miami-based mental-health clinic, and the clinic itself were sentenced on Friday for their participation in a Medicare fraud scheme involving the submission of more than $50 million in fraudulent billings to Medicare, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili[Read More…]
International Credit Card Trafficker Sentenced to 88 Months in Prison
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2013. Vladislav Anatolievich Horohorin, aka “BadB,” was sentenced on Friday to serve 88 months in prison for trafficking in millions of stolen credit and debit cards and for his role in the theft of more than $9 million dollars from an Atlanta-based credit card processor. The sentence[Read More…]
FBI: Eighteen Charged in Sweep Targeting Drug, Gun Dealing in Altgeld Gardens
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Eighteen alleged members or associates of the Black Disciples street gang are facing federal drug and/or gun charges in connection with a continuing investigation into drug and gun trafficking in and around the Altgeld Gardens area on Chicago’s South Side. The charges and the arrests of 17 of[Read More…]