Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago man is facing a mandatory minimum of 10 years and a maximum sentence of life in prison after pleading guilty January 11 to transporting a minor from Wisconsin to Illinois for prostitution. The defendant, Carl Brandon Smith, also admitted that he engaged in forced sex trafficking[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2013. The Justice Department announced today that, as part of its Barrier-Free Health Care Initiative , it has reached a settlement with Woodlawn Family Dentistry, of Alexandria, Va., under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).   This is the third settlement addressing HIV discrimination by a medical[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2013. The Justice Department today moved to intervene in Murphy-Taylor v. State of Maryland, et al., a private lawsuit alleging sex discrimination by the state of Maryland, Queen Anne’s County and the Queen Anne’s County Sheriff. The United States’ complaint in intervention alleges that Kristy Murphy-Taylor’s supervisors[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2013.  Steven J. Wasserman, M.D., a dermatologist practicing in Venice, Fla., has agreed to pay $26.1 million to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by accepting illegal kickbacks from a pathology laboratory and by billing the Medicare program for medically unnecessary services, the Justice[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2013.  Yesterday the United States filed a civil action against ATP Oil & Gas Corporation and ATP Infrastructure Partners, LP (ATP-IP) for civil penalties and injunctive relief under the Clean Water Act and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.  The complaint was filed on behalf of the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2013.  A former registered nurse was sentenced yesterday to serve 111 months in prison for his role in a health care fraud scheme involving defunct health provider Health Care Solutions Network Inc. (HCSN), announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S.[Read More…]

Government Teams Recovered $4.2 Billion in FY 2012 WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—February 11, 2013. Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today released a new report showing that for every dollar spent on health care-related fraud and abuse investigations in the last three years, the government recovered[Read More…]

Rockford, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Rockford, Illinois man was sentenced February 7 in federal court on drug conspiracy charges. Steven T. McDowell, 38, of Rockford, also known as “Ty,” was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to 315 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2013.  A federal grand jury has indicted two members of the Compton 155 street gang on federal hate crime charges related to a racially motivated attack on four African-American juveniles at a residence in the city of Compton, Calif., on New Year’s Eve. Jeffrey Aguilar, aka “Terco,”[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2013. The Justice Department reached a settlement agreement today with Avant Healthcare Professionals LLC, a healthcare staffing company based in Casselberry, Fla. , resolving allegations that the company posted discriminatory job advertisements on the internet. According to the department’s investigation, hundreds of Avant Healthcare Professionals’ internet-based job[Read More…]