FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2016.  The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against James R. Hill, of Ocala, Florida, to prevent the distribution of unapproved drugs masquerading as a cure for the herpes virus, the Department of Justice announced today. The department[Read More…]

TENNESSEE–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2016.  A South Carolina man was sentenced to 82 months in prison today for his role in a nationwide health care fraud scheme that defrauded more than 17,000 victims, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David Rivera of[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 19, 2016.  The Federal Trade Commission has charged online distance education school Stratford Career Institute with misleading consumers about its high school equivalency program that the agency alleges failed to meet the basic requirements set by most states. In its complaint, the FTC alleges that Stratford’s extensive advertising[Read More…]

Defendants Will Be Prohibited from Misleading Consumers, Taking Up-Front Payments for Bitcoin Machines Washington DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 18, 2016.  Butterfly Labs and two of its operators have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceived thousands of consumers about the availability, profitability, and newness of machines designed to mine the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 17, 2016.  The Department of Justice has reached settlements with 51 hospitals in 15 states for more than $23 million related to cardiac devices that were implanted in Medicare patients in violation of Medicare coverage requirements, the Department of Justice announced today.  These settlements represent the final stage[Read More…]

FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2016.  The Justice Department announced today that Martin Alan Schnitzler, 43, pleaded guilty to a hate crime in the Middle District of Florida for calling two mosques located in Pinellas County, Florida, and threatening to firebomb the mosques and shoot their congregants. Schnitzler pleaded guilty to obstructing persons[Read More…]

Five Co-Defendants Expected to Go to Trial in May 2016 MINNESOTA–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2016.  Abdirizak Mohamed Warsame, 20, of Egan, Minnesota, pleaded guilty today to an information charging him with conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization.  The[Read More…]

Americans Helping America Chamber of Commerce Promised Citizenship to Members of Its “Migration Program” for a Price CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2016.  Helaman Hansen, 63, of Elk Grove, California, was arrested today after a federal grand jury returned a 13-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2016.  The Justice Department today announced that Morgan Stanley will pay a $2.6 billion penalty to resolve claims related to Morgan Stanley’s marketing, sale and issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS).  This settlement constitutes the largest component of the set of resolutions with Morgan Stanley entered by[Read More…]

OKLAHOMA–(ENEWSPF)–February 10, 2016.  A jury sitting in the Northern District of Oklahoma convicted a former owner of Lase Med Inc., a purported cancer treatment clinic, today of committing a fraudulent scheme claiming to cure patients’ cancer, announced U.S. Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. for the Northern District of Oklahoma. Following[Read More…]