Defendant also Charged with Being ‘Straw Purchaser’ of Two Assault Rifles Later Used in San Bernardino Attack that Killed 14 People Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 30, 2015.  Enrique Marquez Jr., 24, of Riverside, California, a longtime friend of Sayed Rizwan Farook, the male shooter in the San Bernardino, California, terrorist attack, was[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 30, 2015.  In a Dec. 29, 2015, order, the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon approved a settlement agreement between the Justice Department, a class of private plaintiffs and the state of Oregon, which resolved the department’s and the class plaintiffs’ claims against the state under[Read More…]

OHIO–(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2015.  A Westlake, Ohio, cardiologist was sentenced to 20 years in prison for performing unnecessary catheterizations, tests, stent insertions and causing unnecessary coronary artery bypass surgeries as part of a scheme to overbill Medicare and other insurers by $29 million, law enforcement officials said. Dr. Harold Persaud, 56,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2015.  A resident of Lima, Peru, charged with operating call centers that lied to and threatened Spanish-speaking victims in the United States, convincing them to pay fraudulent settlements, was sentenced today to more than four years in prison in federal district court in Miami, Florida, the Department[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2015.  Maryland-based splint supplier Dynasplint Systems Inc., and its founder and president, George Hepburn, have agreed to pay approximately $10.3 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by improperly billing Medicare for splints provided to patients in skilled nursing facilities, the Department of[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 18, 2015. Thirty-two hospitals located throughout 15 states have agreed to pay the United States a total of more than $28 million to settle allegations that the health care facilities submitted false claims to Medicare for minimally-invasive kyphoplasty procedures, the Justice Department announced today.  The Justice Department has[Read More…]

CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015.  Enrique Marquez Jr., 24, of Riverside, California, a longtime friend of Syed Rizwan Farook, the male shooter in the San Bernardino, California, terrorist attack, was charged today with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists based upon his role in terrorist plotting with Farook in 2011 and[Read More…]

PENNSYLVANIA–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015.  A Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, resident was arrested today on charges of conspiring and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).  Jalil Ibn Ameer Aziz, 19, a U.S. citizen, is charged in a two-count criminal complaint that was unsealed today in[Read More…]

T3Leads and Lead Publisher Exposed Consumers to Harassment and Deceit WASHINGTON, D.C. — (ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015.  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today took separate actions against a company and an individual that resold sensitive personal data to lenders and debt collectors, allegedly exposing millions of consumers to harassment and[Read More…]

FTC Alleged Company Violated Order’s Information Security Requirements, Misled Consumers With Deceptive Advertising Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2015.  LifeLock will pay $100 million to settle Federal Trade Commission contempt charges that it violated the terms of a 2010 federal court order that requires the company to secure consumers’ personal information and[Read More…]