CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2017. A Chicago man was arrested today on federal sex trafficking charges for allegedly using Facebook to recruit minors to participate in sex acts with him and others. BRYAN OSBORNE, 27, posed as a woman named “Lonyae Johnson” to communicate via Facebook with more than 2,000 individuals,[Read More…]
Law and Order
Indiana Man Sentenced to More Than 13 Years for Impersonating Psychiatrist
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2017. An Indiana man was sentenced yesterday to more than 13 years in federal prison for holding himself out as a psychiatrist and prescribing medications to a nine-year-old child and dozens of others. SCOTT C. REDMAN, 37, of Hammond, Ind., used the identity of an Illinois physician[Read More…]
Second Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Corporations Cannot Stop Release of Government Documents
Private Prison Corporations Thrown Out of Court New York –(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2017. Yesterday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed an appeal by private prison corporations seeking to block the release of government documents about their immigration detention practices. A federal judge ruled in July, in a case brought[Read More…]
U.S. District Court Blocks Anthem’s Acquisition of Cigna
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 8, 2017. Judge Amy Berman Jackson for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of the Justice Department in its civil antitrust lawsuit to block health insurer Anthem, Inc.’s acquisition of Cigna Corp., the Justice Department announced. “Today’s decision is a victory for American consumers,” said Acting Assistant[Read More…]
Former Catholic Priest Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Production and Distribution of Child Pornography
DELAWARE–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2017. A former U.S. Navy Lt. Commander and ordained Catholic priest was sentenced to 30 years in prison today for charges involving the sexual exploitation of children, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Charles M. Oberly III[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and New York Attorney General Sue RD Legal for Scamming 9/11 Heroes Out of Millions of Dollars in Compensation Funds
CFPB and NY Also Accuse Company of Deceiving National Football League Concussion Victims WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2017. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the New York Attorney General filed a lawsuit against RD Legal Funding, LLC, two related entities, and Roni Dersovitz, the companies’ founder and owner,[Read More…]
Chicago Man Charged with Possessing Child Pornography
CHICAGO — (ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2017. A Chicago man was ordered detained in federal custody yesterday for allegedly possessing thousands of photographs and videos of child pornography. SCOTT RESKEY, 61, is charged with one count of possessing an image of child pornography involving a minor under the age of 12. A[Read More…]
Healthcare Service Provider to Pay $60 Million to Settle Medicare and Medicaid False Claims Act Allegations
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2017. A major U.S. hospital service provider, TeamHealth Holdings, as successor in interest to IPC Healthcare Inc., f/k/a IPC The Hospitalists Inc. (IPC), has agreed to resolve allegations that IPC violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare, Medicaid, the Defense Health Agency and the Federal Employees[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Files Amicus Brief in Federal Lawsuit Seeking to Halt Implementation of Trump Immigration Executive Order
Madigan Joins 15 Other Attorneys General & Asks Appellate Court to Permanently End Unconstitutional Travel Ban Nationwide Noting Irreparable Harm to Illinois & the Country Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–February 6, 2017. Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed an amicus brief today in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in[Read More…]
Stratford Career Institute Agrees to Settle FTC Charges
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2017. Stratford Career Institute has agreed to stop making allegedly deceptive claims about educational programs under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. The settlement resolves FTC charges brought in February 2016, alleging that the correspondence school misled consumers about its high school “diploma†program, which failed[Read More…]
