CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2016. A federal jury has convicted the head of a Homewood telemarketing company of pocketing illegal kickbacks in exchange for referring patients to home health care agencies. As the owner of Serenity Marketing Inc., which did business as Serenity Living, SUNDAE WILLIAMS used unsolicited phone calls[Read More…]
Law and Order
Former Owner and Manager of Miami-Area Home Health Agencies Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Role in $57 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2016. The owner and manager of three now-defunct Miami-area home health agencies was sentenced today to 240 months in prison for his role in a $57 million Medicare fraud scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of[Read More…]
Mother and Son Plead Guilty to Orchestrating $16 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme at Two Miami Pharmacies
FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2016. A mother and son based in Miami each pleaded guilty today to fraud charges for their roles in a $16 million Medicare fraud scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida,[Read More…]
Naperville Man Charged with Producing Child Pornography
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2016. A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted a Naperville man on child pornography charges for allegedly recording minor boys having sexual acts performed on them. DOUGLAS A. WILLIS, 53, is charged with one count of conspiracy to produce child pornography, and one count of producing[Read More…]
Georgia Man Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison for Immigration Fraud for Failing to Disclose Role in Bosnian Prison Camp
GEORGIA–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2016. A Loganville, Georgia, man was sentenced to serve 57 months in prison for obtaining his U.S. citizenship by providing false and fraudulent information on his naturalization application. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney John Horn of the Northern District[Read More…]
Member of Newark, New Jersey, ‘South Side Cartel’ Gang Pleads Guilty to Racketeering, Carjacking, Robbery and Drug Charges
NEW JERSEY–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2016. A Newark, New Jersey, man pleaded guilty today to his role in a violent and long-running racketeering conspiracy perpetuated by the “South Side Cartel,” a set of the Bloods street gang based in Newark, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal[Read More…]
Former City of Chicago Transportation Official Sentenced to Ten Years for Corruption in Awarding of Red-Light Camera Contracts
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2016. The former assistant transportation commissioner for the city of Chicago was sentenced today to ten years in federal prison for his role in a corruption scheme involving the city’s red-light camera contracts. A jury in January convicted JOHN BILLS, 55, of Chicago, on all counts[Read More…]
Chicago Man Charged with Federal Weapons Violation for Allegedly Selling Handguns and Ammunition out of His Home
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2016. A Chicago man was charged with a federal weapons violation for allegedly selling handguns and ammunition out of his home in the North Lawndale neighborhood. JYMIL CAMPBELL, 29, sold three pistols, five magazines and ammunition out of his home in the 2100 block of South[Read More…]
Russian Cyber-Criminal Convicted of 38 Counts Related to Hacking Businesses and Stealing More Than Two Million Credit Card Numbers
Hacking Scheme Defrauded Banks of More Than $169 Million WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. A federal jury today convicted a Vladivostok, Russia, man of 38 counts related to his scheme to hack into point-of-sale computers to steal and sell credit card numbers to the criminal underworld, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R.[Read More…]
Justice Department Releases New Training Video for Law Enforcement on Interacting with Transgender Community
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. The Justice Department’s Community Relations Service (CRS) today released a new training video [external link] for law enforcement which provides information, tools and techniques to help ensure that interactions with members of the transgender community are respectful, professional and safe for all involved. The training uses[Read More…]
