CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016. Pharmaceutical companies Genentech Inc. and OSI Pharmaceuticals LLC will pay $67 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they made misleading statements about the effectiveness of the drug Tarceva to treat non-small cell lung cancer, the Department of Justice announced today. Genentech, located in South San[Read More…]
Law and Order
Kansas Man Pleads Guilty to Exporting Firearms to Overseas Purchasers
KANSAS–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016. A Kansas man pleaded guilty today to six counts of exporting and attempting to export firearms illegally from the United States to individuals located in other countries, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall of[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Sues Payment Processor for Enabling Unauthorized Withdrawals and Other Illegal Acts by Clients
Intercept Corp. Ignored Red Flags for Potential Fraud and Illegal Activity by Clients WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today filed suit against payment processer Intercept Corporation and two of its executives, Bryan Smith and Craig Dresser, for allegedly enabling unauthorized and other illegal withdrawals from[Read More…]
FTC Charges Marketers Used Massive Spam Campaign To Pitch Bogus Weight-Loss Products
Spam Emails Linked to “Fake News” Websites, Phony Celebrity Endorsements To Sell Unproven Dietary Supplements Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016. The Federal Trade Commission charged a Florida-based affiliate marketing operation with bombarding consumers with illegal spam e-mail in an attempt to sell them bogus weight-loss products using false celebrity endorsements. “These[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports June 4, 2016
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other local media. An arrest does not mean that[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Kendall County Man Charged with Child Pornography Possession
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that a Kendall County man was charged with possessing child pornography as part of “Operation Glass House,” a statewide initiative to apprehend the most active offenders who download and trade child pornography online. Marco Hernandez, 47, of Yorkville, was[Read More…]
Federal Jury Convicts Three Minnesota Men for Conspiring to Join ISIL and Commit Murder in Syria
Nine Members of the Conspiracy Convicted of Terrorism Charges in Largest Multi-Defendant ISIL-Related Case in United States MINNESOTA–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2016. Guled Ali Omar, Abdurahman Yasin Daud and Mohamed Abdihamid Farah were convicted by a federal jury today of conspiring to commit murder in Syria on behalf of the Islamic State[Read More…]
Owner of West Suburban Weight Loss Center Indicted in Scheme to Illegally Dispense Appetite-Suppressant Drugs
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2016. The owner of a Lombard weight-loss center and a Burr Ridge physician have been charged with conspiracy and other crimes related to dispensing appetite-suppressant drugs without a legitimate medical purpose. According to a 17-count federal indictment, MICHAEL JENNINGS, the owner of Results Weight Loss Center,[Read More…]
FTC Charges Gold, Silver Investment Scheme with Fraud
Defendants Allegedly Failed to Deliver Orders as Promised Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2016. The Federal Trade Commission charged a nationally advertised gold and silver marketing operation with bilking millions from consumers. The FTC seeks to recover money from the defendants to return to their customers, many of whom allegedly lost thousands[Read More…]
Two Former Deutsche Bank Employees Indicted on Fraud Charges in Connection with Long-Running Manipulation of Libor
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016. Two former Deutsche Bank AG (Deutsche Bank) traders—the bank’s supervisor of the Pool Trading Desk in New York and a derivatives trader in London—were indicted for their alleged roles in a scheme to manipulate the U.S. Dollar (USD) London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR), a benchmark interest[Read More…]
