TEXAS–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2016. The former director of Baseball Development for the St. Louis Cardinals made an initial appearance in Houston federal court today on charges of accessing the Houston Astros’ computers without authorization, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas and Special Agent in Charge Perrye[Read More…]
Law and Order
Member of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Charges
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2016. Minh Quang Pham, aka Amin, 33, pleaded guilty today in the Southern District of New York to terrorism charges based on Pham’s efforts in support of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Pham was arrested in the United Kingdom on[Read More…]
Former Owner of Bostwick Laboratories Agrees to Pay Up to $3.75 Million to Resolve Allegations of Unnecessary Testing and Illegal Remuneration to Physicians
OHIO–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2016. Dr. David G. Bostwick has agreed to pay the United States up to $3.75 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act for billing Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary cancer detection tests and offering incentives to physicians to obtain Medicare and Medicaid business, the[Read More…]
President of Miami-Based Transportation Company Convicted in $70 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2016. The president of a Miami-based transportation company was convicted today for his role in a health care fraud scheme involving three mental health centers based in Miami that resulted in the submission of approximately $70 million in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare. Assistant Attorney General Leslie[Read More…]
Texas Man Charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL
TEXAS–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2016. Omar Faraj Saeed Al Hardan, 24, a Palestinian born in Iraq, has been charged in a three-count indictment alleging that he attempted to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Assistant Attorney General for National Security[Read More…]
California Man Arrested for Making False Statements in a Terrorism Investigation
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2016. A Sacramento, California, resident was arrested today on a federal charge of making a false statement involving international terrorism. Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab, 23, is charged in a complaint that was unsealed today in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of California following his arrest. [Read More…]
Uzbek National Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison on Terrorism Charges
IDAHO–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2016. Fazliddin Kurbanov, 33, an Uzbek national, was sentenced today to 25 years in federal prison by Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge of the District of Idaho for conspiring and attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and possessing an unregistered destructive[Read More…]
West Suburban Doctor Sentenced to Two Years in Federal Prison for Falsely Approving Unnecessary Treatment
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2016. A west suburban physician was sentenced today to two years in prison for fraudulently certifying patients as confined to the home, allowing healthcare agencies to bill Medicare for millions of dollars in unnecessary in-home treatment. As an employee and part-owner of Bloomingdale-based Home Care Physicians Inc.,[Read More…]
Former Evanston Man Convicted of Robbing First Federal Savings Bank in Rock Falls
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2016. A former Evanston, Ill. man was convicted today of bank robbery following a three-day jury trial in federal court in Rockford. CONRAD J. GONZALEZ, 47, was found guilty of robbing the First Federal Savings Bank, located at 701 1st Ave., in Rock Falls, Ill. on Oct.[Read More…]
Federal Authorities Seize Nearly 90,000 Bottles of a Beverage Containing the Herbal Ingredient Kratom
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2016. United States Marshals, acting with investigators from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, yesterday seized nearly 90,000 bottles of a beverage containing the herbal ingredient kratom. The beverages were manufactured for and held by Dordoniz Natural Products LLC, of South Beloit, and marketed under the brand[Read More…]
