CHICAGO –-(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced today a nationwide takedown by Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in 17 districts, resulting in charges against 243 individuals, including 46 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals,[Read More…]
Law and Order
IAP Worldwide Services Inc. Resolves Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigation
Former Company Vice President Pleads Guilty to Participating in Bribery Scheme Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2015. A Florida defense and government contracting company, IAP Worldwide Services Inc. (IAP), entered into a non-prosecution agreement and agreed to pay a $7.1 million penalty to resolve the government’s investigation into whether the company conspired[Read More…]
Florida Skilled Nursing Facility Agrees to Pay $17 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2015. Hebrew Homes Health Network Inc., its operating subsidiaries and affiliates, and William Zubkoff, the former president and executive director of Hebrew Homes Health Network Inc. (collectively Hebrew Homes), have agreed to pay $17 million to resolve allegations that Hebrew Homes violated the False Claims Act by[Read More…]
Omar Gonzalez Sentenced to 17 Months in Prison for Armed Intrusion on White House Grounds
Washington, DC-(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2015. Omar Gonzalez, 43, of Copperas Cove, Texas, was sentenced today to 17 months in prison on charges stemming from an incident in which he climbed a fence and ran toward and into the White House while armed with a folding knife. The sentencing was announced by[Read More…]
Navy Civilian Engineer Pleads Guilty to Attempted Espionage
Defendant Attempted to Pass Navy Supercarrier Schematics to Egypt Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015. Mostafa Ahmed Awwad, 36, of Yorktown, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to charges of attempted espionage relating to his attempt to provide schematics of the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to Egypt while serving as a[Read More…]
Former Chief Executive Officer of Oil Services Company Pleads Guilty to Foreign Bribery Charge
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015. The former co-chief executive officer (CEO) of PetroTiger Ltd. – a British Virgin Islands oil and gas company with operations in Colombia and formerly with an office in New Jersey – pleaded guilty today to conspiring to pay bribes to a foreign government official in violation[Read More…]
Leader of Imperial Gangsters Sentenced to Life in Prison for Five Murders, One Attempted Murder and Other Gang-Related Crimes
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015. A leader of the Imperial Gangsters street gang was sentenced today to life in prison for five counts of murder in aid of racketeering and other RICO-related charges, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David A.[Read More…]
Children’s Hospital to Pay $12.9 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015. Children’s Hospital, Children’s National Medical Center Inc. and its affiliated entities (collectively CNMC) have agreed to pay $12.9 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false cost reports and other applications to the components and contractors of the Department of[Read More…]
Former Dolton Certified Water Operator Charged With Falsifying Drinking Water Sampling Data
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015. A former Dolton certified water operator was indicted last week on charges that, for several years, he routinely falsified paperwork to make it appear that Dolton was properly sampling its drinking water for microbiological contaminants. Dolton purchases its drinking water from the City of Chicago, which[Read More…]
Community Alert Update Regarding Multiple Burglaries to Unlocked Vehicles in Park Forest
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest police issued Saturday the following update to the community alert posted last week regarding multiple burglaries to unlocked vehicles: "The following is an update to our June 8th community alert related to multiple burglaries to unlocked vehicles in the multi-family areas along Western Avenue: In[Read More…]
