Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 24, 2015. A former senior vice president of Bank of America (BOA) in Las Vegas pleaded guilty today to misapplication of bank funds in a scheme that led to over $6.4 million in losses to BOA on two business-related loans. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the[Read More…]
Law and Order
Superseding Indictment Charges Two Brothers with Filing 30 Fraudulent Tax Returns Seeking Refunds of More Than $200 Million
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 24, 2015. A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment against two brothers late yesterday, adding conspiracy to commit wire fraud, mail fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering charges arising from a scheme in which they filed 30 fraudulent tax returns seeking refunds of more than[Read More…]
Psychologist And Pschotheraphy Services Owner Sentenced To Over Seven Years, And Employee Sentenced To Over Five Years In $1.5 Million Medicare Fraud
Chicago −(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2015. Bryce Woods, 37, an employee of Take Action, Inc., and Inner Arts, Inc., which claimed to provide psychotherapy services to Medicare beneficiaries residing in skilled nursing homes in the Chicago area, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Virginia M. Kendall to 70 months in[Read More…]
Two Florida Couples Agree to Pay $1.13 Million to Resolve Allegations that They Accepted Kickbacks in Exchange for Home Health Care Referrals
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 23, 2015. Two South Florida medical doctors and their wives have agreed to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act when their wives accepted sham marketer salaries in exchange for their husbands’ referrals to a home health care company called A Plus Home Health Care Inc.,[Read More…]
North Carolina Man Charged for Making $2.3 Million Fraudulent Claim to Deepwater Horizon Spill Compensation Fund
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 23, 2015. A North Carolina resident was arrested today for allegedly making a fraudulent claim on the fund set up to compensate victims of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. Michael R. Rosella, 45, of[Read More…]
Two Long Beach, California, Men Sentenced for Participation in a Sex Trafficking Conspiracy
Defendants Used Deception, Threats, Violence and Coercion to Compel Young Women into Prostitution in Orange County, California Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 20, 2015. Roshaun Nakia Porter, 39, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton to a sentence of 240 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release for[Read More…]
The National President, Vice President, Warlord and Three Other Members of the Devils Diciples Motorcycle Gang Convicted of Racketeering and Drug-Trafficking Charges
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 20, 2015. After a four-month trial, a federal jury in the Eastern District of Michigan convicted six members of the Devils Diciples Motorcycle Gang today, including the national president, national vice president and national warlord, for their participation in various criminal acts, including violent crimes in aid of[Read More…]
Nebraska ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Sentenced for Obstructing Internal Revenue Service and Filing False Property Liens Against Federal Officials
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 20, 2015. A La Vista, Nebraska, woman was sentenced today in U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska in Omaha to serve 36 months in prison and three years of supervised release for tax obstruction, filing a false claim and filing false retaliatory property liens, Principal Deputy[Read More…]
Florida Man Pleads Guilty in Prescription Drug Diversion Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 19, 2015. Yusef Yassin Gomez (Yassin), 49, of Fort Myers, Florida, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Ohio to one count of conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States in the distribution of prescription drugs without a license. Acting Assistant[Read More…]
Arlington Heights, Illinois, Company and its Owner and Employee Charged with Illegal Export and Import of Military Articles
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—February 19, 2015. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon of the Northern District of Illinois, Special Agent in Charge Gary Hartwig of Homeland Security Investigations Chicago, Special Agent in Charge James C. Lee of the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Chicago Office and[Read More…]
