Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–February 10, 2015. A suburban real estate attorney and radio talk show host was sentenced today to 70 months imprisonment for stealing approximately $2.34 million from her clients. The defendant, KATHLEEN NIEW, 59, of Burr Ridge, was also ordered to pay restitution of $2.34 million to the victims of[Read More…]
Law and Order
District Court Enters Permanent Injunction Against San Francisco Soy and Tofu Company and Senior Officers to Stop Distribution of Adulterated Products
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2015. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Fong Kee Tofu Co. Inc., Yan Hui Fong, the firm’s co-owner and chief executive officer, and Jen Ying Fong and Suny Fong, co-owners and corporate officers, to prevent[Read More…]
Three Brandon, Mississippi, Men Sentenced for Their Roles in the Racially Motivated Assault and Murder of an African-American Man
Victim Died After Being Run Over by Truck Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2015. The Justice Department announced today that Deryl Paul Dedmon, 22, John Aaron Rice, 21, and Dylan Wade Butler, 23, all of Brandon, Mississippi, were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Jackson for their roles in federal hate[Read More…]
Iowa Home Care Company to Pay $5.63 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2015. ResCare Iowa Inc. has agreed to pay $5.63 million to the United States and the state of Iowa to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false home healthcare billings to the Medicare and Medicaid programs, the Department of Justice announced today. [Read More…]
Robertson County Schools Reach Settlement with the Department of Justice to Further School Desegregation
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)-February 10, 2015. Today, the Department of Justice reached a settlement agreement with the Robertson County, Tennessee, school district to resolve the department’s determination that the district had yet to fulfill its desegregation obligations in the areas of student assignment and school construction. The department identified a series of[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan, Randolph County State’s Attorney Walker Charge Drew Peterson for Solicitation of Murder
Chicago –(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Randolph County State’s Attorney Jeremy R. Walker yesterday filed a two-count criminal information against Drew Peterson, 61, an inmate at the Menard Correctional Center, charging him with one count of solicitation of murder for hire and one count of solicitation of[Read More…]
Owner of Miami Home Health Company Pleads Guilty for Role in $6.9 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme. Feb. 10, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2015. The owner of a Miami home health care agency pleaded guilty today in connection with a $6.9 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, Special Agent[Read More…]
Justice Department Resolves Lawsuit Against Sairam Enterprises Inc. For Discriminating Against Disabled Veteran With Service Animal
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 9, 2015. The Department of Justice reached an agreement today to resolve a lawsuit it brought against Sairam Enterprises Inc. LLC, which owns a hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The proposed consent decree, which must be approved by the court, resolves a 2014 lawsuit that the department filed against[Read More…]
Former Salem, Virginia, Police Officer Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Soliciting Sexual Favors in Exchange for Potential Lenient Treatment
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 9, 2015. A former police officer employed by the City of Salem, Virginia, and assigned to a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) task force, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for soliciting and receiving sexual favors from a cooperating defendant in exchange for agreeing to recommend[Read More…]
Ambulance Company Manager Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison for $5.5 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 9, 2015. The general manager of a Southern California ambulance company was sentenced today to 78 months in federal prison for his role in a $5.5 million scheme to defraud the Medicare program. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney[Read More…]
