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Community Health Systems Professional Services Corporation and Three Affiliated New Mexico Hospitals to Pay $75 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 2, 2015. Community Health Systems Professional Services Corporation (CHSPSC) and three affiliated New Mexico hospitals (collectively CHS) have agreed to pay the United States $75 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by making illegal donations to county governments which were used to fund[Read More…]

CEO and Head Trader Of Bankrupt Sentinel Management Sentenced To Prison Terms For $665 Million Fraud Scheme Before Firm’S 2007 Collapse

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2015.  The former chief executive officer of the bankrupt Sentinel Management Group, Inc., was sentenced today to 14 years, and the firm’s former head trader was sentenced to eight years, in federal prison for defrauding hundreds of victims, including customers of Sentinel’s own clients, of more than[Read More…]

Pharmacist Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison for Attempting to Weaponize Deadly Toxins and Possessing Narcotics Manufacturing Equipment

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 30, 2015. A licensed pharmacist was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for attempting to weaponize the lethal toxins ricin and abrin and for possessing a prohibited flask intending to use it to manufacture illegal narcotics, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman for the District of New Jersey[Read More…]

Los Angeles Pharmaceutical Company Barred from Distributing Unapproved Prebiotic Feminine Health Care Products

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 30, 2015. The Department of Justice today announced the entry of a consent decree of permanent injunction involving pharmaceutical company, Laclede Inc. and its president, Michael A. Pellico, concerning the distribution of unapproved over-the-counter vaginal drug products made by the company. The consent decree, approved by U.S. District[Read More…]

Ocean Shipping Executive Pleads Guilty to Price Fixing on Ocean Shipping Services for Cars and Trucks

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 30, 2015. An executive of Japan-based Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (K-Line) pleaded guilty today and was sentenced to 18 months in a U.S. prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to fix prices, allocate customers and rig bids of international ocean shipping services for roll-on, roll-off cargo, such[Read More…]

Dennis Guider, 21, Park Forest

Police Arrest Residential Burglary Suspect

Dennis Guider. (Photo: PFPD) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Park Forest Police released a statement regarding the arrest of a residential burglary suspect: "Dennis Guider, age 21, of Park Forest, has been charged with two counts of Residential Burglary after an investigation by Detective Morache implicated Guider in committing burglaries on[Read More…]

Suburban Man Sentenced To 25 Years In Federal Prison For Cheating 455 Investors Of $105 Million And Causing $34 Million Loss

CHICAGO ―(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015.  A northwest suburban man was sentenced today for engaging in a lengthy investment fraud scheme in which he and a co-defendant swindled approximately $105 million from 455 investors who invested in funds they purported to operate.  The defendant, DANIEL SPITZER, pleaded guilty to 10 counts of[Read More…]

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