Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2014. The Justice Department announced today that it reached a settlement with Life Generations Healthcare LLC, doing business as Generations Healthcare (GHC), a company that runs assisted living facilities throughout California. The settlement follows an administrative court decision finding that GHC engaged in a pattern and practice[Read More…]
Law and Order
Four Men Indicted on Charges in 2011 Kidnapping of Mother and Teenage Son in the Philippines
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2014. Four Philippine nationals were indicted today on conspiracy, hostage-taking, and weapons charges stemming from the kidnapping in the Philippines of a mother and her then 14-year-old son in July of 2011. The indictment alleges that the group held the mother for approximately 82 days and the[Read More…]
Three Former Georgia Correctional Officers Sentenced for Offenses Related to beating of Inmate and Ensuing Cover-Up
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2014. The Justice Department announced that Christopher Hall, a former Sergeant for the Correctional Emergency Response Team (CERT) at Macon State Prison (MSP) in Oglethorpe, Georgia, and two former CERT officers, Ronald Lach and Delton Rushin, were sentenced on Thursday, December 4, 2014, for offenses related to[Read More…]
Former Bechtel Executive Pleads Guilty in Connection with a $5.2 Million Kickback Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2014. The former Principal Vice President of Bechtel Corporation and General Manager of the Power Generation Engineering and Services Company (PGESCo) pleaded guilty today in connection with a $5.2 million kickback scheme intended to manipulate the competitive bidding process for state-run power contracts in Egypt. Assistant Attorney[Read More…]
District Court Enters Permanent Injunction Against Los Angeles Seafood Company and Senior Officers to Stop Distribution of Adulterated Products
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2014. The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California entered a consent decree of permanent injunction on Dec. 1 against Neptune Manufacturing Inc. of Los Angeles and its corporate officers, Alexander Goldring, Peter Oyrekh and Semyon Krutovsky, to prevent the distribution of adulterated seafood products,[Read More…]
Three Charged with Conspiring to Defraud Consumers through Fraudulent Debt Relief Services Firms
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2014. A grand jury in Santa Ana, California, indicted three individuals for allegedly operating fraudulent debt relief services companies that offered to settle credit card debts but instead took victims’ payments as undisclosed up-front fees, the Justice Department and U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced. Jeremy Nelson, 29,[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for December 4, 2014
A winter past at the Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than[Read More…]
Principal in $28.3 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 2, 2014. A Florida owner and operator of multiple physical therapy rehabilitation facilities was sentenced in federal court in Tampa today to serve 11 years in prison for his role in organizing a $28.3 million Medicare fraud scheme involving physical and occupational therapy services. Assistant Attorney General Leslie[Read More…]
Former Ohio Deputy Treasurer and Friend Sentenced for Roles in Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 1, 2014. Ohio’s former deputy treasurer and a Chicago businessman were sentenced to federal prison today for their roles in a bribery and money laundering scheme involving the Ohio Treasurer’s Office. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark[Read More…]
T.RAD Executive Agrees to Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging and Price Fixing on Automobile Parts Installed in U.S. Cars
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 1, 2014. An executive of Japan-based T.RAD Co. Ltd. has agreed to plead guilty and to serve one year and one day in a U.S. prison for participating in a conspiracy to fix prices of radiators installed in cars sold in the United States and elsewhere, the Department[Read More…]
