Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 1, 2014. A former executive of Japan-based Mitsuba Corporation has agreed to plead guilty and serve 13 months in a U.S. prison for conspiring to fix the prices of products installed in cars sold in the United States and elsewhere, the Department of Justice announced today. A one-count[Read More…]
Law and Order
Maricopa County Community College District Agrees to Pay $4 Million for Alleged False Claims Related to Award of AmeriCorps Education Awards
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 1, 2014. Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) has agreed to pay $4.08 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that it submitted false claims to the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) concerning AmeriCorps state and national grants, the Justice Department announced today. MCCCD[Read More…]
Government Settles False Claims Act Allegations Against Oxygen and Sleep Therapy Company
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 1, 2014. North Atlantic Medical Services Inc. (NAMS), doing business as Regional Home Care Inc., has agreed to pay $852,378 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to Medicare and Medicaid for respiratory therapy services provided by unlicensed personnel, the Department of[Read More…]
Former Suburban Chicago Home Builder Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison For Failing To Pay $1.27 Million In Federal Income Taxes
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–November 25, 2014. A former west suburban home builder was sentenced to 2½ years in federal prison for failing to pay more than $1.27 million in federal income taxes and concealing certain business interests in his personal bankruptcy case. The defendant, DENNIS WEISS, was sentenced after pleading guilty last[Read More…]
United States Files False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Las Vegas Hospice and Related Entities for Billing Medicare and Medicaid for Ineligible Patients
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 25, 2014. The United States has filed suit against Creekside Hospice II LLC, Skilled Healthcare Group Inc. (SKG), its holding company, and Skilled Healthcare LLC (SKH), an administrative services subsidiary of SKG that operates Creekside (collectively the Creekside entities), alleging that these entities knowingly submitted ineligible claims for[Read More…]
Man Pleads Guilty for Selling ‘StealthGenie’ Spyware App and Ordered to Pay $500,000 Fine
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 25, 2014. A Danish citizen today pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Virginia and was ordered to pay a fine of $500,000 for advertising and selling StealthGenie, a spyware application (app) that could remotely monitor calls, texts, videos and other communications on mobile phones without detection. This[Read More…]
Canadian Antiques Dealer Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court to Attempted Wildlife Smuggling
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 25, 2014. Xiao Ju Guan, aka Tony Guan, a Canadian antiques dealer, pleaded guilty today in Manhattan federal court to attempting to smuggle rhinoceros horns from New York to Canada, announced Sam Hirsch, the Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Department[Read More…]
Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Against California Bakery Over Discrimination Against Foreign-Born Worker
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 25, 2014. The Justice Department announced today that it reached a settlement with La Farine Bakery, a bakery with two stores in the San Francisco Bay Area. The settlement resolves allegations that the bakery violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by engaging in discriminatory documentary practices. Specifically,[Read More…]
Two Minnesotans Charged with Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
18-year-old Somali American Stopped at Minneapolis/Saint Paul Airport before Boarding Flight to Turkey Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 25, 2014. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota Andrew M. Luger today announced a criminal complaint charging Abdi Nur, 20, and Abdullah Yusuf,[Read More…]
Sony Computer Entertainment America To Provide Consumer Refunds To Settle FTC Charges Over Misleading Ads For PlayStation Vita Gaming Console
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 25, 2014. Sony Computer Entertainment America (“Sony”) has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers with false advertising claims about the “game changing” technological features of its PlayStation Vita handheld gaming console during its U.S. launch campaign in late 2011 and early 2012. As[Read More…]
