Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)—November 18, 2014. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara for the Southern District of New York and Acting Special Agent in Charge Shantelle P. Kitchen of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) New York Field Office announced today the unsealing of an indictment against Peter Canale, a U.S. citizen and resident[Read More…]
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Miami-Area Hospital Chief Operating Officer Pleads Guilty in $67 Million Mental Health Care Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 18, 2014. The former chief operating officer of a Miami-area hospital pleaded guilty today for his role in a mental health care fraud scheme that resulted in the submission of more than $67 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare by a state-licensed psychiatric hospital located in Hollywood, Florida,[Read More…]
Rockford Man Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2014. A Rockford, Ill. man was sentenced yesterday in federal court by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala on a federal drug trafficking charge. The defendant, MICHAEL CRAIG, 44, was sentenced to 169 months in federal prison, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release. Craig[Read More…]
Chicago Man Charged With Additional Bank Robberies In Huntley And Peotone
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2014. A Chicago resident is now facing three federal bank robbery charges, federal officials announced today. ADAM A. SANBORN, 29, of Chicago and formerly of Milton, Florida, was originally arrested on Sept. 10, 2014, and charged with the Aug. 23, 2014, robbery of the Byron Bank in[Read More…]
The DeKalb County School District Reaches Settlement Agreement with Federal Authorities for Harassment Based on Religion and National Origin
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 18, 2014. The Department of Justice and United States Attorney’s Office reached a settlement agreement today with the DeKalb County, Georgia, school district to resolve the department’s inquiry into the district’s ability to prevent and effectively respond to peer-on-peer harassment based on national origin and religion. The agreement[Read More…]
Texas Man Sentenced to 183 Months for Violent Kidnapping of Gay Man
Court Finds Defendant Acted Because of Victim’s Sexual Orientation Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 17, 2014. The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas, and the FBI’s Dallas Division Office announced that Brice Johnson, 19, of Springtown, Texas, was sentenced today in federal court to[Read More…]
Canadian Executive Extradited on Major Fraud Charges Involving a New Jersey Environmental Protection Agency Superfund Site
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 17, 2014. John Bennett, a Canadian national, was extradited Friday from Canada on a charge of participating in a conspiracy to pay kickbacks and commit fraud at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-designated Superfund site Federal Creosote, located in Manville, New Jersey. He was also charged with a[Read More…]
Justice Department Enters into a Settlement Agreement with Peapod to Ensure that Peapod Grocery Delivery Website is Accessible to Individuals with Disabilities
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 17, 2014. The Justice Department announced today that it has entered into a settlement agreement with Ahold U.S.A. Inc. and Peapod LLC, the owners and operators of www.peapod.com, to remedy alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Peapod is America’s leading Internet grocer, delivering more than[Read More…]
Sevenson Environmental Services Inc. Agrees to Pay $2.72 Million to Settle Claims of Alleged Bid-Rigging and Kickbacks
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 17, 2014. Sevenson Environmental Services Inc., an environmental remediation firm based in Niagara Falls, New York, has agreed to pay more than $2.72 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Act by accepting kickbacks, rigging bids and passing inflated charges to[Read More…]
Alleged Leader of a Mexican Drug Cartel Extradited to United States
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 17, 2014. One of the alleged leaders of the Beltran Leyva Organization, a Mexican drug-trafficking cartel responsible for importing multi-ton quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine into the United States, was extradited to the United States from Mexico on Nov. 15, 2014, and will be making an initial appearance[Read More…]
