Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 7, 2014. A CEO of an Atlanta-area hospital and the co-owner and chief operating officer of an Atlanta-based medical clinic chain pleaded guilty in connection with the payment of illegal kickbacks to clinics in exchange for Medicaid patient referrals to hospitals in the Atlanta area and on Hilton[Read More…]
Law and Order
Former ConvergEx Global Markets Chief Executive Officer and Trader Indicted
Four Former Employees of ConvergEx Have Now Been Charged in Connection with Securities Fraud Scheme Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 7, 2014. The former chief executive officer (CEO) and a former trader of ConvergEx Global Markets Limited (CGM Limited) — a former broker-dealer registered in Bermuda — were indicted late yesterday in federal[Read More…]
U.S. Forfeits Over $480 Million Stolen by Former Nigerian Dictator in Largest Forfeiture Ever Obtained Through a Kleptocracy Action
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 7, 2014. The Department of Justice has forfeited more than $480 million in corruption proceeds hidden in bank accounts around the world by former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha and his co-conspirators. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Assistant Director in Charge[Read More…]
Justice Department Settles Citizenship Status Discrimination Claim Against Travel Management Company
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 7, 2014. The Justice Department reached an agreement today with Travel Management Company, a private airplane charter company based in Elkhart, Indiana, resolving claims that the company engaged in citizenship status discrimination in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Under the INA, employers may not discriminate[Read More…]
Chicago Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Forced Sex Trafficking of Four Victims, Including Two Minors
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago man was sentenced August 5 to 30 years in federal prison for forced sex-trafficking of two minor and two young adult women. The defendant, CARL BRANDON SMITH, forced his victims to engage in commercial sex acts, used physical violence, and threatened to kill them if they[Read More…]
Disbarred Attorney Sentenced to Prison for Her Role in $28.3 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 7, 201. A disbarred Florida attorney was sentenced in federal court in Tampa, Florida today to serve 70 months in prison in connection with her role in a $28.3 million Medicare fraud scheme involving false claims for physical and occupational therapy services. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell[Read More…]
Manager of Adoption Agency Pleads Guilty to Ethiopian Adoption Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 6, 2014. A former foreign program director of International Adoption Guides Inc. (IAG), an adoption agency, pleaded guilty today to conspiring with others to defraud the United States by paying bribes to foreign officials and submitting fraudulent documents to the State Department for adoptions from Ethiopia. Assistant Attorney[Read More…]
Former Physician Sentenced to Nearly Six Years in Prison on Drug Charge for Trading Prescription Drugs for Sex and Cash
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—August 5, 2014. A former physician who was affiliated with three Chicago hospitals was sentenced today to nearly six years in federal prison for illegally distributing prescription drugs in exchange for sex and cash. The defendant, JOSHUA D. BARON, a pediatric neurologist, pleaded guilty in March, admitting that he provided[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Jackson & Schuler County Arrests in Child Pornography Operation
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced charges against two men on multiple counts of possessing and distributing child pornography as part of “Operation Glass House,” a statewide initiative to apprehend the most active offenders who download and trade child pornography online. Earlier today, investigators with Madigan’s office and[Read More…]
United States Attorney’s Office Announces Indictment of Clark County Sheriff
New Albany-(ENEWSPF)- Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney, announced the indictment of Daniel N. Rodden, 60, Jeffersonville, July 29. Rodden was indicted for seven counts of making a false statement and one count of counseling the destruction of evidence in a federal investigation. On May 14, 2013, Rodden, the elected[Read More…]
