Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 17, 2014. William R. “Rusty” Miller, a real estate developer from Fairhope, Ala., was sentenced today in federal district court in Gulfport, Miss., for the unpermitted filling of wetlands near Bay St. Louis, Miss., in violation of the Clean Water Act, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Robert G.[Read More…]
Law and Order
Justice Department Settles Immigration-Related Discrimination Claim Against Potter Concrete
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 17, 2014. The Justice Department reached an agreement today with Potter Concrete, a company based in Dallas, resolving claims that the company engaged in a pattern or practice of document abuse in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The department’s investigation, which was initiated based on[Read More…]
Former New Mexico Detective Pleads Guilty to Sexually Assaulting Police Department Intern
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 17, 2014. Michael Garcia, a former detective with the Las Cruces Police Department (LCPD) in Las Cruces, N.M., who focused on child abuse and sex crimes investigations, pleaded guilty today in federal court to a one count information charging Garcia with violating the civil rights of an LCPD[Read More…]
Hotel Magnate Pleads Guilty to Federal Election Campaign Spending Limits Evasion Scheme and Witness Tampering
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 17, 2014. Sant Singh Chatwal, 70, of New York – a businessman operating several restaurants, hotels and a hotel management company – pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of New York to conspiring to violate the Federal Election Campaign Act (the “Election Act”) by making more than $180,000[Read More…]
Corporate-Wide Settlement with Lowe’s Protects Public from Lead Pollution During Home Renovations
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 17, 2014. Lowe’s Home Centers, one of the nation’s largest home improvement retailers, has agreed to implement a comprehensive, corporate-wide compliance program at its more than 1,700 stores nationwide to ensure its contractors minimize lead dust from home renovation activities, as required by the federal Lead Renovation, Repair[Read More…]
Injured Illinois Worker Charged with Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Defendant Lied Under Oath to IWCC Arbitrator in an Attempt to Obtain Benefits CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2014. Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) Director Andrew Boron today announced a workers’ compensation fraud investigation has led to another indictment. Jeffrey Fessler, of St. Charles, was arraigned today on felony charges for perjury and[Read More…]
Utah Man Pleads Guilty to Religious-Motivated Attack on Synagogue and Gun Charges
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 16, 2014. Macon Openshaw, 21, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah today to a federal civil rights crime relating to a bias-motivated weapons discharge aimed at a local synagogue and to two unlawful gun possession charges. During the plea proceedings, Openshaw admitted[Read More…]
Tennessee Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Agrees to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations for $9.25 Million
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 16, 2014. The Department of Justice announced today that CRC Health Corp. (CRC) has agreed to pay $9.25 million to the federal government and the State of Tennessee to settle allegations that CRC knowingly submitted false claims by providing substandard treatment to adult and adolescent Medicaid patients suffering[Read More…]
Astellas Pharma US Inc. to Pay $7.3 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Marketing of Drug Mycamine
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 16, 2014. Pharmaceutical company Astellas Pharma US Inc. will pay $7.3 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act in connection with its marketing and promotion of the drug Mycamine for pediatric use, the Justice Department announced today. Astellas Pharma US Inc., located in Northbrook,[Read More…]
Two Former Cook County Board of Review Analysts Sentenced to Prison for Accepting a Bribe to Arrange Property Tax Reductions
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2014. Two former analysts for the Cook County Board of Review were sentenced today for accepting $1,500 to facilitate reducing by more than $10,000 the property taxes on three residential properties. THOMAS HAWKINS was sentenced to 24 months in prison and JOHN RACASI was sentenced to 18 months[Read More…]
