Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2014. The office manager of a Detroit-area home health agency was sentenced today to serve 46 months in prison for her role in a $5.8 million Medicare fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade[Read More…]
Law and Order
Justice Department Files Lawsuit to Stop Pennsylvania Man from Preparing Federal Tax Returns
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2014. The United States filed a civil lawsuit today in Pittsburgh federal court to permanently bar Larry E. Snow, of Seward, Pa., from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Department of Justice and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. In February 2012, Snow pleaded guilty to[Read More…]
Chief of Bull Shoals, Ark., Police Department Arrested for Use of Excessive Force
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2014. The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arkansas and the FBI announced today that Daniel Sutterfield, 35, Chief of the Bull Shoals Police Department, was arrested yesterday on charges related to his use of excessive force in the[Read More…]
Chinatown Civic Leader Pleads Guilty to Theft From Charity and Filing a False Federal Income Tax Return
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2014. A leader of two Chinatown charitable organizations, GENE LEE, pleaded guilty today to federal charges of theft and filing a false federal income tax return for misappropriating as much as $92,800 from one of the charities, which received federal funds as well as donations, and failing to[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Cracks Down on Unlicensed, Predatory Payday Lenders
Attorney General, Department of Financial & Professional Regulation Take Action Against Online Payday Lenders & Lead Generator Promoted by Talk Show Host Montel Williams Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed five lawsuits in a sweep cracking down on unlicensed, online payday lenders and a loan lead generator[Read More…]
Property Managers Change Policies After Denying Rental to Domestic Violence Survivor
Woman Was Denied Rental For Refusing to Provide Information That Would Jeopardize Family ORLANDO, Fla.–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2014. A Florida apartment complex and property management company agreed today to adopt protections for survivors of domestic violence in line with federal law after a woman was refused housing for failing to provide[Read More…]
Seventh Former Officer Sentenced in Connection with Series of Assaults on Roxbury Correctional Institution Inmate
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 7, 2014. U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Tyson Hinckle, formerly an officer at Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) in Hagerstown, Md., to serve 30 months in prison for conspiring with other correctional officers to assault Kenneth Davis, an inmate. Hinckle and RCI officers from three different shifts[Read More…]
Statement from the Village of Park Forest On Police Officer Charged In Man’s Death
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest officials released the following statement regarding the charges announced against Park Forest Police Officer Craig Taylor: The Village of Park Forest today issued the following statement regarding charges filed against a Park Forest police officer in a man’s death last July: Earlier today Park Forest[Read More…]
Former Vice President of Government Contracting Company Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Bribery
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 4, 2014. A former vice president of a Chesapeake, Va., government contracting company pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to pay bribes to public officials in exchange for favorable treatment in connection with U.S. government contract work. Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal[Read More…]
Co-Owner of New Jersey Industrial Pipes Supply Company Pleads Guilty to Making False Statement in Connection with Superfund Investigation
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 4, 2014. A co-owner of a Middlesex, N.J., industrial pipes, valves and fittings supply company pleaded guilty today to one count of making a false statement, the Department of Justice announced. Victor Boski pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey to willfully making a materially[Read More…]
