Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 25, 2014. A Long Island, N.Y., doctor was arrested today on charges that he submitted millions of dollars in false billings to Medicare. The charges were announced by Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch of the[Read More…]
Law and Order
California Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Racially Motivated Assault on White Man and African-American Woman
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 25, 2014. Billy James Hammett, 30, of Marysville, Calif., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to serve 87 months in prison for violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act in a 2011 racially motivated attack against a white man[Read More…]
Police Beef Up Patrols on Code Red Alert; No Arrests Yet
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Village officials say no arrests yet on the incidents near Winnebago Park, Westgate Street and Westwood Drive. Detectives are following up on a number of leads and police have increased patrols. A statement from the PFPD follows: As the Park Forest Police Department Investigations Division continues to[Read More…]
Georgia Husband and Wife Tax Return Preparers Sent to Prison for Tax Fraud
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 25, 2014. Detrick and Natashia Tucker, a husband and wife who owned and operated a tax preparation business named T&T Express Tax located in Pine Mountain, Ga., were sentenced to serve 12 months and one day and 46 months in prison, respectively, for crimes relating to the preparation[Read More…]
Southern California Man Found Guilty of Health Care Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft for Role in $1.5 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 24, 2014. A Southern California man who ran a durable medical equipment (DME) supply company has been found guilty by a federal jury in Los Angeles for his role in a $1.5 million Medicare fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal[Read More…]
Leader and Co-Conspirator of Android Mobile Device App Piracy Group Plead Guilty
Florida Individuals Represent First U.S. Convictions for Distributing Counterfeit Apps Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 24, 2014. The leader of a piracy group engaged in the illegal distribution of copies of copyrighted Android mobile device applications and a co-conspirator have pleaded guilty for their roles in the scheme that distributed more than one[Read More…]
U.S. and Canadian Citizens Charged with Using Offshore Accounts and Foreign Nominee Entities to Launder $200,000
Three Caribbean-Based Defendants Charged with Laundering $200,000 of Purported Bank Fraud Proceeds in Undercover Sting Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 24, 2014. Joshua Vandyk, a U.S. citizen, and Eric St-Cyr and Patrick Poulin, Canadian citizens, were indicted for conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, the Department of Justice and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for March 23, 2014
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Related: Code Red Community Alert Issued By Park Forest Police Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more[Read More…]
Suspended Physician Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Charge
Admits Exchanging Thousands of Prescription Doses for Sex CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2014. A suspended physician formerly affiliated with three Chicago hospitals pleaded guilty today to a federal charge of illegally distributing a prescription drug in exchange for sex in 2009. The defendant, JOSHUA D. BARON, a pediatric neurologist, also admitted that[Read More…]
Lake County Man Indicted in Eight Armed Robberies of Retail Stores Across Lake and Northern Cook Counties
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2014. A Lake County man is now facing federal charges for allegedly committing eight armed robberies, which netted more than $1,700, over 10 days last August of retail stores across Lake County and northern Cook County. In one of the robberies, shots were fired from the getaway car,[Read More…]
