Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 12, 2014. A federal jury in Houston today convicted two owners of a former Houston mental health care company, Spectrum Care P.A. (Spectrum), several of its employees and the owners of certain Houston group care homes for their participation in a $97 million Medicare fraud scheme. Acting Assistant[Read More…]
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Swiss Banker Pleads Guilty to Conspiring with U.S. Tax Evaders, Other Swiss Bankers and Bank Management
Defendant Helped U.S. Customers Conceal Assets in Secret Swiss Bank Accounts and Tax Havens Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 12, 2014. Andreas Bachmann, 56, of Switzerland, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in connection with his work as a banking and investment adviser for U.S. customers. Deputy[Read More…]
Rockford Man Sentenced to 80 Months in Federal Prison for the Robbery of Associated Bank in Rockford
ROCKFORD—(ENEWSPF)—March 11, 2014. A Rockford man was sentenced today in federal court for bank robbery. TONY WALKER, 56, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to 80 months in federal prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for the robbery of Associated Bank, 600 North[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Teva Pharmaceutical to Pay $27.6 Million to Settle False Claims to Federal and State Health Care Programs
Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—March 11, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced today that Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. and subsidiary IVAX LLC will pay the United States and the state of Illinois more than $27.6 million to resolve false billing allegations, under terms of a settlement agreement. The agreement settles claims that Teva and[Read More…]
Third Defendant Pleads Guilty to Racially-Motivated Assault on White Man and African-American Woman in California
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 11, 2014. Anthony Merrell Tyler, 33, pleaded guilty in federal court today to violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act for his role in a 2011 racially motivated attack on a white man and an African-American woman in Marysville, Calif. Tyler’s co-defendants, Billy[Read More…]
U.K. Resident Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for Travelling to Ohio to Have Sex with a Minor
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 11, 2014. Richard Castle, 47, a resident of the United Kingdom, has been sentenced to serve 192 months in prison in connection with a trip he made to Ohio from his home in the United Kingdom to have illicit sexual activity with a minor in June 2011. Acting[Read More…]
Federal Inmate Pleads Guilty to Murder of United States Correctional Officer
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 11, 2014. A federal inmate pleaded guilty today for the murder of United States Correctional Officer Jose Rivera, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner for the Eastern District of California. James Ninete Leon Guerrero, 48, of[Read More…]
Florida Hospital System Agrees to Pay the Government $85 Million to Settle Allegations of Improper Financial Relationships with Referring Physicians
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 11, 2014. Halifax Hospital Medical Center and Halifax Staffing Inc. (Halifax), a hospital system based in the Daytona Beach, Fla., area, have agreed to pay $85 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to the Medicare program that violated the Physician[Read More…]
Pharmaceutical Company to Pay $27.6 Million to Settle Allegations Involving False Billings to Federal Health Care Programs
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 11, 2014. Pharmaceutical manufacturer Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. and a subsidiary, IVAX LLC, have agreed to pay the government and the state of Illinois $27.6 million for allegedly violating the False Claims Act by making payments to induce prescriptions of an anti-psychotic drug for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. [Read More…]
Former Energy Director for City of Rockford Sentenced on Charges of Fraud
ROCKFORD—(ENEWSPF)—March 10, 2014. The former Energy Director for the City of Rockford was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala for mail fraud. MARK E. BIXBY, 58, of Rockton, Ill., was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison, to be followed by 3 years of[Read More…]
