ROCKFORD–(ENEWSPF)–January 24, 2014. A Rockford, Ill. man was sentenced today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala as the last of seven defendants to be sentenced on related drug trafficking charges. ANGELO TURNER, 30, was sentenced to 57 months in prison without parole, to be followed by[Read More…]
Law and Order
Disbarred Attorney Pleads Guilty for Role in $28.3 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 24, 2014. A North Carolina woman has pleaded guilty for her involvement in a $28.3 million Medicare fraud scheme involving physical and occupational therapy services. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley III of the Middle District[Read More…]
Four Alleged Members of Android Mobile Device App Piracy Groups Charged
First Time Members of Mobile Device App Piracy Groups Charged Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 24, 2014. Four individuals have been charged in the Northern District of Georgia for their alleged roles in piracy groups engaged in the illegal distribution of copies of copyrighted Android mobile device applications, or “apps.” Acting Assistant Attorney[Read More…]
Home Health Agency Owner Sentenced for Role in $11 Million Detroit Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 24, 2014. A home health agency owner who participated in a Medicare fraud scheme that totaled almost $11 million was sentenced in Detroit today to serve 120 months in prison. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District[Read More…]
Tennessee and Virginia Orthopedic Clinics to Pay $1.85 Million to Settle Allegations of Billing Medicare for Reimported Products
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 24, 2014. Two orthopedic clinics will pay a combined $1.85 million to resolve state and federal False Claims Act allegations that they knowingly billed state and federal health care programs for reimported osteoarthritis medications, known as viscosupplements, the Department of Justice announced today. Tennessee Orthopaedic Clinics P.C., headquartered[Read More…]
FTC Charges Email Spammer with Tricking Consumers With Phony Information About the Affordable Care Act
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 24, 2014. The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against a website operator that allegedly tricked consumers – in advance of the roll-out of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – with spam emails that falsely claimed that consumers would be violating the ACA if they did not immediately[Read More…]
Missouri Man and Woman Sentenced for Violating Civil Rights of Family in Racially Motivated Arson
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 23, 2014. Acting Assistant Attorney General Jocelyn Samuels for the Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Tammy Dickinson for the Western District of Missouri announced that a man and a woman, both from Independence, Mo., were sentenced in federal court today for violating the civil rights of an[Read More…]
Justice Department Settles Immigration-Related Discrimination Claim Against Massachusetts Staffing Agency
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 23, 2014. The Justice Department reached an agreement today with SD Staffing LLC (SD Staffing), aka Atwork Personnel Services Inc., a company based in Methuen, Mass., resolving claims that the staffing company engaged in citizenship status discrimination in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The[Read More…]
Owner of Houston Medical Equipment Companies Indicted for $3.4 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 23, 2014. Huey P. Williams Jr., the owner and operator of two durable medical equipment (DME) companies, was arrested yesterday for his alleged role in a $3.4 million Medicare fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of[Read More…]
Texas Home Health Agency Owner and Director of Nursing Indicted
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 23, 2014. The operator and director of nursing of a home health agency based in Richmond, Texas, was arrested yesterday for her alleged role in a Medicare fraud scheme and a conspiracy to structure bank withdrawals. The owner and operator of the same home health agency was also[Read More…]
