Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 13, 2014. A former disc jockey for area high school parties pleaded guilty today in the District of Puerto Rico to producing child pornography. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez of the District of Puerto Rico, and[Read More…]
Law and Order
Three Former Rabobank Traders Charged with Manipulating Yen Libor
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 13, 2014. Two former Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A. (Rabobank) Japanese Yen derivatives traders and the trader responsible for setting Rabobank’s Yen London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) were charged as part of the ongoing criminal investigation into the manipulation of LIBOR. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the[Read More…]
Government Intervenes in Lawsuits Against Health Management Associates Inc. Hospital Chain Alleging Unnecessary Inpatient Admissions and Payment of Kickbacks
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 13, 2014. The government has intervened in eight False Claims Act lawsuits against Health Management Associates Inc. (HMA) alleging that HMA billed federal health care programs for medically unnecessary inpatient admissions from the emergency departments at HMA hospitals and paid remuneration to physicians in exchange for patient referrals,[Read More…]
Social Worker Pleads Guilty to Identity Theft, Tax Crimes
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 13, 2014. Rakecia Matrese Brame, formerly of Greensboro, N.C., and now of Grand Prairie, Texas, pleaded guilty on Jan. 10, 2014, to identity theft, tax, and fraud charges, the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. Brame pleaded guilty to one count of wire[Read More…]
Justice Department Alleges ‘Buy Here, Pay Here’ Used-Car Dealerships Engaged in Illegal Lending Discrimination
Joint Complaint with State of North Carolina Alleges Dealerships in Charlotte, N.C., Targeted African-American Customers for Unfair and Predatory Credit Practices That Violated Federal and State Law Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 13, 2014. The U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina and the North[Read More…]
FTC, Florida Attorney General Sue to Halt Operation that Used Robocalls to Fraudulently Pitch Medical Alert Devices to Seniors Nationwide
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2014. At the request of the Federal Trade Commission and the Office of the Florida Attorney General, a U.S. district court has temporarily halted and frozen the assets of an Orlando-based operation that used pre-recorded telephone calls, commonly known as robocalls, to pitch purportedly “free” medical alert[Read More…]
Irish National Sentenced to Serve 14 Months in Prison for Trafficking of Endangered Rhinoceros Horns
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 10, 2014. Michael Slattery Jr., an Irish national, was sentenced in federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y., today to serve 14 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act in relation to illegal rhinoceros horn trafficking, announced Acting[Read More…]
12th Former Officer at Roxbury Correctional Institution Pleads Guilty and Admits Assault of an Inmate
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 10, 2014. Michael Morgan, formerly an officer at Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) in Hagerstown, Md., pleaded guilty today to assaulting an inmate on March 9, 2008, announced the Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland. Morgan is the 12th former RCI officer to[Read More…]
Federal Trade Commission Announces Sweep Against 10 Auto Dealers
‘Operation Steer Clear’ Drives Home That Auto Ads Must Be Truthful Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2014. The Federal Trade Commission announced yesterday that nine auto dealers agreed to settle deceptive advertising charges, and the agency is taking action against a 10th dealer, in a nationwide sweep focusing on the sale, financing,[Read More…]
Former HealthEssentials Solutions Inc. Executives to Pay More Than $1 Million to Resolve Allegations of Submitting False Claims to Federal Health Care Program
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 10, 2014. Michael R. Barr, former chief executive officer of Louisville, Kentucky-based HealthEssentials Solutions Inc., has agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations that he knowingly caused HealthEssentials to submit false claims to Medicare between 1999 and 2004, the Justice Department announced today. Norman J. Pfaadt, HealthEssentials’[Read More…]
