Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 6, 2013. Acting U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley III and Acting Assistant Attorney General Jocelyn Samuels of the Civil Rights Division today announced the conviction of Andrew Blane Fields, 62, of Lutz, Fla., in the Middle District of Florida on charges of possession with intent to distribute controlled[Read More…]
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Former Mental-Health Clinic Therapist Sentenced for Role in $55 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 6, 2013. A former therapist for Biscayne Milieu, a Miami-based mental-health clinic, was sentenced today to serve 120 months in prison for his participation in a $55 million Medicare fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer[Read More…]
Former Tennessee Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Handcuffed Arrestee
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 6, 2013. Christopher Eugene Reynolds, 39, a former police officer of the Selmer, Tenn., Police Department (SPD), pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee to violating the civil rights of an arrestee, the Justice Department announced. During his guilty plea before[Read More…]
Patient Broker of South Florida Psychiatric Hospital Sentenced for Role in $67 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 6, 2013. A patient broker of a South Florida psychiatric hospital was sentenced today to serve 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for her participation in a $67 million Medicare fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal[Read More…]
Alabama Husband and Wife Plead Guilty to Identity Theft Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 5, 2013. Mary Young and Christian Young each pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and one count of aggravated identity theft for their role in a stolen identity refund fraud (SIRF) scheme , announced Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the[Read More…]
Irish National Pleads Guilty in New York to Crimes Relating to Illegal Trafficking of Endangered Rhinoceros Horns
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 5, 2013. Michael Slattery Jr., 25, an Irish national, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y., to conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act in relation to illegal rhinoceros horn trafficking, announced Robert G. Dreher, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of[Read More…]
New York Check Cashing Company and Owner Plead Guilty for Roles in $19 Million Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 5, 2013. Belair Payroll Services Inc. (Belair), a multi-branch check cashing company in Flushing, N.Y., and its owner, Craig Panzera, 47, pleaded guilty today for failing to follow reporting and anti-money laundering requirements for more than $19 million in transactions, in violation of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). [Read More…]
Orlando, Fla., Area Hospice to Pay $3 Million to Resolve Allegations That It Billed Medicare for Patients Not Terminally Ill
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 5, 2013. Hospice of the Comforter Inc. (HOTCI) has agreed to pay $3 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to the Medicare program for hospice services provided to patients who were not eligible for the Medicare hospice benefit, the[Read More…]
Nine Members of Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Arrested
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 4, 2013. Nine members of a violent, armed, outlaw motorcycle gang were indicted and arrested today, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade of the Eastern District of Michigan. The nine individuals are members of the[Read More…]
Former Corrections Officers Sentenced for Federal Civil Rights Offenses and Obstruction of Justice for Beating Death of an Inmate at Ventress Correctional Facility in Alabama
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 4, 2013. The Justice Department announced today that U.S. District Court Judge Myron H. Thompson sentenced four former corrections officers of the Alabama Department of Corrections – Michael Smith, Matthew Davidson, Joseph Sanders and Scottie Glenn – in connection with the beating death of former inmate Rocrast Mack. [Read More…]
