Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 4, 2013. Two individuals charged in connection with the operation of a fraudulent lottery scheme were arrested today in south Florida following their indictment by a federal grand jury in Miami on Oct. 31, 2013, the Justice Department, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland[Read More…]
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Johnson & Johnson to Pay More Than $2.2 Billion to Resolve Criminal and Civil Investigations
Allegations Include Off-label Marketing and Kickbacks to Doctors and Pharmacists WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—November 4, 2013. Global health care giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its subsidiaries will pay more than $2.2 billion to resolve criminal and civil liability arising from allegations relating to the prescription drugs Risperdal, Invega and Natrecor, including promotion[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for November 4, 2013
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) 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 complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other[Read More…]
APCO Liquidating Trust to Pay United States $14 Million in Cost Recoveries to Settle Longstanding Bankruptcy Litigation
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 1, 2013. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware approved a settlement agreement today between the United States and the APCO Liquidating Trust (a successor in interest to APCO Oil Corporation). The settlement follows seven years of litigation concerning the APCO Liquidating Trust’s liability under the[Read More…]
Jamaican Citizen Pleads Guilty in Connection with International Lottery Scheme Based in Jamaica
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 1, 2013. Oneike Mickhale Barnett pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in Ft. Lauderdale to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, the Justice Department, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations and U.S.[Read More…]
Owner and Marketer of Louisiana Medical Equipment Supply Company Indicted for Roles in $3 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 1, 2013. The owner of a Louisiana medical equipment supply company and a marketer who worked for the company have been indicted for allegedly engaging in a $3 million Medicare fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Special Agent in Charge[Read More…]
Settlement Reached with Warren County, N.C., Board of Education to Resolve Employment Rights Claim of Army Reserve Soldier
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2013. The Justice Department announced a settlement today with the Warren County, N.C. , Board of Education that resolves a lawsuit the department filed on behalf of Army Reserve soldier Dwayne Coffer under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA). The settlement, which[Read More…]
Four Defendants Indicted in Alleged $10 Million Bank Fraud Scheme Involing the Sale of 26 Gas Stations in Four States
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2013. Four defendants were indicted on federal charges for their alleged roles in a scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $10 million in loan proceeds from a suburban bank through the sales of 26 gas stations in Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin. Two defendants, CHARNPAL GHUMAN and AGA[Read More…]
Champaign County Man Sentenced on Theft Conviction
Springfield—(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced a Champaign man was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty late yesterday to stealing assets reserved for his disabled mother’s care. Champaign County Judge Heidi Ladd sentenced Daryl E. Wrona, 47, of Urbana, to the Illinois Department of Corrections[Read More…]
California Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud the IRS and Aggravated Identity Theft
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2013. Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division Kathryn Keneally and U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag for the Northern District of California announced that Noemi Rubio Baez, of Salinas, Calif., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to file false claims for tax refunds with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and[Read More…]
