Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2013. Vernon Harrison, of Montgomery, Ala., was sentenced to serve 111 months in prison and three years supervised release, along with an order to pay $82,791 restitution, for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme , announced Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice[Read More…]
Law and Order
Co-founder of Liberty Reserve Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering in Manhattan Federal Court
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2013. Vladimir Kats, 41, of Brooklyn, N.Y., pleaded guilty today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote to money laundering and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. The charges stem from his role in running Liberty Reserve, a company that operated one of the[Read More…]
Owner of Texas-based Ambulance Service Convicted of Health Care Fraud
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2013. A federal jury in Houston has convicted Gwendolyn Climmons-Johnson, 53, of multiple counts of health care fraud for submitting false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for ambulance services. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of[Read More…]
Former Cook County Forest Preserve District Engineer Charged With Accepting $10,000 in Kickbacks From Two District Contracts
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2013. Two facilities of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, which were spruced up in 2011, became part of an FBI sting investigation that resulted in federal charges against a former assistant engineer for allegedly taking $10,000 in kickbacks from two contracts he steered to a contractor[Read More…]
US Government Intervenes in False Claims Lawsuit Against United States Investigations Services for Failing to Perform Required Quality Reviews of Background Investigations
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 30, 2013. The government has intervened in a lawsuit filed under the False Claims Act against United States Investigations Services LLC (USIS) in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, the Department of Justice announced today. The lawsuit alleges that USIS, located in Falls Church,[Read More…]
Utah Man Indicted on Federal Hate Crime and Gun Charges Related to Religious-Motivated Attack on Synogogue
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 30, 2013. The Department of Justice announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Salt Lake City returned a superseding indictment charging Macon Openshaw, 21, of Salt Lake City, on gun possession charges and a federal hate crime charge relating to a bias-motivated attack at a local[Read More…]
Former Veterans Affairs Psychiatrist Pleads Guilty to Medicare Fraud
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 30, 2013. Dr. Mikhail L. Presman, a licensed psychiatrist employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), pleaded guilty today to health care fraud for falsely billing Medicare for home medical treatment to Medicare beneficiaries and agreed to forfeit more than $1.2 million in illegal profits. Acting Assistant[Read More…]
Justice Department and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Jointly Select Juan Mattos Jr. to Oversee Reform of the Puerto Rico Police Department
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 29, 2013. The Justice Department announced today that, jointly with the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, it is moving in the U.S. District Court for the appointment of Juan Mattos Jr. as Technical Compliance Advisor (TCA). Mattos will be responsible for evaluating the implementation of a comprehensive settlement agreement[Read More…]
Justice Department Files Lawsuit in Massachusetts Against Iron Workers Union and Pension Fund to Enforce the Employment Rights of Navy Reserve Member
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 29, 2013. The Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced today the filing of a complaint alleging that the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers Local 7 (the union) and Iron Workers District Council of New England Pension Fund (the Pension[Read More…]
Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 30 Months for Making Hoax Emergency Services Calls
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 29, 2013. A Massachusetts man was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison today for engaging in an illegal practice known as “swatting,” in which he made hoax emergency telephone calls reporting an ongoing, dangerous crime to elicit an armed police response from a SWAT team to a[Read More…]
