Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 21, 2013. A patient recruiter and a therapy staffing company owner pleaded guilty today in connection with a $7 million health care fraud scheme involving the now defunct home health care company Anna Nursing Services Corp. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division;[Read More…]
Law and Order
Long Island Physician to Pay U.S. $388,000 to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Related to Overbilling Medicare
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 21, 2013. Richard S. Obedian, a Long Island, N.Y., orthopedic surgeon, will pay the government $388,000 to settle allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare for minimally invasive spine procedures, the Justice Department announced today. Allegedly, throughout 2005, Obedian knowingly submitted[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Sues Chicago Area Roofer for Allegedly Defrauding Homeowners
Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—August 21, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday filed a lawsuit against a home repair contractor for cheating Chicago area customers, including a Chicago church, out of more than $150,000. Madigan filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court alleging Andrzej Rogowski, of Chicago, solicited business through his[Read More…]
Justice Department Settles Fair Housing Lawsuit with Multi/Tech Engineering Services Inc.
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 21, 2013. The Justice Department announced yesterday that Multi/Tech Engineering Services Inc., an engineering firm based in Salem, Ore., has agreed to pay more than $60,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that it had violated the Fair Housing Act by designing Gateway Village Apartments with steps and other[Read More…]
Shands Healthcare to Pay $26 Million to Resolve Allegations Related to Inpatient Stays at Six Florida Hospitals
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2013. Shands Teaching Hospital & Clinics Inc., Shands Jacksonville Medical Center Inc. and Shands Jacksonville Healthcare Inc. (collectively, Shands Healthcare), which operates a network of health care providers in Florida, will pay the government and the state of Florida a total of $26 million to settle allegations[Read More…]
Justice Department Reaches Interim Olmstead Settlement with the State of Texas
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2013. The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced today that it has joined with private plaintiffs in entering an interim settlement agreement with the state of Texas intended to enable Texans with intellectual and other developmental disabilities to live in community settings rather than nursing facilities. The interim[Read More…]
Former Lorain County, Ohio, Corrections Officer Charged for Assaulting an Inmate
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 16, 2013. Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Jocelyn Samuels, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio Steven M. Dettelbach and Special Agent in Charge for the FBI Cleveland Field Office Stephen D. Anthony, announced today that former Lorain County, Ohio corrections officer Marlon[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for August 16, 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…]
Federal Court Strikes Down Oklahoma Sharia and International Law Ban
OKLAHOMA CITY–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2013. A federal court today struck down an Oklahoma state constitutional amendment that would have prohibited state courts from considering what is broadly described as Islamic “Sharia law” and “international law.” The American Civil Liberties Union and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) challenged the amendment on[Read More…]
MS-13 Leader Sentenced for Multiple Racketeering Offenses
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2013. Jose Armando Bran, aka “Pantro,” was sentenced today to serve two consecutive life sentences for his role in a murder and maiming that he ordered while he was an MS-13 gang leader in Richmond, Va. The sentencing was announced by Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman[Read More…]
