Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 9, 2013. A business manager for an Iraqi company pleaded guilty today to giving thousands of dollars in illegal gratuities to a U.S. pay agent from contractors while the business manager was in Iraq, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 9, 2013.  Following a comprehensive investigation, the Justice Department today released its letter of findings determining that the city of Miami Police Department (MPD) has engaged in a pattern or practice of excessive use of force through officer-involved shootings in violation of the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. [Read More…]

Largest Civil Penalty Ever Obtained by the FTC Against a Third-party Debt Collector Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 9, 2013.  The world’s largest debt collection operation, Expert Global Solutions and its subsidiaries, has agreed to stop harassing consumers with allegedly illegal debt collection calls and to pay a $3.2 million civil penalty –[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2013.  The government has intervened in a False Claims Act lawsuit against Infirmary Health System Inc. and its related entities:  IMC-Diagnostic and Medical Clinic P.C., Diagnostic Physicians Group P.C. and Infirmary Medical Clinics P.C., the Department of Justice announced today.  The lawsuit alleges that IMC-Diagnostic and Medical[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2013. The Justice Department announced today that it has asked a federal court in Indianapolis, to bar Cynthia Hawk, who operates Gain Tax Services, from preparing tax returns. The civil injunction suit alleges that Hawk fails to comply with due diligence requirements imposed by federal law on[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2013. A former supervisor at defunct health provider Health Care Solutions Network Inc. (HCSN) was sentenced today in Miami to serve 10 years in prison for her central role in a fraud scheme that resulted in more than $63 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare and Florida[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2013. The Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that Anthony Chaudhuri and Margaret Chaudhuri, of Naples, Fla., pleaded guilty today to one count each of conspiracy to defraud the United States. According to court documents, the Chaudhuris owned and operated a hospital inventory control[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2013.  On July 3, 2013, a jury found Vernon Harrison, of Montgomery, Ala., guilty of one count of conspiring to file false claims, eight counts of mail fraud, eight counts of aggravated identity theft and six counts of embezzlement from the U.S. mail, the Justice Department, the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2013.  Two members of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas gang (ABT) pleaded guilty today to racketeering charges related to their membership in the ABT’s criminal enterprise, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern[Read More…]

Bills Claimed Higher Level of Service Than Was Documented Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2013.  Sound Inpatient Physicians Inc. will pay $14.5 million to settle allegations that it overbilled Medicare and other federal health care programs, the Justice Department announced today.  Sound Physicians is a Tacoma, Wash.-based provider of hospitalists and other[Read More…]