Highest Ranking Gulf Cartel Member to Be Convicted by a U.S. Jury in the Past 15 Years Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2013. Aurelio Cano Flores, a Mexican national and high ranking member of the Gulf Cartel, was sentenced today to serve 35 years in prison for conspiring to import multi-ton quantities[Read More…]
Law and Order
Las Vegas Physician Sentenced for Tax Evasion and Failing to File Income Tax Returns
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2013. Robert David Forsyth, of Las Vegas, was sentenced late Friday in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas to 27 months in prison for income tax evasion and failing to file income tax returns, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. He was also[Read More…]
Detroit Area Home Health Agency Owner Sentenced to 60 Months for Role in $13 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 13, 2013. A Detroit-area home health care agency owner was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for causing the submission of over $1 million in false and fraudulent billing to Medicare as part of a $13.8 million health care fraud conspiracy. The sentence was announced by Acting[Read More…]
Generic Drug Manufacturer Ranbaxy Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Pay $500 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations, cGMP Violations and False Statements to the FDA
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2013. In the largest drug safety settlement to date with a generic drug manufacturer, Ranbaxy USA Inc. , a subsidiary of Indian generic pharmaceutical manufacturer Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited, pleaded guilty today to felony charges relating to the manufacture and distribution of certain adulterated drugs made at two[Read More…]
Convicted Terrorist Sentenced to Life in Prison for Plotting to Kill Witnesses in His Terrorism Trial
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2013. At a hearing today in federal court in the Eastern District of North Carolina, Hysen Sherifi, 29, of Raleigh, N.C., was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge W. Earl Britt to life in prison. Sherifi’s co-defendants, Shkumbin Sherifi, 23, and Nevine Aly Elshiekh, 48, were also[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Sues Chicago Area Storm Chaser for Allegedly Defrauding Homeowners
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–May 9, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed a lawsuit against a Chicago area “storm chaser” home repair firm for failing to complete contracted projects and for failing to pay its supplier, resulting in thousands of dollars of liens put on customers’ homes. Madigan filed the lawsuit earlier today[Read More…]
Departments of Justice and Education Reach Settlement to Address and Prevent Sexual Assault and Harassment of Students at the University of Montana in Missoula
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 9, 2013. The Department of Justice and the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights obtained a comprehensive resolution agreement today with the University of Montana-Missoula in Missoula, Mont., to ensure that it responds swiftly and effectively to allegations of sexual assault and harassment by students. In[Read More…]
Justice Department Announces Fair Housing Settlement with Oregon Developer
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 8, 2013. The Justice Department announced today that Oregon developer David Montagne and others affiliated with him have agreed to pay $80,000 and remove accessibility barriers at Gateway Village, a 275 unit apartment complex in Salem, Oregon, to settle a lawsuit alleging that they had violated the Fair[Read More…]
Administrator and Employee of Miami Home Health Companies Pleads Guilty for Role in $74 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 8, 2013. A Miami resident who was an administrator of a home health care company and was the employee of another home health care company pleaded guilty today for her participation in a $74 million home health Medicare fraud scheme, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of[Read More…]
Milwaukee Man Indicted on Sex Trafficking and Forced Labor
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 8, 2013. The Department of Justice today announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Milwaukee has indicted Najee C. Moore, 22, on charges of conspiracy, sex trafficking and attempted forced labor, of both minor and adult victims. The indictment alleges that Moore engaged in the sex trafficking[Read More…]
