Two South Florida Residents Plead Guilty in Medicare Fraud Cases
Two South Florida Residents Plead Guilty in Medicare Fraud Cases Two South Florida residents pleaded guilty today in District Court in Miami for their participation in separate Medicare fraud schemes.…
United States Takes Action to Reduce Hazards from Fertilizer Manufacturing Plant in Florida
United States Takes Action to Reduce Hazards from Fertilizer Manufacturing Plant in Florida CF Industries Inc. has agreed to spend approximately $12 million to implement facility-wide operational changes to reduce…
Lobbyist Indicted for Orchestrating Illegal Campaign Contribution Scheme
Lobbyist Indicted for Orchestrating Illegal Campaign Contribution Scheme Paul Magliocchetti, the founder and president of PMA Group Inc. (PMA), a lobbying firm in Arlington, Va., was arrested today on charges…
Fourteen Charged with Providing Material Support to Somalia-Based Terrorist Organization Al-Shabaab
Fourteen Charged with Providing Material Support to Somalia-Based Terrorist Organization Al-Shabaab The Justice Department announced that four separate indictments were unsealed today in the District of Minnesota, the Southern District…
New York Merchant Bank Pleads Guilty to FCPA Violation; Bank Chairman Pleads Guilty to Failing to Disclose Control of Foreign Bank Account
New York Merchant Bank Pleads Guilty to FCPA Violation; Bank Chairman Pleads Guilty to Failing to Disclose Control of Foreign Bank Account – The Mercator Corporation, a merchant bank with…
Jury Awards $115,000 to Victims of Housing Discrimination
Jury Awards $115,000 to Victims of Housing Discrimination A federal jury in Detroit today returned a $115,000 verdict against an Ypsilanti, Mich., man for sexually harassing female tenants in his…
Estonian Hacker Extradited to the United States to Face Computer Hacking Charges
Estonian Hacker Extradited to the United States to Face Computer Hacking Charges Sergei Tšurikov, 26, of Tallinn, Estonia, has been extradited to the United States to face charges of hacking…
Court Shuts Down Los Angeles-area Tax Preparer
Court Shuts Down Los Angeles-area Tax Preparer A federal judge in Santa Ana, Calif., has permanently barred Thanh Viet Jeremy Cao and his business, Phoenix Financial Management Group, from preparing…
Operator of Miami HIV Clinic Pleads Guilty for Role in Medicare Fraud Ring
Operator of Miami HIV Clinic Pleads Guilty for Role in Medicare Fraud Ring Jose Garcia, 55, who was a fugitive for nearly two years, pleaded guilty today in District Court…
PREA Data-Collection Activities, 2020
PREA Data-Collection Activities, 2020 (Publication) The report fulfills the mandate established by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 ( 108-79), requiring BJS to carry out a comprehensive statistical review…
Houston-based Plains Pipeline to Spend More Than $44 Million to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations
Houston-based Plains Pipeline to Spend More Than $44 Million to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations Plains All American Pipeline and several of its operating subsidiaries will spend approximately $41 million…
Hawaii Man Convicted of Providing Defense Information and Services to People’s Republic of China
Hawaii Man Convicted of Providing Defense Information and Services to People’s Republic of China A federal jury in District Court for the District of Hawaii today found Noshir S. Gowadia…