mi Former Los Angeles Resident Pleads Guilty in Plot to Attack Seattle Military Processing Center By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 14:42:19 EST Walli Mujahidh, aka “Frederick Domingue, Jr.,” 32, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder officers and agents of the United States, conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction and unlawful possession of a firearm. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Owner of Miami-Area Mental Health Company Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Orchestrating $205 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 18:01:01 EST Judith Negron, 40, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James Lawrence King in the Southern District of Florida. Judge King ordered Negron to pay more than $87 million in restitution, jointly and severally with her co-defendants. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Houston Investment Manager Indicted in Utah for Alleged Role in $72 Million Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 18:57:03 EST An indictment unsealed today in the District of Utah charges Robert J. Andres, 60, with five counts of wire fraud. He was arrested this morning in Houston and is expected to make his initial appearance tomorrow in the Southern District of Texas. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi San Diego Investment Manager Indicted in Utah for Alleged Role in $25 Million Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 19:04:54 EST An indictment unsealed today in the District of Utah charges Robert L. Holloway, 54, with four counts of wire fraud and one count of making and subscribing a false income tax return. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi US Files Lawsuit in Miami to Block Promotion of Tax Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 10:15:28 EST The United States has sued Sharon Angulo and Claudia Zuloaga to bar them from promoting an alleged tax fraud scheme and from preparing federal tax returns for others. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Tennessee Construction Company and Georgia Department of Transportation Agree to Pay $1.5 Million Penalty to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:14:52 EST Wright Brothers Construction Co., of Charleston, Tenn., and the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) have agreed to pay a $1.5 million penalty and spend more than $1.3 million to offset environmental damages to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Minnesota-Based Medtronic Inc. Pays US $23.5 Million to Settle Claims That Company Paid Kickbacks to Physicians By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:25:31 EST Medtronic Inc. of Fridley, Minn., has agreed to pay the United States $23.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claim Act by using physician payments related to post-market studies and device registries as kickbacks to induce doctors to implant the company’s pacemakers and defibrillators. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Assistant Attorney General Breuer Recognizes Criminal Division Employees and Others at Annual Criminal Division Awards Ceremony By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:35:14 EST “The dedicated public servants we are recognizing today have each made significant achievements in furthering the mission of the Justice Department,” said Assistant Attorney General Breuer. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Eight Former Senior Executives and Agents of Siemens Charged in Alleged $100 Million Foreign Bribe Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:28:47 EST Eight former executives and agents of Siemens AG and its subsidiaries have been charged for allegedly engaging in a decade-long scheme to bribe senior Argentine government officials to secure, implement and enforce a $1 billion contract with the Argentine government to produce national identity cards. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Greek Shipping Company, Master and Chief Engineer of M/V Agios Emilianos Convicted for Intentional Cover-Up of Oil Pollution and Obstruction of Justice By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:08:04 EST Ilios Shipping Company S.A., pleaded guilty in federal court in New Orleans for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and obstruction of justice, announced Assistant Attorney General Ignacia S. Moreno and U.S. Attorney Jim Letten. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Justice Department Enters into a Consent Decree with Bolivar County, Miss., Sheriff By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:15:14 EST The Department of Justice announced today that it has entered into a consent decree that, if approved by the court, will resolve the department’s claims that H.M. Grimmett, sheriff of Bolivar County, Miss., retaliated against Robert E. Brown, a former employee of the sheriff. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Justice Department Resolves Citizenship Status Discrimination Charge Against Pennsylvania Employer Sernak Farms By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:26:51 EST The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement with S.W.J.J. Inc., or Sernak Farms, based in Weatherly, Penn., to settle allegations that Sernak engaged in discrimination on the basis of citizenship status by preferring to hire temporary visa holders over U.S. citizen applicants and adversely treating its U.S. citizen employees. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Owners of Houston Mental Health Company and Assisted Living Facility Indicted for Alleged Roles in $90 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:03:25 EST Mansour Sanjar, 78, Cyrus Sajadi, 64, and Chandra Nunn, 33, all of Houston, were arrested today in Houston and are expected to make their initial appearances in federal court today and tomorrow. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Attorney General Holder Appoints Eight New U.S. Attorneys to Advisory Committee By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:54:18 EST Attorney General Eric Holder announced today the appointments of eight new U.S. Attorneys to serve two-year terms on the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Three Patient Recruiters for Miami Home Health Companies Sentenced to Prison in $25 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:44:08 EST U.S. District Judge Joan A. Lenard in Miami sentenced Oscar Martinez, 54, to 18 months in prison, three years of supervised release and ordered Martinez to pay $390,000 in restitution. Judge Lenard sentenced Lesder Casanova, 40, to 12 months in prison, three years of supervised release and ordered Casanova to pay $195,000 in restitution. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi California Building Materials Manufacturer Agrees to Pay $1.4 Million to Settle Clean Air Act Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:23:53 EST The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that CalPortland Company (CPC), a major producer of Portland cement and building materials in the United States, has agreed to pay a $1.425 million penalty to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its cement plant in Mojave, Calif. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Texas Oil Company Sentenced to Pay $12 Million for Clean Air Act and Obstruction Crimes in Louisiana By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:00:54 EST Pelican Refining Company LLC, was sentenced today to pay $12 million for felony violations of the Clean Air Act and obstruction of justice charges in federal court in Lafayette, La. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Army Captain Pleads Guilty in Virginia to Submitting False Housing and Travel Claims By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:04:22 EST Lisa A. Dean, 38, of Alexandria, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Gerald Bruce Lee in the Eastern District of Virginia to a criminal information charging her with two counts of making a false claim against the United States. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Former America’s Most Wanted Fugitive Sentenced in Virginia to 105 Years in Prison for Leading International Conspiracy to Defraud the Military By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:42:05 EST Roger Charles Day Jr., a former America’s Most Wanted fugitive, was sentenced today to 105 years in prison for his role in leading an international conspiracy to defraud the Department of Defense (DOD) of more than $11.2 million by supplying nonconforming and defective parts for military aircraft, vehicles and weapons systems. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Department of Justice Files Lawsuit Alleging Employment Discrimination by Florida Home Health Care Company By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:40:35 EST The Justice Department filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit yesterday against Home Care Giver Services Inc., a Florida corporation that provides home health aides, certified nursing assistants, licensed practical nurses and registered nurses to customers who seek home-based care givers. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Statement of Attorney General Eric Holder on the 2011 Preliminary Uniform Crime Report By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:56:58 EST Attorney General Eric Holder today issued the following statement on the release of the FBI’s Preliminary Uniform Crime Report showing a continued decrease in violent crime nationwide. The results show that the number of violent crimes reported in the first six months of 2011 declined 6.4 percent when compared with figures from the first six months of 2010. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Florida Loan Officer Sentenced in Connection with $2.5 Million Reverse Mortgage and Loan Modification Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:57:08 EST John Incandela, 25, of Palm Beach, Fla., was sentenced to 41 months in prison, three years of supervised release and ordered to pay over $1.9 million in restitution. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Michigan Tax Defiers Sentenced to Jail for Tax Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:21:28 EST David A. Cusumano of Plymouth, Mich., and Henry Nino, a resident of Northville, Mich., were sentenced today following their pleas of guilty to tax evasion, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Nurse, Administrator and Two Recruiters for Miami Home Health Companies Sentenced to Prison in $25 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:35:24 EST Two patient recruiters, a nurse and an administrator for two Miami home health care companies were sentenced today for their participation in a $25 million home health Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Three Operators of Miami Home Health Company Plead Guilty in $60 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:49:48 EST Roberto Gonzalez, 61, Olga Gonzalez, 57, and their son, Fabian Gonzalez, 39, each pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro in the Southern District of Florida to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Aon Corporation Agrees to Pay a $1.76 Million Criminal Penalty to Resolve Violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:13:35 EST Aon Corporation, a publicly traded corporation headquartered in Chicago and one of the largest insurance brokerage firms in the world, has entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice to pay a $1.76 million penalty to resolve violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Attorney Charged in Multi-Million Dollar Stock Fraud By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:54:45 EST An attorney for a South Carolina health care device company, Signalife, was arrested on Dec. 18, 2011, at Los Angeles International Airport on charges related to his alleged role in a multi-million dollar market manipulation fraud scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Twelve Charged in Cleveland for Assaulting Practitioners of the Amish Religion By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:57:18 EST The Justice Department announced today that a federal grand jury in Cleveland returned a seven-count indictment charging 10 men and two women, all residents of Ohio, with federal crimes arising out of a series of religiously-motivated assaults on practitioners of the Amish religion. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Florida-Based Defense Contractor Pays US $4.75 Million to Resolve Allegations Related to Defective Bomb Fuzes By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:23:36 EST Kaman Precision Products Inc., an Orlando, Fla., defense contractor, will pay the United States $4.75 million to resolve allegations that the company submitted false claims for non-conforming fuzes sold to the U.S. Army for use in “bunkerbuster” bombs. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi North Carolina Businessman Guilty of Failing to Pay More Than $15 Million in Payroll Taxes for Temporary Staffing Companies By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:20:29 EST Bruce Gregory Harrison III was convicted yesterday following a jury trial in federal court in Winston-Salem, N.C. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Justice Department Reaches $335 Million Settlement to Resolve Allegations of Lending Discrimination by Countrywide Financial Corporation By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:11:31 EST The Department of Justice today filed its largest residential fair lending settlement in history to resolve allegations that Countrywide Financial Corporation and its subsidiaries engaged in a widespread pattern or practice of discrimination against qualified African-American and Hispanic borrowers in their mortgage lending from 2004 through 2008. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Chinese National Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison for Economic Espionage and Theft of Trade Secrets By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:48:17 EST Kexue Huang, a Chinese national and a former resident of Carmel, Ind., was sentenced today to 87 months in prison and three years of supervised release on charges of economic espionage to benefit components of the Chinese government and theft of trade secrets. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Former Grant Administrator and Legal Assistant of American Samoa Non-Profit Legal Aid Corporation Plead Guilty to Stealing More Than $150,000 in Federal Grant Funds By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:09:42 EST Julie Matau, 49, of San Francisco, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud before U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken. Andrea Matau, 28, also of San Francisco, pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of theft of federal funds before Judge Wilken. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi GE Funding Capital Market Services Inc. Admits to Anticompetitive Conduct by Former Traders in the Municipal Bond Investments Market and Agrees to Pay $70 Million to Federal and State Agencies By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:08:25 EST GE Funding Capital Market Services Inc. entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice to resolve the company’s role in anticompetitive activity in the municipal bond investments market and agreed to pay a total of $70 million in restitution, penalties and disgorgement to federal and state agencies. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Magyar Telekom and Deutsche Telekom Resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigation and Agree to Pay Nearly $64 Million in Combined Criminal Penalties By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:43:04 EST The department filed a criminal information against Magyar Telekom and a two-year deferred prosecution agreement in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Essroc Cement Company to Pay $1.7 Million Penalty to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:57:43 EST The settlement will protect Americans’ health by reducing more than 7,000 tons of harmful nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide pollution each year that can lead to childhood asthma, acid rain and smog. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi GE Healthcare Inc. Pays U.S. $30 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:36:51 EST GE Healthcare Inc. has paid the United States $30 million, plus interest, to settle allegations that a company it acquired in 2004, Amersham Health Inc., had violated the False Claims Act by causing Medicare to overpay for Myoview, a radiopharmaceutical used in certain cardiac diagnostic imaging procedures, the Justice Department announced. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Justice Department Settles Allegations of Citizenship Status Discrimination and Retaliation Against Georgia Rug Manufacturer By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:28:49 EST The Justice Department announced a settlement today with Garland Sales Inc., a Georgia rug manufacturer, resolving allegations that it engaged in discrimination by imposing unnecessary documentary requirements on individuals of Hispanic origin when establishing their eligibility to work in the United States, and that it retaliated against a worker for protesting his discriminatory treatment. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Maersk Line to Pay Us $31.9 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations for Inflated Shipping Costs to Military in Afghanistan and Iraq By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 16:21:30 EST Maersk Line Limited has agreed to pay the government $31.9 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to the United States in connection with contracts to transport cargo in shipping containers to support U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Former Department of Defense Employee Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Submitting False Travel Claims Totaling Nearly $500,000 By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 16:32:42 EST John R. Brock, 52, of Crofton, Md., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert L. Wilkins in the District of Columbia. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Man Pleads Guilty in $3.4 Million Las Vegas Mortgage Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 16:01:40 EST Hugo Patrick Coutelin, 62, a resident of Santa Fe, N.M., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Kent J. Dawson in the District of Nevada to conspiring to commit wire fraud, mail fraud and bank fraud. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Office Manager for Miami Home Health Company Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison for Role in $25 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 16:31:21 EST Two of her co-defendants were also sentenced to prison today for their roles in the fraud scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Leader of NinjaVideo.Net Website Sentenced to 22 Months in Prison for Criminal Copyright Conspiracy By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 14:04:23 EST Hana Amal Beshara, 30, of North Brunswick, N.J., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Trenga in the Eastern District of Virginia. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Triad Mining Agrees to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations and Restore Affected Waterways in Indiana By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 13:35:43 EST Triad Mining Inc., the owner and operator of 31 surface mines in Appalachia and Indiana, has agreed to pay a penalty and to restore affected waterways for failing to obtain the required Clean Water Act (CWA) permit for stream impacts caused by its surface mining operation in Indiana. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Los Angeles Church Pastor Sentenced to 180 Months in Prison for $14.2 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 18:49:30 EST The pastor of a now defunct Los Angeles church who owned and operated several fraudulent durable medical equipment (DME) supply companies was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for his role in a $14.2 million Medicare fraud scheme, the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Los Angeles Woman Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Her Role in a $6.2 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:12:54 EST Carolyn Ann Vasquez, 47, was also ordered to pay $6.2 million in restitution by U.S. District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall of the Central District of California. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Former Milwaukee Police Officer Convicted of Civil Rights Violation for Sexual Assault of Milwaukee Woman By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:42:21 EST A federal jury today convicted Ladmarald Cates, 44, a former Milwaukee Police Officer, of a civil rights charge stemming from his July 16, 2010, sexual assault of a Milwaukee woman. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Owner and Patient Recruiter Sentenced to Prison for Roles in $4.7 Million Louisiana Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:28:03 EST An owner and a patient recruiter for a Louisiana durable medical equipment (DME) company were sentenced today to 60 and 55 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a $4.7 million Medicare fraud scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mi Attorney General Holder Speaks at the Utah Martin Luther King Jr. Human Rights Commission Annual Drum Major Awards Luncheon By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:44:35 EST "More than half a century has passed since Dr. King traveled from Atlanta to Salt Lake City – to spread his message of hope and unity, and to sound his call for change," said Attorney General Holder. Full Article Speech
mi Marubeni Corporation Resolves Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigation and Agrees to Pay a $54.6 Million Criminal Penalty By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:57:58 EST Marubeni Corporation has agreed to pay a $54.6 million criminal penalty to resolve charges related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) for its participation in a decade-long scheme to bribe Nigerian government officials to obtain engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts. Full Article OPA Press Releases