mil Brothers Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Steal Military Optics from U.S. Marine Corps and Export Them Overseas By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 15:00:33 EST Timothy Oldani, 24, of Scott Depot, W.Va., and Joseph Oldani, 21, of Camp Lejeune, N.C., both pleaded guilty today in the Southern District of West Virginia to conspiring to steal military optics from the U.S. Marine Corps and illegally export them from the United States. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil U.S. Recovers $19 Million from AMEC Construction Management to Settle Litigation Regarding Fraud, False Claims, Kickbacks & Re-Procurement Costs on Federal Construction Contracts By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 17:18:08 EST The United States has recovered more than $19 million from AMEC Construction Management Inc. (ACMI) to resolve allegations of fraud, false claims and kickbacks on four General Services Administration (GSA) construction contracts, as well as litigation over claims by the GSA for excess re-procurement costs incurred by GSA after it terminated ACMIs contract to build the Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri. ACMI was formerly known as Morse Diesel International Inc. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Coal-Fired Power Plant to Spend More Than $135 Million to Settle Clean Air Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 16:44:24 EST Kentucky Utilities (KU), a coal-fired electric utility, has agreed to pay a $1.4 million civil penalty and spend approximately $135 million on pollution controls to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Patriot Coal to Pay $6.5 Million to Settle Clean Water Act Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 11:13:48 EST Patriot Coal Corporation, one of the largest coal mining companies in the United States, has agreed to pay a $6.5 million civil penalty to settle violations of the Clean Water Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Kellogg Brown & Root LLC Pleads Guilty to Foreign Bribery Charges and Agrees to Pay $402 Million Criminal Fine By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:33:50 EST Kellogg Brown & Root LLC (KBR), a global engineering, construction and services company based in Houston, pleaded guilty today to 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. The EPC contracts to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities on Bonny Island, Nigeria, were valued at more than $6 billion. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil APL Ltd. to Pay U.S. $26.3 Million to Resolve Fraud Allegations for Inflated Shipping Costs to Military in Iraq and Afghanistan By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:49:11 EST APL Limited has agreed to pay the government $26.3 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 Iraq and Afghanistan. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Three Miami Physicians and Three Medical Workers Charged with $10 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:22:15 EST Six Miami-Dade County residents have been indicted in connection with an alleged $10 million Medicare fraud scheme operated out of Midway Medical, a Miami clinic that purported to specialize in treating HIV/AIDS patients. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil AT&T Technical Services Corp. to Pay U.S. more than $8.2 Million to Settle False Claims Involving the E-Rate Program By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:47:23 EST AT&T Technical Services Corp. (AT&T-TSCO) has agreed to pay $8,266,414.33 as part of a civil settlement relating to allegations that the company violated the False Claims Act in connection with the Federal Communication Commission's E-Rate program. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Texas Man Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison for Selling Counterfeit Software Worth $1 Million on Web Sites By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:40:31 EST Timothy Kyle Dunaway, 24, of Wichita Falls, Texas, was sentenced today to 41 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Reed OConnor in Wichita Falls for selling counterfeit computer software through the Internet in violation of criminal copyright infringement laws. The software sold by Dunaway had a combined retail value of more than $1 million. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Statement from Matthew A. Miller, Director of the Office of Public Affairs, Regarding Issuance of the National Research Councils Report on Forensic Science By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:57:49 EST We appreciate the diligent work of the National Research Councils committee on forensic science in preparing this report. The Department of Justices principal focus in dealing with forensic evidence is on applying it dispassionately to law enforcement challenges, and we regularly use forensics to not only convict the guilty, but also to exonerate the innocent. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil BP Products to Pay Nearly $180 Million to Settle Clean Air Violations at Texas City Refinery By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:04:38 EST BP Products North America Inc. has agreed to spend more than $161 million on pollution controls, enhanced maintenance and monitoring, and improved internal management practices to resolve Clean Air Act violations at its Texas City, Texas, refinery. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Japanese Corporate Operator of Cargo Vessel Sentenced to Pay $1.75 Million for Conspiracy and Falsifying Records By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:09:55 EST U. S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced the Japanese corporation Hiong Guan Navegacion Japan Co. Ltd., that operates the commercial cargo ship M/V Balsa-62, to three years probation and $1.75 million in penalties for conspiring to falsify and falsifying environmental compliance records. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Alleging Military Discrimination Against the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts and Senior Resident Court Judge By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:24:29 EST The Department announced today that it has reached a settlement that, if approved by the court, will resolve a lawsuit filed by the Department against the Administrative Office of the Courts of the State of North Carolina and the Honorable Jerry Braswell, Senior Resident Superior Court Judge for North Carolina Judicial District 8-B, in his official capacity. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Miami Man Found Guilty in $13.5 Million International Money Laundering Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:33:18 EST Rodrigo Molina, 33, a Brazilian national who resided in Miami, was found guilty by a federal jury on 11 of 16 charged counts related to a $13.5 million money laundering conspiracy. Molina was found guilty on Feb. 25, 2009, following a seven-day jury trial in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil International Criminal Figure Pleads Guilty to $138 Million Fuel Tax Scheme After Nearly 13 Years as a Fugitive By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:02:50 EST After nearly 13 years as a fugitive, a former New Jersey resident has been returned to the United States, and pleaded guilty today to conspiring to committing one of the nations largest known motor fuel excise tax schemes. Aaron Misulovin a/k/a Albert Friedman, a/k/a Valery Vibornov, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Joseph E. Irenas in Camden, N.J., to one count of conspiracy, three counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering and three counts of tax evasion. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Kansas Cardiologist to Pay U.S. $1.3 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 15:22:18 EST Joseph P. Galichia, M.D. and Galichia Medical Group P.A., a Kansas cardiologist and his practice group, have agreed to pay the United States $1.3 million to settle claims that the physician and his group violated the False Claims Act between 2001 and 2006, by submitting false claims to Medicare. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Justice Department Sues Large Multi-Family Housing Developer Alleging Disability-Based Housing Discrimination By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 17:47:15 EST The Department filed a lawsuit today against JPI Construction L.P. (JPI) and six JPI-affiliated companies in U.S. District Court in Dallas for failing to provide accessible features required by the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act at multi-family housing developments in Texas and other states. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Colombian Paramilitary Leader Extradited to the United States to Face U.S. Drug Charges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 19:18:32 EST Miguel Angel Mejia-Munera, a/k/a El Mellizo, was extradited today from Colombia to the United States to face narcotics trafficking charges. According to the indictment, Miguel Angel Mejia-Munera, together with his twin brother Victor, led a major Colombian narcotics trafficking organization known as the Twins or Los Mellizos Organization. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil U.S. Asks Courts in California & South Carolina to Shut Down Promoters of Allegedly Fraudulent $39.2 Million Tax Refund Scam By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 11:12:25 EST The United States has sued tax return preparers in Placerville, Calif., and Columbia, S.C., seeking to bar them from preparing federal tax returns for others. According to the government complaints in the two cases, Teresa Marty of Pollock Pines, Calif., and Winston Able of Blythewood, S.C., prepare federal income tax returns for their customers that claim fraudulent tax refunds. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Hitachi Displays Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay $31 Million Fine for Participating in LCD Price-Fixing Conspiracy By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:02:09 EDT Japanese electronics manufacturer Hitachi Displays Ltd., agreed to plead guilty and pay a $31 million fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices in the sale of Thin Film Transistor-Liquid Crystal Display panels (TFT-LCD) sold to Dell Inc. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Shipping Line Pays $1.4 Million for Environmental Crimes By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:22:58 EDT Holy House Shipping AB, a Swedish corporation, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Camden, N.J., to pay a $1 million fine, a special assessment of $400,000 in community service payments and serve three years of probation for failing to maintain an accurate oil record book in an attempt to conceal illegal discharges of oil-contaminated waste directly into the ocean from one of its ships. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil San Mateo County, California, to Pay U.S. $6.8 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:48:50 EDT San Mateo County, Calif., has agreed to pay the United States $6.8 million to resolve allegations that the San Mateo Medical Center (SMMC) submitted false claims to the United States in connection with payments from the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The government alleges that SMMC falsely inflated its bed count to Medicare in order to receive higher payments under Medicares Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) adjustment. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil General Maritime Management (Portugal) Fined $1 Million for Enviromental Crimes By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:43:01 EDT A federal judge in Corpus Christi, Texas, has sentenced General Maritime Management (Portugal), the operator of a fleet of tanker vessels, and two crewmembers of the motor tanker Genmar Defiance for making false statements to the U.S. Coast Guard and failing to maintain an accurate Oil Record Book designed to prevent pollution of the worlds oceans as required by United States and international law. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Jury Convicts Two Doctors and Two Medical Assistants in $5.3 Million Medicare Fraud Scam By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:23:11 EDT A federal jury in Miami today convicted two physicians and two medical assistants in connection with a $5.3 million Medicare fraud scheme. After a two-week trial in federal court in Miami, a jury found David Rothman, M.D., 66; Keith Russell, M.D., 65; Eda Marietta Milanes, 43; and Jorge Luis Pacheco, 50; guilty on all charged counts, including conspiracy to commit health care fraud and multiple counts of health care fraud for submitting claims to Medicare for unnecessary medications. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil U.S. Sues Union Pacific R.R. for $37 Million for Allegedly Failing to Prevent Use of Rail Cars to Smuggle Narcotics Across Border By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:49:15 EDT The government has filed two lawsuits against the Union Pacific Railroad Company for allegedly failing to prevent the use of its rail cars to smuggle large quantities of narcotics into the United States. The complaints, filed in San Diego and Houston, seek more than $37 million in monetary penalties. The government alleges the rail cars were brought across the border at the ports of entry at Calexico, Calif., and Brownsville, Texas. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Two Doctors and Two Medical Assistants Plead Guilty in $10 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:53:46 EDT Four Miami-area residents pleaded guilty today in connection with a $10 million Medicare fraud scheme involving HIV infusion clinics. Dr. Roberto Rodriguez, 54; Dr. Carlos Garrido, 69; Gonzalo Nodarse, 38; and Alexis Carrazana, 41; all pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Paul C. Huck to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Sixth Aegis Company Principal Sentenced in Chicago to Ten Years in Prison for His Part in Firms $60 Million Tax Fraud Conspiracy By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:12:49 EDT Edward B. Bartoli, a Clearwater, Fla., resident and former attorney, was sentenced to 10 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles R. Norgle of Chicago. Bartoli is the last of six defendants to be sentenced after they were convicted of various tax crimes in May 2008. Prior to his conviction, Bartoli was a founder of Aegis and its legal director. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Connecticut Resident Pleads Guilty to Multi-Million Dollar Tax Fraud Conspiracy By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:20:58 EDT A Newton, Conn., resident who was involved in operating three businesses in Brooklyn, N.Y., pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Mariusz Debowksi pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to conspiracy to aid another in filing false tax returns. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Sikorsky Aircraft Pays $2.9 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:07:14 EDT Sikorsky Aircraft Company, a division of United Technologies Corporation, has agreed to pay the United States $2,941,000 to resolve fraud allegations in connection with its contract for the manufacture of Black Hawk helicopters for the Army. Sikorsky, located in Stratford, Conn., manufactures the Black Hawk or variations of the Black Hawk for the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines, as well as for other nations. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Houstons Methodist Hospital to Pay U.S. More Than $9 Million to Resolve Allegations of Overcharging Medicare By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:43:10 EDT Methodist Hospital in Houston has agreed to pay the United States $9.99 million to settle allegations that it defrauded the federal Medicare program. The settlement resolves allegations that Methodist improperly increased charges to Medicare patients in order to obtain enhanced reimbursement from Medicare. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Justice Department Announces Agreement to Protect Rights of Military and Overseas Voters in New York Special Congressional Election By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:29:37 EDT The Department has reached agreement with New York officials to help ensure that military service members and other U.S. citizens living overseas have the opportunity to vote in the states March 31, 2009, special election in the 20th Congressional District. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Defendant Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Export Military Aircraft Parts to Iran By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 13:30:32 EDT Traian Bujduveanu has pleaded guilty in the Southern District of Florida to a charge of conspiring to illegally export military and dual use aircraft parts to Iran. Bujduveanu appeared on behalf of himself and his now defunct corporation, Orion Aviation, in federal court in Miami today to announce his guilty plea. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil U.S. Sues 32 Individuals, Alleging $30 Million Tax Credit Scam Based on Sham Sales from Non-Existent Methane Production Facilities at Landfills By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 14:08:05 EDT The United States has sued four Certified Public Accounts (CPA), 27 tax preparers and one other individual, seeking to bar them from promoting an alleged tax scam involving bogus income tax credits claimed for sham sales of methane from landfills. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Connecticut Resident Pleads Guilty to Multi-Million Dollar Tax Fraud Conspiracy Involving New York City Hospital By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 16:51:28 EDT A Trumbull, Conn., resident who was involved in operating three businesses in Brooklyn, N.Y., pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Krzysztof Koczon pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to conspiracy to aid another in filing false tax returns. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Three Defendants Sentenced in "Advance-Fee" Fraud Scheme That Cost Victims More Than $1.2 Million By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 18:30:38 EDT Three defendants were sentenced to prison today after pleading guilty in January 2008 to federal charges of running an advance-fee scheme that targeted U.S. victims with promises of millions of dollars. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Munitions Dealer Arrested and Charged in Conspiracy to Export Military Aircraft Parts to Iran By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 18:04:43 EDT An Iranian national has been arrested and charged, along with ten other defendants, with participating in a conspiracy to export U.S.-made military aircraft parts to Iran. Defendant Baktash Fattahi, an Iranian national and legal U.S. resident, was arrested in California, on April 3, 2009, on charges of conspiring to export military aircraft parts to Iran. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Ship Operator Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Pay $2.5 Million Fine for Concealing Vessel Pollution By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 18:07:36 EDT Consultores De Navegacion, a Spanish company that operates the M/T Nautilus, an ocean-going chemical tanker ship, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston and has agreed to pay a fine of $2.5 million for criminal violations related to the overboard discharge of oil-contaminated bilge waste on the high seas. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Latin Node Inc., Pleads Guilty to Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Violation and Agrees to Pay $2 Million Criminal Fine By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 19:49:11 EDT Latin Node Inc. (Latinode), a privately held Florida corporation, pleaded guilty today to violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in connection with improper payments in Honduras and Yemen. At a hearing before U.S. District Judge Paul Courtney Huck in the Southern District of Florida, Latinode pleaded guilty to a one-count information charging a criminal violation of the FCPAs anti-bribery provisions. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Six Former Executives of California Valve Company Charged in $46 Million Foreign Bribery Conspiracy By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 17:43:58 EDT Six former executives of an Orange County, Calif.-based valve company were charged today in connection with a conspiracy to secure contracts by paying bribes to officials of foreign state-owned companies as well as officers and employees of foreign and domestic private companies. The contracts resulted in net profits to the company of approximately $46.5 million. According to the indictment, the defendants allegedly engaged in a bribery conspiracy from approximately 1998 through 2007. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil UBS Client Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Return Hid Assets Worth $3 Million in Secret Swiss Bank Account By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:42:53 EDT Robert Moran, of Lighthouse Point, Fla., pleaded guilty today to a criminal information charging him with filing a false income tax return. Moran appeared today before Judge James I. Cohn in Ft. Lauderdale and accepted responsibility for concealing more than $3 million in assets in a secret bank account at UBS in Switzerland. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Justice Department Resolves Lawsuit Alleging Disability-Based Housing Discrimination at 12 Multifamily Housing Complexes in Louisville, Kentucky By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:00:23 EDT The Department announced that a federal district court judge in Louisville, Ky., approved a settlement of the Departments lawsuit alleging that those involved in the design and construction of 12 multifamily housing complexes discriminated on the basis of disability. The complexes contain more than 800 units covered by the Fair Housing Acts accessibility provisions. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Quest Diagnostics to Pay U.S. $302 Million to Resolve Allegations That a Subsidiary Sold Misbranded Test Kits By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:44:48 EDT Quest Diagnostics Incorporated and its subsidiary, Nichols Institute Diagnostics (NID), have entered into a global settlement with the United States to resolve criminal and civil claims concerning various types of diagnostic test kits that NID manufactured, marketed and sold to laboratories throughout the country until 2006. The payment of $302 million will resolve these allegations and represents one of the largest recoveries ever in a case involving a medical device. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil GSA Contractor NetApp Agrees to Pay U.S. $128 Million to Resolve Contract Fraud Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:08:09 EDT The United States has reached a settlement with NetApp Inc. and NetApp U.S. Public Sector Inc. (collectively NetApp), following an investigation of alleged false claims and contract fraud. NetApp has agreed to pay the United States $128 million, plus interest. This is the largest contract fraud settlement the General Services Administration (GSA) has obtained to date. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Counterfeit Computer Software Worth $1 Million By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:33:40 EDT A Virginia man pleaded guilty today to selling counterfeit computer software on eBay in violation of criminal copyright infringement laws, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Jeffrey A. Taylor for the District of Columbia. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Dupont and Lucite International Agree to Pay $2 Million for Clean Air Act Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:22:58 EDT DuPont and Lucite International Inc. have agreed to pay a $2 million civil penalty to settle Clean Air Act violations at a sulfuric acid plant in Belle, W. Va. The sulfuric acid plant is located on a 100-acre chemical manufacturing complex along the Kanawha River. The plant is owned by Lucite and operated by DuPont. The companies will pay $1 million to the United States and $1 million to the state of West Virginia. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Alta Colleges to Pay U.S. $7 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:48:45 EDT Alta Colleges Inc. and its wholly-owned collegiate schools in Texas have agreed to pay the United States $7 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that the Texas schools submitted false claims for federal student aid funds. The United States alleged that Altas Texas colleges obtained the requisite state licenses by misrepresenting to the state licensing agency that they complied with state job-placement reporting requirements and that their interior design programs complied with requirements for a professional license. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Subsidiaries of Swedish Company, Trelleborg AB, Agree to Plead Guilty and Pay $11 Million in Criminal Fines By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:43:04 EDT Two subsidiaries of the Swedish company Trelleborg AB, one based in Virginia and the other in France, have agreed to plead guilty and pay a total of $11 million in criminal fines for their participation in separate conspiracies affecting the sales of marine products sold in the United States and elsewhere. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Former Military Official Pleads Guilty to Participating in Bribery Conspiracy Involving $206 Million Telecommunications Contract in Korea By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:41:42 EDT A former Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) official pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Columbus, Ga., for his role in a conspiracy to commit bribery involving a multimillion dollar telecommunications contract, and for not reporting the bribes he accepted on his income tax returns. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Hurricane Katrina Contractor Accepts $4 Million Judgment Under the False Claims Act By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:40:38 EDT The United States has settled its claims filed under the False Claims Act against Lighthouse Disaster Relief and its partners, Gary Heldreth and Kerry Farmer. In its complaint, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, the United States alleged that Lighthouse, Heldreth, and Farmer accepted a $5.3 million payment for work that was not completely performed on a contract with the Department of Homeland Security. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mil Five Charged in $70 Million Dream Home Mortgage Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:40:10 EDT A federal grand jury has indicted four defendants, and an information has been filed against a fifth defendant, for their participation in a massive mortgage fraud scheme that allegedly promised to pay off homeowners mortgages on their Dream Homes, but left them to fend for themselves. The indictment was returned on April 22, 2009, and unsealed today. Full Article OPA Press Releases