en Louisiana Patient Recruiter Pleads Guilty in Health Care Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:10:44 EST Rodney D. Taylor, 45, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge James J. Brady of the Middle District of Louisiana to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and to pay and receive health care kickbacks. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en California Seafood Corporation Sentenced to Pay $1 Million for False Labeling of Seafood Products By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 19:07:11 EST Seafood Solutions Inc., a California corporation, was sentenced in federal court in Los Angeles today to pay $1 million in fines and community service payments for its role in the false labeling of frozen fish fillets. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Nebraska Man Pleads Guilty for Fraudulently Seeking Corrupt Payments in Return for Promising to Obtain Reduction in Associate’s Prison Sentence By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:43:28 EST Austin Galvan, 30, was charged in a two-count indictment unsealed on Aug. 29, 2011, with wire fraud and obstruction of justice. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Fourteen Hospitals to Pay U.S. More Than $12 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Related to Kyphoplasty By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 10:23:45 EST Fourteen hospitals located in New York, Mississippi, North Carolina, Washington, Indiana, Missouri and Florida have agreed to pay the United States a total of more than $12 million to settle allegations that the health care facilities submitted false claims to Medicare, the Justice Department announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Los Angeles Man Sentenced to 77 Months in Prison for Medicare Fraud Scheme Resulting in More Than $18.9 Million in Fraudulent Claims to Medicare By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:34:18 EST Eduard Aslanyan, 38, of Sherman Oaks, Calif., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall in the Central District of California. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Three Men Sentenced for Attempting to Intimidate African-American Students at a Louisiana Middle School By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 18:24:54 EST U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Hayes sentenced James Lee Wallis Jr. to eight months in prison, Tony L. Johnson to six months in prison and Brian Wallis to five months in prison. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Assistant Attorney General Tony West Speaks at the American Constitution Society Southeast Symposium on State Immigration Laws By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 12:18:00 EST "In many ways, there is no better proof that comprehensive immigration reform is long overdue than these state statutes. People are understandably frustrated with our broken immigration system, and some states have turned to “self-help” measures like enacting these local statutes," said Assistant Attorney General West. Full Article Speech
en Florida Resident Sentenced to Year in Prison in Connection with Selling Fraudulent Business Opportunities to Consumers By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 10:52:12 EST James Cummings, a resident of Boca Raton, Fla., has been sentenced for committing fraud in connection with a coffee machine business opportunity scheme, the Justice Department and U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Florida Jury Holds Tax Preparer Liable for $135,000 in Penalties for False Tax Returns By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 12:22:13 EST An eight-member jury has unanimously found that a former Jackson Hewitt tax preparer, Frances Carlson of Bradenton, Fla., prepared 27 federal tax returns that she knew would understate her customers’ tax liabilities, the Justice Department announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en U.S. and Chinese Defendants Charged with Economic Espionage and Theft of Trade Secrets in Connection with Conspiracy to Sell Trade Secrets to Chinese Companies By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 14:23:19 EST A federal grand jury in San Francisco has charged five individuals and five companies with economic espionage and theft of trade secrets for their roles in a long-running effort to obtain U.S. trade secrets for the benefit of companies controlled by the government of the People’s Republic of China. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Justice Department Signs Agreement with the City of Humboldt, Kansas, to Ensure Civic Access for People with Disabilities By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:49:40 EST The Justice Department today announced an agreement with the city of Humboldt, Kan., to improve access to all aspects of civic life for individuals with disabilities. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Justice Department Dismisses Antitrust Lawsuit Against Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 09:53:05 EST The Department of Justice today filed a notice with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to dismiss its antitrust lawsuit regarding the potential merger of Deutsche Börse AG and NYSE Euronext. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Federal Government and State Attorneys General Reach $25 Billion Agreement with Five Largest Mortgage Servicers to Address Mortgage Loan Servicing and Foreclosure Abuses By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:25:50 EST The federal government and 49 state attorneys general today have reached a landmark $25 billion agreement with the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers to address mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure abuses. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Former Owner of Illinois Technology Company Sentenced to Serve 30 Months in Prison for Role in Multi-State Scheme to Defraud Federal E-Rate Program By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 12:17:41 EST A former owner of two Illinois-based technology companies was sentenced today to serve 30 months in prison for her participation in a conspiracy to defraud the federal E-Rate program. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Department of Justice Reaches Agreement to Compensate Servicemembers for Wrongful Foreclosures By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 16:45:22 EST The settlement agreement with the nation’s five largest servicers announced today by Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice’s federal and state partners includes substantial financial compensation to homeowners who are servicemembers and establishes significant new protections for servicemembers in the future. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the Mortgage Servicers Settlement Press Conference By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:30:34 EST "This agreement reflects our commitment – at both the federal and state levels – to ensure justice, and to recover losses, for victims of reckless and abusive mortgage practices," said Attorney General Holder. Full Article Speech
en Former IRS Employee from Texas Sentenced to Nearly Nine Years in Prison on Theft of Government Property and Aggravated Identity Theft Convictions By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:58:51 EST Thomas W. Richardson was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle in Dallas to 105 months in prison and ordered to pay $30,649 in restitution, following his guilty plea in August 2011 to one count of theft of government property and one count of aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Justice Department Requires Mill Divestitures in International Paper’s Acquisition of Temple-Inland By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:17:41 EST The Department of Justice announced today that it will require International Paper Company and Temple-Inland Inc. to divest three containerboard mills in order to proceed with their $4.3 billion merger. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Florida Resident Convicted for Interfering with the IRS and Filing False Tax Returns By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:23:54 EST Roanne Eye, 57, of Plantation, Fla., was found guilty of tax charges late Thursday after a four-day jury trial, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Pennsylvania-based Lender to Pay U.S. $3.9 Million to Resolve False Claims Liability Related to Two Nursing Home Mortgages By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:48:42 EST Capmark Finance LLC in Horsham, Pa., has agreed to pay the United States $3.9 million, to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit, the Justice Department announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en U.S. Files Criminal Charges Against Dallas Company in Connection with Misbranded Drug Shipment That Led to Three Deaths By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:25:56 EST The Justice Department, at the request of the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Criminal Investigations (FDA-OCI), has charged Gary D. Osborn and his corporation, ApothéCure Inc., with two misdemeanor criminal violations of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) in connection with their interstate shipment of two lots of misbranded colchicine injectable solution that led to the deaths of three people in the Pacific Northwest. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Attorney General Eric Holder Launches Consumer Protection Working Group to Combat Consumer Fraud By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:51:57 EST The Consumer Protection Working Group, formed under President Barack Obama’s Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force (FFETF), convened its first meeting in Washington, D.C., today to address consumer fraud, which can financially cripple households and can cause extensive losses to our economy. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Justice Department Settles Allegations of Employment Discrimination at the Massachusetts Department of Correction By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:33:28 EST The Department of Justice announced today that it has entered into a settlement that, if approved by the court, will resolve the department’s allegations that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Department of Correction violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by discriminating against female applicants for entry-level correction officer and correction program officer positions at the Massachusetts Department of Correction. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez Speaks on Protections and Benefits for Military Families in Federal-state Mortgage Settlement Call By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:08:47 EST "The federal-state agreement contains provisions to ensure that our servicemembers receive the full protection of current law, as well as substantial new benefits," said Assistant Attorney General Perez. Full Article Speech
en Justice Department Settles with City of Highland Park, Michigan, to Enforce Employment Rights of U.S. Army Reservist By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:59:37 EST The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement with the city of Highland Park, Mich., to resolve allegations that the city willfully violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act by failing to properly reemploy firefighter and U.S. Army reservist Paul A. Baetz in July 2009 when he returned from military service in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Department of Justice FY 2013 Budget Request By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:34:32 EST Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that President Obama’s FY 2013 Budget proposal totaling $27.1 billion for the Department of Justice identifies over $1 billion in efficiencies, savings and rescissions while providing resources to sustain critical national security programs, uphold the department’s traditional missions with an increased focus on financial and mortgage fraud and civil rights enforcement, invest in prisons and detention capacity, and assist our state, local and tribal law enforcement partners. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Participating in International Child Pornography Ring By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:19:58 EST Joseph Tierney, 24, of Wellesley, Mass., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Virginia A. Phillips. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Two Individuals Arrested in Connection with Costa Rica-based Business Opportunity Fraud Ventures By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:22:24 EST A U.S. citizen and a Canadian citizen were arrested last week in Costa Rica in connection with the operation of a series of fraudulent business opportunities following their indictment by a federal grand jury in Miami on Nov. 29, 2011, the Justice Department and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Co-Owner of Two Los Angeles-Area Health Care Companies Sentenced to 96 Months in Prison for Health Care Fraud By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:05:40 EST The co-owner of two Los Angeles-area health care companies was sentenced today to 96 months in prison for his conviction stemming from a nine-year scheme to defraud Medicare. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Statement of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division on Its Decision to Close Its Investigations of Google Inc.’s Acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. and the Acquisitions of Certain Patents by Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Research in By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:50:27 EST The Antitrust Division closed its investigations into Google Inc.’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc., the acquisitions by Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM) of certain Nortel Networks Corporation patents, and the acquisition by Apple of certain Novell Inc. patents. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en North Carolina Corporate Hog Farm and President Sentenced to Pay $1.5 Million for Violating the Clean Water Act By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:56:17 EST Freedman Farms Inc. was sentenced today in federal court to five years probation and ordered to pay $1.5 million in fines, restitution and community service payments for violating the Clean Water Act when they discharged hog waste into a stream that leads to the Waccamaw River. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en New York Man Arrested on Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Charges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:01:02 EST Gary Rogers, of East Meadow, N.Y., was arrested today after being charged with identity theft and tax fraud after filing more than 200 false tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Justice Department and IRS announced. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at Event Honoring Barbara Jordan By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:08:29 EST "Exactly 60 years ago, before she became one of the most dedicated and effective champions of our nation’s Civil Rights movement – before she became the first African-American elected to the Texas State Senate, and the first African-American woman to represent the South in the United States Congress – Barbara Jordan was a senior at this school and, just like you, a proud Wheatley student," said Attorney General Holder. Full Article Speech
en Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Efforts Result in Record-breaking Recoveries Totaling Nearly $4.1 Billion By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:09:49 EST Attorney General Eric Holder and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today released a new report showing that the government’s health care fraud prevention and enforcement efforts recovered nearly $4.1 billion in taxpayer dollars in Fiscal Year (FY) 2011. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Boca Raton, Florida-based CPA Indicted for Preparing False Tax Returns and Obstructing Internal Revenue Laws By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:47:15 EST John P. Miller, a Certified Public Accountant, was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in the Southern District of Florida with obstructing the Internal Revenue laws and preparing false tax returns the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Two Houston-Area Nurses Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison for Roles in $5.2 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:42:10 EST Two Houston-area nurses and two of their co-conspirators have been sentenced in Houston for their participation in a $5.2 million Medicare fraud scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Report Press Conference By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:11:35 EST "In the fight against health-care fraud, our Departments have a long history of working collaboratively – and effectively. The “Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Annual Report” that we are submitting to Congress today underscores this fact," said Attorney General Holder. Full Article Speech
en Pennsylvania Dairy Farmer Operator Found in Violation of Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:34:42 EST The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania awarded summary judgment to the government on a finding that Daniel Allgyer, dba Rainbow Acres Farm and Rainbow Valley Farms, violated the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Services Act, the Justice Department announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Barrio Azteca Gang Leader Sentenced in Texas to Life in Prison By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:35:12 EST Roberto Angel Cardona, aka “Little Angelillo,” of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone in the Western District of Texas, El Paso Division. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Justice Department Settlement Requires Gunnison Energy and SG Interests to Pay the United States a Total of $550,000 for Antitrust and False Claims Act Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:09:00 EST The department reached a settlement with Gunnison Energy Corporation, SG Interests I Ltd. and SG Interests VII Ltd. that requires the companies to pay a total of $550,000 to the United States for antitrust and False Claims Act violations related to natural gas leases sold at auction by the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Justice Department Resolves Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:41:48 EST The Department of Justice announced today the filing of a consent decree with the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (LDPSC) that resolves allegations of sexual harassment of an office administrator in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (Title VII). Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Barren County, Kentucky, Sheriff and Four Deputies Indicted for Federal Civil Rights Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:06:00 EST The Justice Department announced today that a federal grand jury in Kentucky returned a 10-count indictment against Barren County Sheriff Christopher Eaton and Sheriff’s Deputies Danny McCown, Aaron Bennett, Adam Minor and Eric Guffey. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en California Resident and Company Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Export Computer-Related Equipment to Iran By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:27:39 EST Massoud Habibion, 49, aka “Matt Habibion” and “Matt Habi,” a U.S. citizen and co-owner of a Costa Mesa, Calif., company, Online Micro LLC, pleaded guilty today in the District of Columbia to conspiracy to illegally export computers from the United States to Iran through the United Arab Emirates. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Maryland Tax Defier Sentenced to 65 Months in Prison By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:50:30 EST Andrew Isaac Chance of Clinton, Md., was sentenced Wednesday to 65 months in prison for filing false claims for tax refunds and for filing a false retaliatory lien against a federal prosecutor. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Former New England La Cosa Nostra Mob Boss, Capo and Associates to Plead Guilty in Rhode Island for Racketeering Activity By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:44:46 EST Five Rhode Island men previously identified as leaders or associates of the New England organized crime family of the La Cosa Nostra have agreed to plead guilty to racketeering-related charges, according to documents filed today with the U.S. district court in Providence, R.I. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab Sentenced to Life in Prison for Attempted Bombing of Flight 253 on Christmas Day 2009 By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:16:20 EST Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called “underwear bomber,” was sentenced today to life in prison as a result of his guilty plea to all eight counts of a federal indictment charging him for his role in the attempted Christmas Day 2009 bombing of Northwest Airlines flight 253. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Detroit Man Sentenced for Mailing Noose to Threaten Couple By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:05:07 EST Glenn E. Morgan Jr., 41, of Detroit, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert H. Cleland to three months in prison followed by two years supervised release after pleading guilty to sending a threatening communication through the mail to a Detroit couple. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en MS-13 Gang Leader in San Francisco Sentenced to Life in Prison By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:50:17 EST Danilo Velasquez, aka “Triste,” a local leader of La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, was sentenced yesterday in federal court in San Francisco by U.S. District Judge William H. Alsup to life in prison. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en Moex Offshore Agrees to $90 Million Partial Settlement of Liability in Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:07:09 EST MOEX Offshore 2007 LLC has agreed to settle its liability in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in a settlement with the United States valued at $90 million, announced the Department of Justice, the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
en New York Resident and His Company Sentenced for Conspiracy to Export Computer-Related Equipment to Iran By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:53:25 EST Jeng “Jay” Shih, 54, a U.S. citizen, was sentenced today in the District of Columbia to 18 months in prison, while his Queens, N.Y., company, Sunrise Technologies and Trading Corporation, was sentenced to 24 months corporate probation for conspiracy to illegally export U.S.-origin computers from the United States to Iran through the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Full Article OPA Press Releases