connect Philadelphia Money Launderer Pleads Guilty in Connection with Brooklyn Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 14:54:51 EDT A Philadelphia resident pleaded guilty today for his role as a money launderer in a $13 million health care fraud scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Halliburton Agrees to Plead Guilty to Destruction of Evidence in Connection with Deepwater Horizon Tragedy By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 17:50:55 EDT Halliburton Energy Services Inc. has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence in connection with the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the Department of Justice announced today. A criminal information charging Halliburton with one count of destruction of evidence was filed today in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Louisiana. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Former Senior Executive of French Power Company Charged in Connection with Foreign Bribery Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 14:50:05 EDT A former senior executive of a French power and transportation company has been charged in a second superseding indictment for his alleged participation in a scheme to pay bribes to foreign government officials. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Brooklyn Clinic Employee Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison in Connection with $77 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:00:00 EDT Yuri Khandrius, 50, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was sentenced today to eight years in prison for his role in a $77 million Medicare fraud scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Department of Justice Sues Bank of America for Defrauding Investors in Connection with Sale of Over $850 Million of Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 6 Aug 2013 15:45:45 EDT Attorney General Eric Holder and U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Anne M. Tompkins announced today that the United States has filed a civil lawsuit against Bank of America Corporation and certain of its affiliates, including Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &Bank of America”). Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Ninth Individual Sentenced in Connection with Costa Rica-based Business Opportunity Ventures That Defrauded Americans By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 12:53:40 EDT Michael Kerry Deevy, a Canadian citizen, was sentenced today in connection with a series of business opportunity fraud ventures based in Costa Rica, the Justice Department and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced. Beginning in 2006, Deevy and his co-conspirators in Costa Rica are alleged to have fraudulently induced purchasers in the U.S. to buy business opportunities from companies known as Cards-R-Us Inc., Premier Cards Inc. and Nation West. The business opportunities cost purchasers thousands of dollars each, with most paying at least $10,000. Today’s sentencing forms part of the government’s continued nationwide crackdown on business opportunity fraud. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Individual Arrested in Florida in Connection with a Lottery Scam in Jamaica By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 10:01:30 EDT Jamaican citizen charged in connection with the operation of a fraudulent lottery was arrested Tuesday in Orlando, Fla., following his indictment by a federal grand jury in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Aug. 9, 2012, the Justice Department, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations and U.S. Marshals Service announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Justice Department Announces Charges Filed Against Two Derivatives Traders in Connection with Multi-Billion Dollar Trading Loss at JPMorgan Chase & Company By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 14:07:46 EDT U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara and Assistant Director-in-Charge of the FBI’s New York Field Office George Venizelos announced the unsealing of criminal complaints against Javier Martin-Artajo and Julien Grout for their alleged participation in a conspiracy to hide the true extent of losses in a credit derivatives trading portfolio maintained by the Chief Investment Office (CIO) of JPMorgan Chase & Company (JPMorgan). Martin-Artajo served as a Managing Director and Head of Credit and Equity Trading for the CIO, and Grout was a Vice President and derivatives trader in the CIO. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Attorney General Eric Holder Announces $2.5 Million to Connecticut Law Enforcement for Costs Related to Sandy Hook School Shootings By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:45:00 EDT Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) will provide $2.5 million in funding to the Connecticut State Police, the Newtown, Conn., Police Department and their partner agencies that provided assistance in response to the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School last year. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Four Army National Guard Soldiers Plead Guilty in Connection with Bribery and Fraud Schemes to Defraud the U.S. Army National Guard Bureau By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 14:24:00 EDT Four current and former soldiers of the U.S. Army National Guard pleaded guilty today for their roles in bribery and fraud schemes that caused a total of more than $210,000 in losses to the U.S. Army National Guard Bureau. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Brooklyn Resident Pleads Guilty in Connection with $13 Million Kickback and Health Care Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 17:11:56 EDT A Brooklyn, N.Y., resident pleaded guilty today for his role as a patient recruiter in a $13 million kickback and health care fraud scheme, the fourth defendant to plead guilty in the scheme based at the Cropsey Medical Care PLLC clinic in Brooklyn. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Former Alabama Real Estate Investor Pleads Guilty to Making False Statement in Connection with Real Estate Foreclosure Auction Investigation By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 15:28:57 EDT A former investor in the Alabama real estate foreclosure auctions industry pleaded guilty today to one count of making false statements. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect “No Show” Doctor Sentenced to 151 Months in Prison in Connection with $77 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:39:23 EDT Gustave Drivas, M.D., 58, of Staten Island, N.Y., was sentenced to serve 151 months in prison for his role as a “no show” doctor in a $77 million Medicare fraud scheme. The State of New York revoked Dr. Drivas’s medical license earlier this year. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Halliburton Pleads Guilty to Destruction of Evidence in Connection with Deepwater Horizon Disaster and Is Sentenced to Statutory Maximum Fine By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:28:53 EDT Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Halliburton) pleaded guilty today to destroying evidence pertaining to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster and was sentenced to the statutory maximum fine, the Justice Department announced. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Jamaican Citizen Pleads Guilty in Connection with International Lottery Scheme Based in Jamaica By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 15:59:21 EDT Oneike Mickhale Barnett pleaded guilty today in connection with a lottery scheme based in Jamaica that fraudulently induced elderly victims in the U.S. to send Barnett and his co-conspirators thousands of dollars to cover fees for lottery winnings that victims had not won. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Two Florida Residents Arrested in Connection with International Lottery Scam By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 09:58:09 EST Two individuals charged in connection with the operation of a fraudulent lottery scheme were arrested today in south Florida following their indictment by a federal grand jury in Miami on Oct. 31, 2013. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect New Hampshire Man Charged with Passing Fraudulent Documents in Connection with His Sale of Black Rhinoceros Horns for $35,000 By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 11:30:56 EST Ari B. Goldenberg, 46, of Milton, N.H., was charged today with trafficking in and making a false record for illegally selling a black rhinoceros head mount to an undercover U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) special agent. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Two Army National Guard Soldiers Plead Guilty in Connection with Bribery and Fraud Schemes to Defraud the U.s. Army National Guard Bureau By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:46:26 EST Two U.S. Army National Guard soldiers pleaded guilty for their roles in bribery and fraud schemes that caused a total of at least $70,000 in losses to the U.S. Army National Guard Bureau Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Former BP Engineer Convicted for Obstruction of Justice in Connection with the Deepwater Horizon Criminal Investigation By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 16:04:23 EST A former engineer for BP plc, was convicted today of intentionally destroying evidence requested by federal criminal authorities investigating the April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon disaster. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Canadian Citizen Arrested for Money Laundering in Connection with Illegal Importation and Trafficking of Narwhal Tusks By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 17:08:15 EST A Canadian man was arrested today in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, on an extradition warrant requested by the United States for money laundering crimes related to the illegal importation and illegal trafficking of narwhal tusks. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Fifth Former Georgia Prison Officer Pleads Guilty in Connection with the Assault of an Inmate and the Cover-Up That Followed By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 18:29:37 EST Today, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia announced that Kerry Bolden, a former employee of the Correctional Emergency Response Team (CERT) at Macon State Prison (MSP) in Oglethorpe, Ga., pleaded guilty to civil rights and conspiracy charges. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Connecticut Man Convicted of Tax Evasion and Conspiracy Charges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 18:47:11 EST The Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service announced that John Cote, formerly of Danielson, Conn., was convicted today of four counts of tax evasion along with conspiracy to defraud the IRS following a jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Patient Recruiter Pleads Guilty in Connection With $13 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:42:18 EST Pavel Zborovskiy, 57, of Brooklyn, N.Y., pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to pay and receive illegal health care kickbacks in connection with a $13 million health care fraud and money laundering scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect South Florida Resident Convicted in Connection with International Fraudulent Lottery Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 16:33:53 EST A federal jury in Miami today convicted a South Florida resident for her role in an international fraudulent lottery scheme that targeted U.S. citizens. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Four Employees of Adoption Services Provider Charged with Conspiracy to Defraud the United States in Connection with Ethiopia Operations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 15:51:53 EST Four current and former employees of International Adoption Guides Inc. (IAG), an adoption services provider, have been indicted by a grand jury in South Carolina for allegedly conspiring to defraud the United States in connection with IAG’s adoption services in Ethiopia. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Three Plead Guilty to Bank Secrecy Act Violations in Connection with Check Cashing Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 17:55:07 EST Three men have pleaded guilty in Brooklyn, N.Y., for their roles in a check cashing scheme designed to evade anti-money laundering reporting requirements. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Florida Resident Sentenced in Connection with Fraudulent International Lottery Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 17:46:35 EDT Angela Althea Peart was sentenced in connection with her role in a fraudulent international lottery scheme that targeted U.S. citizens. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Utah Construction Company to Pay Government to Settle Alleged False Claims in Connection with Program for Small and Disadvantaged Businesses By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 16:38:05 EDT Okland Construction Co. Inc. has agreed to pay the government $928,000 to resolve allegations that it made false statements and submitted false claims under the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Section 8(a) Program for Small and Disadvantaged Businesses. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Former Army National Guard Soldier Pleads Guilty in Connection with Bribery and Fraud Scheme to Defraud the U.S. Army National Guard Bureau By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:39:59 EDT Former Sergeant First Class Michael Rambaran, 51, of Pearland, Texas, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy, one count of bribery and one count of aggravated identity theft. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Co-Owner of New Jersey Industrial Pipes Supply Company Pleads Guilty to Making False Statement in Connection with Superfund Investigation By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 14:45:08 EDT A co-owner of a Middlesex, N.J., industrial pipes, valves and fittings supply company pleaded guilty today to one count of making a false statement. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Seventh Former Officer Sentenced in Connection with Series of Assaults on Roxbury Correctional Institution Inmate By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 17:31:07 EDT U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Tyson Hinckle, formerly an officer at Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) in Hagerstown, Md., to serve 30 months in prison for conspiring with other correctional officers to assault Kenneth Davis, an inmate. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect California-Based Masonry Companies Pay Nearly $1.9 Million to Settle Claims of Misrepresenting Disadvantaged Small Business Status in Connection with Military Contracts By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 12:01:06 EDT Five California-based masonry subcontractors and two individuals paid the government nearly $1.9 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by misrepresenting their disadvantaged small business status in connection with military construction contracts. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Two Former Officers at Roxbury Correctional Institution Sentenced in Connection with Assault of an Inmate By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 18:10:41 EDT Two former correctional officers at Roxbury Correctional Institution in Hagerstown, Md., were sentenced today in connection with the March 9, 2008, assault of Kenneth Davis, an inmate. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Jamaican Citizen Sentenced in Connection with International Lottery Scheme That Defrauded Elderly Americans By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:27:42 EDT Oneike Mickhale Barnett, a Jamaican citizen, was sentenced today in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., in connection with his role in a fraudulent lottery scheme based in Jamaica that targeted victims in the United States. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Florida Resident Sentenced in Connection with International Lottery Scheme That Defrauded Elderly Americans By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 18:28:40 EDT Charmaine Anne King was sentenced today in connection with her role in a fraudulent international lottery scheme that targeted U.S. citizens. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Three Florida Residents Sentenced for Mail Fraud in Connection with Misrepresenting Business Opportunities By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 12 May 2014 13:23:25 EDT Three individuals who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud in connection with operating a series of fraudulent business opportunity companies were sentenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Former Officer Is 12th Sentenced in Connection with Series of Assaults on Inmate at Roxbury Correctional Institution By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 15 May 2014 14:16:19 EDT U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Reginald Martin, formerly an officer at Roxbury Correctional Institution in Hagerstown, Maryland, to serve 12 months and one day in prison for his role in the assault of inmate Kenneth Davis. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Convicted Money Launderers Sentenced to Prison in Connection with Health Care Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 22 May 2014 16:00:27 EDT Two Florida men were sentenced today in the Middle District of Florida for their roles in a fraud scheme involving the submission of more than $10 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare for physical therapy. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Connecticut Man Who Used Offshore Accounts Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion and Conspiracy By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 28 May 2014 18:03:39 EDT John Cote, formerly of Danielson, Connecticut, was sentenced today to serve 46 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Vanessa Bryant, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service announced. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Iowa Company and Top Executives Plead Guilty in Connection with Distribution of Adulterated Eggs By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 12:06:28 EDT Quality Egg LLC (Quality Egg), Austin “Jack” DeCoster and Peter DeCoster pleaded guilty today in federal court in Sioux City, Iowa, in connection with the distribution of adulterated eggs in interstate commerce. Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Georgia Resident Pleads Guilty in Connection with International Lottery Scheme Based in Jamaica By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 11:36:26 EDT A man from Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty today for his role in a Jamaican-based fraudulent lottery scheme Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Former Owner of Physical Therapy Clinic Sentenced to Prison in Connection with Health Care Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 11:56:22 EDT A Florida man who was convicted of conspiracy to commit health care fraud was sentenced to serve 27 months in prison today in federal court in Tampa, Florida Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Seven Colombian Nationals Charged in Connection with the Murder of a DEA Agent Extradited to the United States By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 11:25:22 EDT Seven Colombian nationals were extradited to the United States to face charges relating to the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent James Terry Watson Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Virginia-Based Move Management Company Pays More Than $500,000 to Settle Overbilling Claims in Connection with Transportation of Personal Property in Relocating Federal Employees By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 11:40:14 EDT RE/MAX Allegiance Relocation Services, a Virginia-based move management company, has agreed to pay the government $509,807 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by overbilling for transportation services, the Department of Justice announced today Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Army National Guard Soldier Pleads Guilty in Connection with Bribery and Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 11:46:28 EDT A soldier of the U.S. Army National Guard pleaded guilty today for his role in a wide-ranging corruption scheme involving fraudulent recruiting bonuses from the Army National Guard Bureau Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Puerto Rico Police Officers and Civilians Charged with Federal Crimes in Connection with July 2012 Robbery in Bayamon, Puerto Rico By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 12:04:03 EDT Three Police of Puerto Rico (POPR) officers and two civilians were charged with robbery, firearms violations, drug conspiracy and civil rights violations for their involvement in a July 2012 robbery in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, and an additional POPR officer was charged with lying to federal agents Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Four patient recruiters pleaded guilty in connection with a $20 million health care fraud scheme involving Trust Care Health Services Inc. (Trust Care), a defunct home health care company By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 12:07:41 EDT Jose Rodrigo Arechiga-Gamboa, also known as “Chino Antrax,” was formally extradited to the United States by the Netherlands today Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Former Executive of French Power Company Subsidiary Pleads Guilty in Connection with Foreign Bribery Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 13:02:02 EDT A former senior executive of a subsidiary of Alstom SA, the French power and transportation company, pleaded guilty today for his participation in a scheme to pay bribes to foreign government officials Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Former Maryland Correctional Officer Sentenced in Connection with Series of Assaults on Inmate By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 14:33:22 EDT James Kalbflesh, a former correctional officer at the Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) in Hagerstown, Maryland, was sentenced today in connection with the March 9, 2008, assault of Kenneth Davis, an inmate Full Article OPA Press Releases
connect Big Game Hunting Guide Pleads Guilty to Felony Conspiracy Charge in Connection with Colorado Outfitter’s Illegal Mountain Lion and Bobcat Hunting Activities By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 09:47:54 EDT Nicholaus J. Rodgers, 31, of Shady Cove, Oregon, pleaded guilty in federal court in Denver to a felony conspiracy charge stemming from the assistance he provided to an outfitter who sold illegal mountain lion and bobcat hunts in Colorado and Utah, the Justice Department announced Full Article OPA Press Releases