ind Former Owner of Los Angeles Medical Equipment Supply Company Indicted in $4 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 09:20:41 EDT A former owner of a Los Angeles medical equipment supply company has been indicted for allegedly engaging in a $4 million Medicare fraud scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Former Owner of Salt Lake City Medical Equipment Supply Company Indicted and Three Company Employees Plead Guilty for Roles in Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:33:11 EDT A former owner of a Salt Lake City medical equipment supply company has been indicted and three former company employees have pleaded guilty for allegedly engaging in a $20 million Medicare fraud scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Indictment Unsealed and “Wanted” Posters Issued for Fugitives Charged with Multimillion Dollar International Cyber Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:56:23 EDT Earlier today, charges were unsealed against Romanian fugitive Nicolae Popescu, the leader of an international organized crime syndicate that ran a multimillion dollar cyber fraud scheme, and six other fugitives charged with participating in the same scheme. Interpol has issued red notices to foreign law enforcement partners seeking assistance in the apprehension of these fugitives, and the FBI has also released “Wanted” posters to facilitate their arrests. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Indiana Physician Pleads Guilty to Failure to Pay Employment Taxes By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 17:36:19 EDT Dr. Ronald Eugene Jamerson of Schererville, Ind., entered a guilty plea to one count of willfully failing to truthfully account for, collect and pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Department of Justice and IRS announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Former Brokerage Firm Operations Head Indicted for Tax Crimes By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 17:38:57 EDT An indictment was unsealed today charging Dominick Pannitti, formerly of North Bellmore, N.Y., with tax crimes, the Justice Department announced. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Utah Man Indicted on Federal Hate Crime and Gun Charges Related to Religious-Motivated Attack on Synogogue By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 18:32:18 EDT The Department of Justice announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Salt Lake City returned a superseding indictment charging Macon Openshaw, 21, of Salt Lake City, on gun possession charges and a federal hate crime charge relating to a bias-motivated attack at a local synagogue. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Owner and Marketer of Louisiana Medical Equipment Supply Company Indicted for Roles in $3 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 13:03:53 EDT The owner of a Louisiana medical equipment supply company and a marketer who worked for the company have been indicted for allegedly engaging in a $3 million Medicare fraud scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Former Belen, N.M., Police Department Detective Indicted for Using Excessive Force Against Arrestee By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 09:47:47 EST A federal grand jury in Albuquerque, N.M., has returned a one-count indictment charging former Belen Police Department Detective John Lytle with unlawfully assaulting a victim, identified in the indictment as R.A., during an investigative stop and arrest on March 15, 2012. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Attorney General Eric Holder Announces First Public Hearing of Task Force to Examine Impact of Violence on American Indian and Alaska Native Children By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 10:00:17 EST Attorney General Eric Holder today announced the first public hearing of a new task force to examine the impact of exposure to violence on American Indian and Alaska Native children. Joining President Obama and other officials at the Department of the Interior for the White House Tribal Nations Conference, Attorney General Holder shared the announcement with leaders from the 566 federally recognized tribes and emphasized the Justice Department’s long-standing collaboration with leaders in American Indian and Alaska Native communities to improve public safety. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Northern California Couple Indicted for Filing False Claims for Refunds and for Filing Liens Against the IRS Commissioner By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 13:17:28 EST Robert Eldon Robertson and his wife Esther Lynne Robertson of Manteca, Calif., were indicted on charges of filing two false claims for federal tax refunds, filing liens against the former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) commissioner and impeding the administration of federal tax laws, the Justice Department and IRS announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Six Investors Indicted for Their Roles in Bid-Rigging Scheme at Municipal Tax Lien Auctions in New Jersey By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 12:08:56 EST A federal grand jury in Newark, N.J., returned an indictment against six investors for their roles in a conspiracy to rig bids at auctions conducted by New Jersey municipalities for the sale of tax liens. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Two Executives Indicted for Roles in Fixing Prices on Automobile Parts Sold to Toyota to Be Installed in U.S. Cars By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 12:59:57 EST A Cleveland federal grand jury returned an indictment against two executives of a Japanese automotive supplier for their roles in an international conspiracy to fix prices of automotive anti-vibration rubber parts sold to Toyota and installed in U.S. cars. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Superseding Indictment Returned Charging Father and Son with Sex Trafficking Offenses By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 12:14:27 EST A federal grand jury in Milwaukee has returned an 11-count superseding indictment adding David B. Moore, 45, as a defendant in the federal sex trafficking case involving his son, Najee Moore, 22. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Four Commercial Fishermen Indicted in Maryland for Illegal Harvest and Interstate Sale of Striped Bass from Chesapeake Bay By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:18:54 EST Four commercial fishermen and one company were indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in Baltimore for a criminal conspiracy involving the illegal harvesting and interstate sale of striped bass on the Chesapeake Bay. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Utility Company Sentenced in Wyoming for Killing Protected Birds at Wind Projects By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 17:41:05 EST Duke Energy Renewables Inc., a subsidiary of Duke Energy Corp., based in Charlotte, N.C., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Wyoming today to violating the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Alabama Sheriff’s Investigator Indicted for Unlawfully Detaining and Assaulting Handcuffed Man at County Jail By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 18:51:14 EST The Department of Justice announced today that a federal grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama has returned an indictment against J. Keith McCray, a criminal investigator with the Macon County, Ala., Sheriff’s Office for violating the rights of a man he unlawfully seized and assaulted. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Justice Department Seeks to Intervene in Lawsuit Alleging H&s Tax Preparation Website Is Inaccessible to Individuals with Disabilities By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 15:58:44 EST The Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz announced today that they have moved to intervene in National Federation of the Blind et al v. HRB Digital LLC et al, a private lawsuit alleging disability discrimination by HRB Digital LLC and HRB Tax Group Inc., subsidiaries of H&R Block Inc. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Former KKK Leader Indicted for Cross Burning in Alabama; Second KKK Member Indicted for Perjury By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 12:23:19 EST Steven Joshua Dinkle, former Exalted Cyclops of a chapter of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in Ozark, Ala., was arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 27, in Mississippi for burning a cross at the entrance to a predominantly African-American neighborhood and for obstructing the investigation into the offense. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind First Public Hearing of the American Indian and Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence Task Force Held in Bismarck, N.D. By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 15:02:17 EST The Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of the Task Force on American Indian/Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence held its first public hearing today in Bismarck, N.D., convening tribal researchers, advocates and local community members to discuss domestic violence and child physical and sexual abuse in Indian Country. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Associate Attorney General Tony West Delivers Remarks at the American Indian / Alaskan Native Children Exposed to Violence Hearing By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 08:58:42 EST ifty years ago Attorney General Robert Kennedy came here to Bismarck and spoke of the "tragic irony" of First Americans living in the freest country in the world yet imprisoned by conditions of poverty and deprivation -- conditions not found in the natural order of things but manmade, imposed and perpetuated by bigotry and greed and violence. Full Article Speech
ind Six Indicted in International Investment Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 10:29:14 EST Six individuals have been indicted for their role in an investment scam perpetrated from the United States and Switzerland Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Houston Doctor Indicted for Her Alleged Role in $158 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 18:13:44 EST A Houston doctor has been arrested on charges related to her alleged participation in a $158 million Medicare fraud scheme involving false claims for mental health treatment Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Reno Man Charged with Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Terrorism Groups in India and Pakistan By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 18:27:52 EST A Reno, Nev. man has been charged with providing material support to terrorism groups in India and Pakistan in order to intimidate the Indian government and to harm persons that were not supporting their cause. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Army National Guard Colonel and Sergeant Indicted for Allegedly Defrauding Recruiting Assistance Program By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 15:05:34 EST A retired colonel and a sergeant in the Army National Guard have been charged in a nine-count indictment in Albuquerque, N.M., for allegedly defrauding the National Guard Bureau. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Four Minneapolis-based Return Preparers Indicted for Conspiracy, Aggravated Identity Theft, Preparing False Returns By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 16:03:41 EST A 63-count superseding indictment charging Chatonda Khofi, Ishmael Kosh, Amadou Sangaray and Francis Saygbay in a conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was unsealed on Monday, December 23, in Minneapolis, Minn. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind District Court Enters Permanent Injunction Against Pennsylvania-Based Dairy Firms and Individuals to Prevent Distribution of Foods That Contain Excessive Drug Residue By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 10:49:50 EST U.S. District Court Judge Kim R. Gibson of the Western District of Pennsylvania has entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Metzler & Sons LLC and Pleasant View Farms Inc., the Justice Department announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Former Desoto County, Fla., Sheriff’s Deputies Indicted for Civil Rights and Obstruction Violations Regarding the Assault of an Inmate By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 15:49:22 EST A federal grand jury in Fort Myers, Fla., indicted former Desoto County Sheriff’s Office deputies Steven Rizza and Jonathan Mause today for charges related to the violation of the civil rights of an inmate who was assaulted by Rizza at the Desoto County Jail and the ensuing obstruction of the investigation into that offense. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Alabama Medical Clerk and Another Indicted in Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Schemes By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 17:05:18 EST Sasha Webb and Charlie Jackson have each been indicted for stolen identity refund fraud crimes, Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Alabama Tax Preparer Indicted for Preparing False Returns for Clients By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 18:49:11 EST Russell Burroughs, a resident of Montgomery, Ala., was indicted on 33 counts of filing false tax returns, Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Justice Department Releases Findings Showing That the Alabama Department of Corrections Fails to Protect Prisoners from Sexual Abuse and Sexual Harassment at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 12:29:33 EST Today the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced its letter of findings determining that prison officials at the Alabama Department of Corrections and the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women violate women prisoners’ constitutional rights by failing to take reasonable steps to protect them from harm due to sexual abuse and sexual harassment caused by correctional staff. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Four Individuals Sentenced This Week for Trafficking Identities of Puerto Rican U.S. Citizens By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:28:41 EST Four individuals were sentenced this week for their respective roles in trafficking the identities and corresponding identity documents of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Home Health Agency Owner and Director of Nursing Indicted By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 15:04:39 EST The operator and director of nursing of a home health agency based in Richmond, Texas, was arrested yesterday for her alleged role in a Medicare fraud scheme and a conspiracy to structure bank withdrawals. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Owner of Houston Medical Equipment Companies Indicted for $3.4 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 17:08:28 EST Huey P. Williams Jr., the owner and operator of two durable medical equipment (DME) companies, was arrested yesterday for his alleged role in a $3.4 million Medicare fraud scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Alabama Man Indicted in Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 18:28:58 EST Deundra Milhouse was indicted for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud crime, Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama announced today after the indictment was unsealed following Milhouse’s arrest. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Three Miami Residents Indicted for Alleged Roles in $190 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 10:41:25 EST Three Miami residents have been indicted for their alleged participation in a $190 million Medicare fraud scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Indiana Law Enforcement Human Trafficking Task Force Announces First Federal Charges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 16:30:48 EST The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana announced the filing of a nine count federal indictment this afternoon against Jerry Mitchell, aka Tre da Great, age 24, of Indianapolis. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Federal Advisory Committee Examines Juvenile Courts and Justice System Programs for American Indian Children Exposed to Violence By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:26:37 EST More than 30 tribal leaders, juvenile court judges, child advocates, juvenile justice system experts and community members from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community testified today in the second public hearing of the Advisory Committee of the Attorney General’s Task Force on American Indian and Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Associate Attorney General Tony West Delivers Remarks at the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee on American Indian/Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence Hearing By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 11:05:37 EST Let us reaffirm our commitment to the safety and health of tribal communities. And let us rededicate ourselves to giving native children a future unclouded by violence and brightened by hope. This is the responsibility of every one of us. Full Article Speech
ind Independent Contractor in Afghanistan Pleads Guilty for His Role in Offering $54,000 in Bribes to a U.S. Government Official By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 16:15:11 EST Earlier today at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, N.Y., Akbar Ahmad Sherzai, 49, of Centreville, Va., an independent contractor for a trucking company operating in Afghanistan that was responsible for delivering fuel to U.S. Army installations, pleaded guilty to his role in offering a U.S. Army serviceman $54,000 in bribes to falsify documents. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Justice Department Finds Substantial Evidence of Gender Bias in Missoula County Attorney’s Office By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 18:44:16 EST Today, the Department of Justice issued a letter of findings describing problems in the Missoula County, Mont., Attorney’s Office’s response to sexual assault, and concluding that there is substantial evidence that the County Attorney’s response to sexual assault discriminates against women. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Government Files Enforcement Action Against Four California Companies and Six Individuals to Stop the Importation of Dangerous Children’s Products By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 11:19:49 EST The government has asked a federal court in California to issue an injunction shutting down the importation and sales activities of four California companies and six individuals in connection with their imports of illegal children’s products containing, among other things, lead, phthalates and small parts inappropriate for children under age three. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Justice Department Releases New Planning Tool to Help Courts Provide Access to Limited English Proficient Individuals By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:50:49 EST Today, the Justice Department released a new tool to help state and local courts assess and improve their language assistance services for limited English proficient litigants, victims and witnesses who need access to court services. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Jocelyn Samuels at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana’s 2014 Civil Rights Symposium By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 13:41:38 EST "The unfinished struggle for equal opportunity and justice is one in which we all have a part. This year, as we mark the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Division remains committed to combating discrimination in all its forms." Full Article Speech
ind Two Individuals and Company Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Sell Trade Secrets to Chinese Companies By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 17:33:47 EST A federal jury in San Francisco has found two individuals and one company guilty of economic espionage, theft of trade secrets, bankruptcy fraud, tax evasion, and obstruction of justice 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
ind Owner of Tax Preparation Business in Washington, D.C., Indicted for Conspiring to Defraud the Internal Revenue Service and Preparing False Individual Income Tax Returns By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 18:45:33 EST On Feb. 26, 2014, a federal grand jury sitting in the District of Columbia returned a 17 count indictment charging Sherri Davis for conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), aiding and assisting in the preparation of false individual income tax returns and filing false individual income tax returns, the Justice Department and IRS announced following the unsealing of Davis’ indictment today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Former President of Russian Steel Producer’s U.S. Subsidiary Indicted for Hiding Assets in Secret Swiss Bank Accounts By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 18:39:52 EDT Victor Lipukhin was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo., for attempting to interfere with the administration of the internal revenue laws and filing false tax returns, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Attorney General Eric Holder Delivers Remarks at J.O. Wilson Elementary School to Announce Findings from Expansive Survey of Student Discipline Practices at America’s Public Schools By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 10:51:47 EDT Schools must support children as they learn expectations about behavior and conduct. But a routine school discipline infraction should land a student in a principal’s office – not in a police precinct. Full Article Speech
ind Queens, N.Y., Tax Return Preparer Indicted for Preparing False Tax Returns By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 18:25:27 EDT Williesteina Jacobs was indicted in the Eastern District of New York on March 21, 2014, and charged with 27 counts of aiding in the preparation of false returns, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service announced today following her arrest. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Five Individuals Charged with Conspiring to Fraudulently Obtain Union Job for Organized Crime Underboss By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:35:49 EDT Five men have been charged in the Eastern District of New York with conspiring to defraud the Newspaper and Mail Deliverers’ Union (NMDU) and Hudson News newsstands to obtain a union card and employment at Hudson News newsstands for the son of the alleged underboss of the Colombo family. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ind Seven Indicted in Florida in Mortgage Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:49:24 EDT Seven individuals have been indicted in the Southern District of Florida for their alleged participation in a mortgage fraud scheme in the Miami area. Full Article OPA Press Releases