lt Former Defense Department Contract Employee Pleads Guilty to Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme Related to Contracts in Support of Iraqi War By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:33:51 EDT A former contract employee of the U.S. Defense Department (DoD) pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to bribe U.S. Army contracting officials stationed at Camp Arifjan, an Army base in Kuwait, and to money laundering conspiracy. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Former Owner and Chief Executive Officer of Financial Products and Services Firm Pleads Guilty for Role in Fraud Conspiracies Involving Proceeds of Municipal Bonds By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:31:11 EDT The former owner and chief executive officer of a financial products and services firm pleaded guilty today for his participation in fraud conspiracies related to contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other related municipal finance contracts. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Uzbek Man Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Charges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:53:16 EDT Ilkham Fazilov pleaded guilty today to racketeering conspiracy for his role in a criminal enterprise that engaged in numerous criminal activities including forced labor, fraud in foreign labor contracting, visa fraud, mail fraud, identity theft, tax evasion and money laundering. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Missouri Man Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy and Fraud in Foreign Labor Contracting Charges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:14:36 EDT Andrew Cole pleaded guilty today to racketeering conspiracy and fraud in foreign labor contracting charges arising from his role in a criminal enterprise that engaged in numerous criminal activities, including forced labor, fraud in foreign labor contracting, visa fraud, mail fraud, identity theft, tax evasion and money laundering. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Former U.S. Army Sergeant Pleads Guilty to Bribery in Afghanistan Fuel Theft Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:12:08 EDT A former U.S. Army Sergeant pleaded guilty today to bribery in connection with a fuel theft scheme to solicit more than $400,000 in bribes from a government contractor in Afghanistan. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Dominion & Marathon Oil to Pay $6.9 Million to Resolve Allegations of Royalty Underpayments from American Indian and Federal Lands By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:00:48 EDT Dominion Oklahoma Texas Exploration & Production Inc. and Marathon Oil Company have agreed to pay the United States $2,219,974.98 and $4,697,476.57, respectively, to resolve claims that the two companies separately violated the False Claims Act by knowingly underpaying royalties owed on natural gas produced from federal and Indian leases. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Northern Virginia Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Failing to Pay Employment Taxes By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:14:33 EDT Eric Jon Eisenhower, a resident of Fairfax Station, Va., pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Alexandria, Va., for failing to collect, account for and pay over to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) more than $200,000 in withholdings from employees’ paychecks between 2004 and 2008. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Miami Contractor Pleads Guilty to Employment Tax Fraud By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:36:43 EDT Victor Manuel Amaya pleaded guilty this morning to one count of willfully filing a false tax return before U.S. District Court Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Roberto Settineri Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Charge By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:56:57 EDT Roberto Settineri, 42, of Miami Beach, Fla., pleaded guilty today to a one count superseding information charging him with conspiracy to commit money laundering. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Two Uzbek Men and One Moldovan Man Plead Guilty to Charges for Their Involvement in a Racketeering Enterprise That Engaged in Forced Labor By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:59:11 EDT Viorel Simon, Nodirbek Abdoollayev and Bakhrom Ikramov have all pleaded guilty to charges related to their roles in a criminal enterprise that engaged in numerous criminal activities including forced labor, fraud in foreign labor contracting, visa fraud, mail fraud, identity theft, tax evasion and money laundering. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Rhode Island Mother and Son Plead Guilty to Interstate Extortion Related to Organized Crime By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:00:37 EDT Dorothy St. Laurent, 71, of Johnston, R.I., and her son Anthony St. Laurent Jr., 44, of Cranston, R.I., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Providence, R.I., to interstate extortion in violation of the Hobbs Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Attorney General Holder and HHS Secretary Sebelius Host Second Regional Health Care Fraud Prevention Summit in Los Angeles By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:41:00 EDT Today Attorney General Eric Holder and U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius kicked off the second in a series of daylong summits bringing together a wide array of federal, state and local partners, beneficiaries, providers and other interested parties to discuss innovative ways to eliminate fraud within the U.S. health care system. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Former Memphis Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Using Excessive Force on an Arrestee By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:35:47 EDT Bridges McRae, a former officer with the Memphis Police Department (MPD), pleaded guilty today in federal court to a felony civil rights charge related to the use of excessive force. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the Los Angeles Health Care Fraud Prevention Summit By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:43:00 EDT "This summit is an important step forward – an opportunity to build on what has been discussed, and achieved, since Secretary Sebelius and I convened the first “National Summit on Health Care Fraud” in Washington in January," said Attorney General Holder. Full Article Speech
lt Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer Speaks at the Los Angeles Health Care Fraud Prevention Summit By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:46:07 EDT "These summits offer our agencies the opportunity to share our success stories, explain our innovative investigative approaches, and listen to and learn from your ideas and concerns," said Assistant Attorney General Breuer Full Article Speech
lt Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the Colorado Agriculture Workshop By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:28:50 EDT "As much as today’s discussion is about cattle, hog, and other livestock industry issues, it is also about our nation’s founding ideals of fairness and equal opportunity," said Attorney General Holder. Full Article Speech
lt South Florida Doctor, Clinic Owner and Five Nurses Plead Guilty in Home Health Care Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 12:54:55 EDT A medical doctor, a clinic owner and four nurses, all South Florida residents, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Adalberto Jordan in U.S. District Court in Miami for their participation in a fraudulent Medicare home health care scheme, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Miami Man Pleads Guilty To Purchasing, Selling And Using Stolen Credit Card Information By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:03:22 EDT Juan Javier Cardenas of Miami pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to traffic in and possess unauthorized credit card numbers with intent to defraud, and one count of trafficking in unauthorized credit card numbers, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer for the Southern District of Florida; Special Agent in Charge Michael K. Fithen of the U.S. Secret Service, Miami Field Office; and Special Agent in Charge Kenneth T. Jenkins Jr., of the U.S. Secret Service, Criminal Investigative Division. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Pakistani Taliban Leader Charged in Terrorism Conspiracy Resulting in Murder of Seven Americans in Afghanistan By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 12:36:59 EDT Hakimullah Mehsud, the self-proclaimed emir of the Pakistani Taliban, has been charged by criminal complaint for his alleged involvement in the murder of seven American citizens on Dec. 30, 2009, at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Allergan Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay $600 Million to Resolve Allegations of Off-Label Promotion of Botox® By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 12:11:13 EDT American pharmaceutical manufacturer Allergan Inc. has agreed to plead guilty and pay $600 million to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from the company’s unlawful promotion of its biological product, Botox® Therapeutic, for uses not approved as safe and effective by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Justice Department announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Former Senior Employee With U.S. Military Contractor Pleads Guilty To Bribery Scheme Related To Contracts In Support Of Iraq War By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 12:33:21 EDT A former senior employee of a U.S. military contractor pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to pay $360,000 in bribes to U.S. Army contracting officials stationed at a U.S. military base in Kuwait, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Polar Air Cargo LLC Agrees to Plead Guilty to Price Fixing on Air Cargo Shipments By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 13:49:57 EDT Polar Air Cargo LLC has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $17.4 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices in the air transportation industry. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Former U.S. Army Contracting Official Pleads Guilty to Making a False Statement to the U.S. Army By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 18:55:07 EDT A former U.S. Army contracting official based at Fort Carson, Colo., pleaded guilty to submitting a false statement to the U.S. Army. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Former Agent of Financial Products and Services Company Pleads Guilty for Role in Fraud Conspiracies Involving Proceeds of Municipal Bonds By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 18:00:26 EDT A former agent of a financial products and services company pleaded guilty today for his participation in fraud conspiracies related to contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other municipal finance contracts. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Former Employee of a National Bank Pleads Guilty for Role in Bid-rigging and Fraud Conspiracies Involving Proceeds of Municipal Bonds By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 14:13:34 EDT A former employee of a national bank pleaded guilty today for his participation in bid-rigging and fraud conspiracies related to contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other municipal finance contracts. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Miami-area Clinic Owner Pleads Guilty in $23 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 16:25:46 EDT Flor Crisologo, 58, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Judge Barry L. Garber in U.S. District Court in Miami to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt North Carolina Real Estate Speculator Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging in Real Estate Foreclosure Auctions By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:33:58 EDT A Raleigh, N.C., real estate speculator pleaded guilty to conspiring to rig bids for public real estate foreclosure auctions held in multiple counties in eastern North Carolina. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Corporate Executive Pleads Guilty to Role in Illegal Campaign Contribution Scheme and to Witness Tampering By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:10:51 EDT Martin Raffol, 54, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns in Boston to one count of engaging in a scheme to conceal material information from the FEC and one count of witness tampering. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Drug Maker Forest Pleads Guilty; To Pay More Than $313 Million to Resolve Criminal Charges and False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:24:41 EDT Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc. has agreed to plead guilty to charges relating to obstruction of justice, the distribution of Levothroid, which at the time was an unapproved new drug, and the illegal promotion of Celexa for use in treating children and adolescents suffering from depression. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Vice President of Florida Corporation Pleads Guilty to 16 Counts of Transporting Child Pornography By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:06:12 EDT Jeffrey Robert Libman, the vice president and co-director of Webe Web Corporation, a Florida corporation, pleaded guilty today to 16 counts of transporting child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance of the Northern District of Alabama. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Miami Home Health Patient Recruiter Convicted of Conspiracy By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:34:21 EDT Antonio Ochoa, a patient recruiter for Miami home health agencies, was convicted today by a federal jury in Miami of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and of three counts of soliciting and receiving kickbacks and bribes, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Sales Agent for A&O Entities in Richmond Pleads Guilty to Misleading Investors By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:44:35 EDT Tomme Bromseth, of Blackstone, Va., pleaded guilty today to mail fraud and structuring financial transactions to evade reporting requirements in conjunction with his role as a sales agent for A&O Life Funds and various related A&O entities. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Florida Couple Pleads Guilty to Forced Labor Conspiracy of 39 Filipino Guest Workers By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:37:43 EDT Sophia Manuel and Alfonso Baldonado Jr., owners of Quality Staffing Services Corporation, a labor contracting service, pleaded guilty to conspiring to hold 39 Filipino nationals in compelled service in country clubs and hotels in Southeast Florida. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Dayton, Ohio, Area Home Builder Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Return By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:55:42 EDT Roy W. Bradford pleaded guilty in federal district court in Dayton, Ohio, to willfully filing a false tax return for 2004. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Brooklyn Doctor Arrested and Charged with Health Care Fraud By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:23:19 EDT Boris Sachakov, M.D., was arrested today in Brooklyn, N.Y., and charged in connection with a scheme to defraud Medicare and numerous other health care benefit programs of at least $3.5 million. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Three Individuals Plead Guilty for Their Roles in a Houston Medicare Fraud Scheme Involving Claims of Hurricane Damage to Power Wheelchairs By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:44:59 EDT Three individuals pleaded guilty today in connection with a Medicare fraud scheme operated out of a Houston-area durable medical equipment (DME) company. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Georgia-based Multi Family Housing Developer Alleging Discrimination By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:55:15 EDT The Justice Department announced that it filed a lawsuit today against Post Properties Inc., Post Apartment Homes L.P. and Post GP Holdings Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia for failing to provide accessible features required by the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act at multi-family housing developments in six states. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Lobbyist Pleads Guilty to Role in Illegal Campaign Contribution Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:56:04 EDT Paul Magliocchetti, the founder and president of PMA Group Inc., a lobbying firm, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Arlington, Va., to making hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions and making false statements to a federal agency. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Former U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Pleads Guilty to Bribery in Afghanistan Fuel Theft Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:11:54 EDT A former U.S. Army staff sergeant pleaded guilty today to bribery in connection with a fuel theft scheme to solicit more than $400,000 in bribes from a government contractor in Afghanistan. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Three Miami-area Residents Sentenced to Prison for Participating in $22 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme Involving Home Health Agencies By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:19:44 EDT Three Miami-area residents were sentenced to prison today for their participation in a $22 million Medicare fraud scheme operated through two Miami home health agencies, ABC Home Health Care Inc. and Florida Home Health Care Providers Inc. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt China Airlines Ltd. Agrees to Plead Guilty to Price Fixing on Air Cargo Shipments By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:18:31 EDT China Airlines Ltd. has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $40 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices in the air transportation industry. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Home Health Agency Manager Pleads Guilty in Connection with Detroit Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:12:03 EDT Detroit-area resident Hassan Akhtar pleaded guilty today for his role in managing a home health care fraud scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Federal Court Bars Multi- Million Dollar Tax Fraud Scheme Operating in Southern California By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:08:43 EDT A federal court in Los Angeles has permanently barred three Huntington Beach men from preparing federal tax returns for customers. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Three Colombian Nationals Plead Guilty to Alien Smuggling and Visa Fraud Charges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:21:32 EDT Three Colombian nationals pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to smuggle aliens for profit and conspiracy to commit visa fraud in connection with their roles in an extensive and sophisticated visa fraud scheme through which they fraudulently procured visas from the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt ABB Ltd and Two Subsidiaries Resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigation and Will Pay $19 Million in Criminal Penalties By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:15:18 EDT ABB Ltd’s U.S. subsidiary, ABB Inc., pleaded guilty to one count of violating the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA and one count of conspiracy to violating these provisions of the FCPA. The court imposed a sentence that included a criminal fine of $17.1 million. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Owner of Two Houston Health Care Companies Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Medicare $6.3 Million By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:19:25 EDT An owner of two Houston health care companies pleaded guilty today in connection with a $6.3 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS). Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Panasonic Corp. and Whirlpool Corp. Subsidiary Agree to Plead Guilty for Role in Price-fixing Conspiracy Involving Refrigerant Compressors By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:23:06 EDT Panasonic Corporation and a Whirlpool Corporation subsidiary, Embraco North America Inc., have agreed to plead guilty and to pay a total of $140.9 million in criminal fines for their role in an international conspiracy to fix the prices of refrigerant compressors, which are used in refrigerators and freezers in ho mes and businesses. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt BP Products to Pay Largest Single-facility Clean Air Act Penalty for Releases of Hazardous Pollutants at Texas City Refinery By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:27:02 EDT BP Products North America Inc. has agreed to pay a $15 million penalty to resolve federal Clean Air Act violations at its Texas City, Texas, petroleum refinery. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Six International Freight Forwarding Companies Agree to Plead Guilty to Criminal Price-fixing Charges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:18:34 EDT Six international freight forwarders have agreed to plead guilty and to pay criminal fines totaling $50.27 million for their roles in several conspiracies to fix a variety of fees and charges in connection with the provision of freight forwarding services for international air cargo shipments. Full Article OPA Press Releases
lt Two Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Tax Preparers Plead Guilty to Aiding in Preparation of False Tax Returns By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:01:16 EDT Cynthia Peters and Melissa Edwards pleaded guilty to one count each of aiding and assisting in the filing of a false tax return in U.S. District Court in Baton Rouge, La. Full Article OPA Press Releases