million Department of Justice Seizes More Than $1.5 Million in Proceeds from the Online Sale of Counterfeit Sports Apparel Manufactured in China By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 11 May 2012 10:48:15 EDT The investigation also resulted in the seizure of three domain names used in the sale of counterfeit sports apparel. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Principal of Offshore Brokerage Firm Sentenced in Miami to 20 Years in Prison for $7 Million Stock Manipulation Scam By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 11 May 2012 16:56:40 EDT Jonathan Curshen, 47, the principal of Red Sea Management and Sentry Global Securities, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard W. Goldberg. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Colorado-Based QEP Field Services Agrees to Pay $4 Million and Install Pollution Controls to Resolve Alleged Violations of the Clean Air Act By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 16 May 2012 15:59:40 EDT The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with QEP Field Services Co. (QEPFS), formerly Questar Gas Management Co., to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at five natural gas compressor stations on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation in Northeastern Utah. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Houston-Area Nurse Sentenced to 97 Months in Prison for Role in $5.2 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 16 May 2012 18:43:49 EDT Ezinne Ubani, the former director of nursing at Family Healthcare Group, a Houston home health care company, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nancy Atlas in the Southern District of Texas to 97 months in prison, followed by three years supervised release. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million BP Agrees to Add More Than $400 Million in Pollution Controls at Indiana Refinery and Pay $8 Million Clean Air Act Penalty By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 23 May 2012 15:02:56 EDT BP North America Inc. has agreed to pay an $8 million penalty and invest more than $400 million to install state-of-the-art pollution controls and cut emissions from BP’s petroleum refinery in Whiting, Ind. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Investment Club Manager Sentenced in Virginia to 12 Years in Prison for $40 Million Fraud By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 23 May 2012 17:56:10 EDT Alan James Watson, 47, of Clinton Township, Mich., was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for fraudulently soliciting and accepting $40 million from more than 900 members of his investment club, Cash Flow Financial LLC (CFF). Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Mid-America Pipeline Company and Enterprise Products Operating to Pay $1 Million for Spills in Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 29 May 2012 12:01:45 EDT Mid-America Pipeline Company LLC (MAPCO), and Enterprise Products Operating LLC, of Houston, have agreed to pay a civil penalty of more than $1 million to the United States to settle violations of the federal Clean Water Act related to three natural gasoline pipeline spills in Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Romanian National Extradited to U.S. to Face Charges for Allegedly Participating in Multimillion Dollar Scheme to Hack into and Steal Credit Card Data from U.S. Merchants By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 29 May 2012 18:16:05 EDT Adrian-Tiberiu Oprea, 28, of Constanta, Romania, was extradited to the United States and appeared in federal court in New Hampshire today, to face federal charges relating to his alleged participation in an international multimillion dollar scheme to remotely hack into and steal payment card data from hundreds of U.S. merchants’ “point of sale” computer systems. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Minnesota-based St. Jude Medical Pays U.S. $3.65 Million to Settle Claims That It Overcharged for Implantable Cardiac Devices By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 31 May 2012 11:48:55 EDT St. Jude Medical Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $3.65 million to resolve civil allegations under the False Claims Act that the company inflated the cost of replacement pacemakers and defibrillators purchased by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs, the Justice Department announced today. St. Paul, Minn.-based St. Jude Medical develops, manufactures and distributes cardiovascular and implantable neurostimulation medical devices. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Justice Department Reaches $21 Million Settlement to Resolve Allegations of Lending Discrimination by Suntrust Mortgage By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 31 May 2012 15:07:05 EDT SunTrust Mortgage Inc., the mortgage lending subsidiary of the nation’s 11th-largest commercial bank, has agreed to pay $21 million to resolve a lawsuit by the Department of Justice that it engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination that increased loan prices for many of the qualified African-American and Hispanic borrowers who obtained loans between 2005 and 2009 through SunTrust Mortgage’s regional retail offices and national network of mortgage brokers. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Virginia-based Defense Contractor Calnet to Pay $18.1 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Lawsuit By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 16:49:18 EDT Calnet Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $18.1 million to resolve allegations that the company submitted false claims to the Department of Defense, the Justice Department announced today. Calnet Inc., an intelligence analysis, information technology and language services company, is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Doctors, Therapist and Recruiters from Miami-Area Mental Health Care Corporation Convicted for Participating in $205 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 19:43:15 EDT A federal jury today convicted two Miami-area doctors, one Miami-area therapist and two others for their participation in a Medicare fraud scheme involving more than $205 million in fraudulent billings by American Therapeutic Corporation (ATC), a mental health care corporation. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Los Angeles Physician Assistant Found Guilty for Role in $18.9 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 13:19:08 EDT On June 1, 2012, after a two-week trial in federal court in Los Angeles, a jury found David James Garrison, 50, guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, six counts of health care fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Texas-based Medical Device Manufacturer Pays U.S. $34 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 13:03:13 EDT Orthofix Inc., a Texas-based manufacturer of medical devices, has agreed to pay the United States $34,234,263 to settle allegations under the civil False Claims Act relating to the company’s sale of bone growth stimulator devices, the Justice Department announced today. The company has also agreed to plead guilty to a felony of obstruction of a federal audit, and to pay a $7,765,737 criminal fine. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million ING Bank N.V. Agrees to Forfeit $619 Million for Illegal Transactions with Cuban and Iranian Entities By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:21:48 EDT ING Bank N.V., a financial institution headquartered in Amsterdam, has agreed to forfeit $619 million to the Justice Department and the New York County District Attorney’s Office for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA) and for violating New York state laws by illegally moving billions of dollars through the U.S. financial system on behalf of sanctioned Cuban and Iranian entities. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Co-Owner of Houston-Area Home Health Care Agency Sentenced to 108 Months in Prison for Role in $5.2 Million Medicare Fraud By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 16:45:55 EDT Clifford Ubani, a former co-owner and chief financial officer at Family Healthcare Group, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nancy Atlas in the Southern District of Texas. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Three Tax Return Preparers Charged with Helping Clients Evade Taxes by Hiding Millions in Secret Accounts at Two Israeli Banks By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:54:23 EDT David Kalai, Nadav Kalai and David Almog were indicted by a federal grand jury in the Central District of California and charged with conspiring to defraud the United States, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. The superseding indictment, which was returned late yesterday, was unsealed following the defendants’ arrests. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Data Systems & Solutions LLC Resolves Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Violations and Agrees to Pay $8.82 Million Criminal Penalty By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:31:46 EDT Data Systems &s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Neil H. MacBride. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Owner and Employee of Miami Home Health Company Sentenced to Prison in $22 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:26:17 EDT U.S. District Judge Patricia A. Seitz in Miami sentenced Marietha Morales, 38, to 108 months in prison and Eduardo Saborit-Dominguez, 48, to 46 months in prison. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Detroit-Area Clinic Owner Pleads Guilty to $16 Million Psychotherapy Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:00:22 EDT Detroit-area resident Louisa Thompson pleaded guilty today for her role in a $16 million fraud scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Hospice Care of Kansas and Texas-based Parent Company to Pay $6.1 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Claims By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:06:40 EDT Hospice Care of Kansas LLC and its parent company, Ft. Worth, Texas-based Voyager HospiceCare Inc., have agreed to pay $6.1 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to the Medicare program for ineligible hospice services, the Justice Department announced today. Hospice Care of Kansas currently provides hospice services throughout the state of Kansas. Hospice Care of Kansas, which is based in Wichita, Kan., was purchased by Voyager in 2004. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Three Former Executives Convicted for Roles in $200 Million Fraud Scheme Involving Fair Financial Company Investors By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:54:08 EDT Three former executives of Fair Financial Company, an Ohio financial services business, were found guilty for their roles in a scheme to defraud approximately 5,000 investors of more than $200 million, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; Joseph H. Hogsett, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana; and Special Agent in Charge Robert Holley of the FBI in Indiana announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Two Owners of Miami Home Health Company Each Sentenced to More Than Six Years in Prison for $20 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:36:08 EDT U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke in the Southern District of Florida sentenced Ariel Rodriguez to 73 months in prison and three years of supervised release and Reynaldo Navarro to 74 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Justice Department Obtains Landmark $10.5 Million Settlement to Resolve Disability-Based Housing Discrimination Lawsuit By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:37:15 EDT The Justice Department today announced its largest-ever disability-based housing discrimination settlement fund to resolve allegations that JPI Construction L.P. and six other JPI entities based in Irving, Texas, discriminated on the basis of disability in the design and construction of multifamily housing complexes throughout the United States. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Loan Officer Sentenced to 54 Months in Prison for Role in Mortgage Fraud Scheme That Resulted in More Than $9.2 Million in Losses By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:15:04 EDT Alejandro aka “Alex” Curbelo, 32, of Miami was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Joan Lenard. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Barclays Bank PLC Admits Misconduct Related to Submissions for the London Interbank Offered Rate and the Euro Interbank Offered Rate and Agrees to Pay $160 Million Penalty By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 08:34:16 EDT Barclays Bank PLC, a financial institution headquartered in London, has entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice to pay a $160 million penalty to resolve violations arising from Barclays’s submissions for the London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR), which are benchmark interest rates used in financial markets around the world. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Miami-Area Resident Pleads Guilty to Participating in $63 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:14:04 EDT Sarah Da Silva Keller, 27, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke in Miami to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Miami-Area Patient Recruiters Sentenced to Prison for Roles in $200 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:42:32 EDT James Edwards was sentenced today to 84 months in prison and three years of supervised release and Nelson Fernandez was sentenced yesterday to 63 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Second Owner of Houston-area Home Health Care Agency Sentenced to 108 Months in Prison for Role in $5.2 Million Medicare Fraud By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:12:01 EDT The former co-owner of a Houston-area home health care company was sentenced in Houston to 108 months in prison for his participation in a $5.2 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Arizona-based Nextcare Inc. to Pay US $10 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 12:17:32 EDT NextCare Inc., an Arizona-based company, has agreed to pay $10 million to settle federal and state allegations that it submitted false claims, the Justice Department announced today. NextCare is an owner of a chain of urgent care facilities with locations in Arizona, Colorado, Texas, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Asheville, North Carolina, Resident Pleads Guilty to Participating in $63 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 17:45:49 EDT Serena Joslin, 31, a Licensed Psychological Associate, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga in Miami to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Louis Dreyfus Energy Services Pays $4 Million to Resolve Allegations That It Violated the False Claims Act By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 11:19:51 EDT Louis Dreyfus Energy Services has paid the United States $4,084,000 to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by failing to pay money owed on natural gas acquired from the Department of the Interior, the Justice Department announced today. Louis Dreyfus, which is based in Connecticut, is an energy company that is involved in merchandising, transportation, trading and storage of natural gas. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Five Individuals Charged in Connection with Death of a Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol Agent, $1 Million FBI Reward Announced By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 13:10:47 EDT An indictment charging five individuals involved in the death of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was unsealed today in Tucson, and a reward of up to $1 million from the FBI for information leading to the arrest of four fugitives, was announced by Department of Justice officials. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Telecommunications Firm to Pay Us $1 Million to Settle Alleged Violations of the Trade Agreements Act By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 16:53:06 EDT ADC Telecommunications Inc. will pay the United States $1 million to resolve allegations that the company submitted false claims to federal agencies when it sold telecommunications goods manufactured in countries prohibited by the Trade Agreements Act (TAA). Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Owner of Insulation Service Company Pleads Guilty to Million Dollar Bid-Rigging and Fraud Conspiracies at New York City Hospital By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:57:59 EDT The owner of a former New York City insulation service company pleaded guilty today to a three-count indictment charging him with conspiring to rig bids on contracts for re-insulation services to New York Presbyterian Hospital, conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and filing a false tax return. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Wells Fargo Resulting in More Than $175 Million in Relief for Homeowners to Resolve Fair Lending Claims By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:31:58 EDT The Department of Justice today filed the second largest fair lending settlement in the department’s history to resolve allegations that Wells Fargo Bank, the largest residential home mortgage originator in the United States, engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination against qualified African-American and Hispanic borrowers in its mortgage lending from 2004 through 2009. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Hazardous Waste Generators Agree to $56.4 Million Cleanup of Former Texas City, Texas, Waste Disposal Site By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:59:57 EDT The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today an agreement with over three dozen companies and government agencies that will result in a $56.4 million cleanup of the “Malone Services Company” Superfund Site in Texas City, Texas, a former waste-disposal site near the shore of Galveston Bay. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Rehabilitation Agency Owner in Detroit Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison for Role in $3 Million Therapy Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:54:52 EDT Detroit-area resident Tariq Mahmud, 54, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn in the Eastern District of Michigan. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million The Nordam Group Inc. Resolves Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Violations and Agrees to Pay $2 Million Penalty By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:55:17 EDT NORDAM Group Inc., a provider of aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services based in Tulsa, Okla., has entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice to pay a $2 million penalty to resolve violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million $19 Million Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Conspiracy Charged in Alaska By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:06:05 EDT A grand jury sitting in Anchorage, Ala., returned a 90-count superseding indictment yesterday against 11 defendants. The superseding indictment included a conspiracy charge to defraud the United States involving a scheme to use stolen Puerto Rican identities to file tax returns and obtain fraudulent income tax refunds. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million U.S. Restrains More Than $3 Million in Corruption Proceeds Related to Former Governor of Nigeria By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:40:34 EDT Through an application to register and enforce two orders from United Kingdom courts, the Department of Justice has secured a restraining order against more than $3 million in corruption proceeds located in the United States related to James Onanefe Ibori, the former governor of Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta State. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Detroit-Area Health Care Clinic Owner Sentenced to Serve 60 Months in Prison for Role in $8.5 Million Diagnostic Testing Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:22:26 EDT Miami-area resident Emilio Haber, 53, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Patrick Duggan in the Eastern District of Michigan in Detroit. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million $1 Million in Restitution Payments Announced to Preserve North Carolina Wetlands By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:50:52 EDT North Carolina’s Waccamaw River watershed will benefit from a $1 million restitution order from a federal court, funding environmental projects to acquire and preserve wetlands in an area damaged by illegal releases of wastewater from a corporate hog farm. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Co-Owners of Houston-Area Durable Medical Equipment Company Sentenced to Prison for Role in $1.18 Million Medicare Fraud By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:08:19 EDT Clifford Ubani, 54, and Princewill Njoku, 53, the former co-owners of Family Healthcare Services, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gray H. Miller in the Southern District of Texas in Houston. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Justice Department Reaches $12 Million Settlement to Resolve Violations of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act by Capital One By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:44:11 EDT Capital One N.A. and Capital One Bank (USA) N.A. (together Capital One), have agreed to pay approximately $12 million to resolve a lawsuit by the Department of Justice alleging the companies violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Three Individuals in Oklahoma to Pay $5.3 Million for Allegedly Making False Statements in Refinance Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 18:07:13 EDT Three individuals have agreed to pay $5.325 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly made false statements in connection with a mortgage refinance scheme, the Justice Department announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Detroit-Area Adult Day Care Center Owner Pleads Guilty to $10 Million Psychotherapy Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 19:36:56 EDT A Detroit-area adult day care center owner pleaded guilty today for her role in a $10 million psychotherapy fraud scheme, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) and the FBI. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Pfizer H.C.P. Corp. Agrees to Pay $15 Million Penalty to Resolve Foreign Bribery Investigation By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 11:03:22 EDT Pfizer H.C.P. Corporation, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer Inc., has agreed to pay a $15 million penalty to resolve an investigation of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million Indiana Online Identity Thief Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison for Counterfeit Credit Card Conspiracy Involving More Than $3 Million in Losses By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:59:54 EDT Peter Borgia Jr., 22, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema. Full Article OPA Press Releases
million South Carolina Pharmaceutical Distribution Company Pleads Guilty in Multi-Million Dollar Scheme to Purchase and Sell Drugs in the Grey Market By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:37:53 EDT The Department of Justice announced the guilty plea and sentencing of Easley, S.C.-based Aletec Medical for engaging in a multi-million dollar prescription drug scheme. Altec Medical pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Miami to one count of conspiring to defraud the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and to commit federal offenses in connection with a drug-diversion scheme that lasted from 2007 to 2009. Full Article OPA Press Releases