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Pomona Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison in Scheme to Smuggle Restricted Space Communications Technology to China SANTA ANA, California – A Chinese national who pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme that illegally exported sensitive space communications technology to China was sentenced today to serve 46 months in federal prison. Si Chen, 33, a Pomona […]
Captain of Prominent Tourist Sailing Ship Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Claiming Disability Collected Disability Payments Claiming He Couldn’t Work, while Telling Coast Guard He had No Impairments for Captain’s Credentials The Captain of a Seattle tourist sailboat was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 9 months in prison, two years of […]
Leader Of Darknet ItalianMafiaBrussels Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced To 11 Years’ Imprisonment DENVER – U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer announced that on September 26, 2018, U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson sentenced Filip Lucian Simion, age 25, to 132 months (11 years) imprisonment for conspiracy to import controlled substances and launder money. Judge Jackson also […]
Kalispell Regional Healthcare System to Pay $24 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Montana-based Kalispell Regional Healthcare System (KRH) along with six subsidiaries and related entities – Kalispell Regional Medical Center (KRMC), HealthCenter Northwest LLC (HealthCenter), Flathead Physicians Group LLC (Flathead), Northwest Horizons LLC (NH), Northwest Orthopedics & Sports Medicine LLC (NOSM), and Applied […]
Government Settles $1.2 Million Lawsuit Against Florida Compounding Pharmacy And Its Owner For Excessive Charges To TRICARE Tampa – U.S. Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that the United States has settled allegations that a Tampa-based compounding pharmacy, now-defunct RS Compounding, LLC, and its owner, Renier Gobea, knowingly billed TRICARE excessive prices for compounded prescriptions. In […]
Former State Senator, RI Businessman Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud, Tax Crimes PROVIDENCE, RI – Former Rhode Island State Senator and businessman James E. Doyle, III, 46, of Pawtucket, today pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence to thirty-one counts of bank fraud and one count each of filing a false tax return and […]
Real Estate Broker Sentenced to Prison for Role in Defrauding Banks in $3.5 Million ‘Shotgun’ Loan Scheme NEWARK, N.J. – A New York real estate broker and a Bergen County, New Jersey, homeowner were sentenced today for their respective roles in a $3.5 million scheme to use false information and simultaneous loan applications at multiple […]
Former Margate Mortgage Consultant Admits Health Care Fraud Conspiracy CAMDEN, N.J. – A former Atlantic County resident now living in Florida admitted defrauding New Jersey state health benefits programs out of millions of dollars by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito and N.J. Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced. Robert
Latvian National Sentenced To Prison For -Scareware- Hacking Scheme That Targeted Minneapolis Star Tribune Website A Latvian man was sentenced today in Minneapolis for participating in a lucrative scareware hacking scheme that targeted visitors to the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s website. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Erica
Another Texas Businessman Pleads Guilty to Participating in Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Scheme that Exploited Big Crow Program Office at Kirtland Air Force Base Business Partner Previously Entered Guilty Plea and Admitted Role in Scheme in April 2018 ALBUQUERQUE – Arturo Vargas, 55, a businessman from El Paso, Texas, pleaded guilty today in federal court in