Day: October 18, 2013

Two Compton Men Plead Guilty to Federal Hate Crime Charges Resulting from New Year’s Eve Attack on African-American Youths

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2013. Two Latino men associated with the Compton 155 street gang pleaded guilty today to federal hate crime charges related to a racially motivated attack on African-American juveniles at a residence in Compton, Calif. on New Year’s Eve. Jeffrey Aguilar, 20, who uses the moniker “Terco,” and[Read More…]

Former Los Angeles-area Pastor Sentenced for Role in $11 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2013. A pastor and owner of a Los Angeles-area medical supply company was sentenced today for his role in a power wheelchair fraud scheme that defrauded Medicare out of more than $11 million. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney[Read More…]

Boston Scientific and Subsidiaries to Pay $30 Million for Guidant’s Sale of Defective Heart Devices for Use in Medicare Patients

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2013. Boston Scientific Corp. and its subsidiaries, Guidant LLC, Guidant Sales LLC and Cardiac Pacemakers Inc. (Guidant), have agreed to pay $30 million to settle allegations that, between 2002 and 2005, Guidant knowingly sold defective heart devices to health care facilities that in turn implanted the devices[Read More…]

Chicago Protesters to IL Department of Natural Resources: ‘Not One Fracking Permit in IL!’

Chicagoland Stands Up on the International Day of Action to Ban Hydraulic Fracturing; Street Theatre and Creative Visuals Illustrate Dangerous Impacts of Fracking in Illinois CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 18, 2013. Today, students and community members across Chicagoland gathered to pressure the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) to hold three public hearings[Read More…]

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