Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2013.  Edin Sakoè, 54, of Burlington, Vt., was arrested today on charges that he obtained his naturalized citizenship through fraud by failing to disclose his prior acts of persecution and crimes committed during the Bosnian conflict, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2013. The Justice Department announced today that, as part of its Barrier-Free Health Care Initiative, it has reached a settlement with Barix Clinics under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).  Barix Clinics operates bariatric treatment facilities in Michigan and Pennsylvania.  The settlement resolves allegations that Barix Clinics[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2013.  Dubuis Health System and Southern Crescent Hospital for Specialty Care, Inc. (Southern Crescent) have agreed to pay the United States $8,000,000 to settle allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicare, the Justice Department announced today.  Dubuis Health System manages long-term acute care hospitals in multiple[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2013. A member of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) gang pleaded guilty today to racketeering charges related to his membership in the ABT’s criminal enterprise, announced Acting Assistant Attorney Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2013. A grand jury in the Southern District of Florida issued an indictment for two individuals on charges of conspiracy, fraud and extortion alleging they operated a series of fraudulent businesses targeting Spanish-speaking consumers, the Justice Department and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) announced today.  The[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2013.  Under settlements with the Federal Trade Commission, three mattress manufacturers have agreed to stop making unsupported claims that the mattresses they sell are free of harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs).   In addition to challenging the companies’ VOC-free claims, the FTC charged that two of the[Read More…]

Hackers Targeted Major Payment Processors, Retailers and Financial Institutions Around the World Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 24, 2013. A federal indictment made public today in New Jersey charges five men with conspiring in a worldwide hacking and data breach scheme that targeted major corporate networks, stole more than 160 million credit card[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Collinsville man pled guilty on July 22, 2013, to production of child pornography, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2251(a), the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Stephen R. Wigginton announced July 22. Martin L. Evanick, a/k/a “Vlad,” 31, Collinsville, Illinois,[Read More…]

Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- A suspended physician who owned weight loss clinics in northwest Indiana and south suburban Chicago was sentenced to two years in federal prison for illegally dispensing millions of pills containing amphetamine-based controlled substances to patients, and he and his wife were also sentenced for federal income tax evasion[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 24, 2013. A greater Detroit-area physical therapist assistant – who was also an owner of a home health agency and a patient recruiter – pleaded guilty today for his role in a $22 million home health care fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice[Read More…]