Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 24, 2013. The daughter of a church pastor and owner of a California-based durable medical equipment (DME) supply company was found guilty by a jury of Medicare fraud charges for her role in a Medicare fraud scheme that resulted in over $11 million in fraudulent billings to Medicare.[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 24, 2013.  Three former financial services executives were sentenced today in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for their participation in frauds related to bidding for contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other municipal finance contracts, the Department of Justice announced.[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 24, 2013. A Philadelphia resident pleaded guilty today for his role as a money launderer in a $13 million health care fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch of the Eastern District of New York; George[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 24, 2013.  A former San Francisco investment banker and his college friend were sentenced yesterday to 16 months in prison for their roles in an insider trading scheme involving two impending corporate mergers, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S.[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2013. The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) has agreed to make significant upgrades to reduce overflows from its sewer system and pay a $2.6 million civil penalty to resolve Clean Water Act (CWA)[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2013.  The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement with Louisiana Tech University and the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System to remedy alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).  The settlement resolves allegations that the University violated the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2013. The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York announced today that they, along with plaintiff adult home residents, entered into a comprehensive settlement agreement with the state of New York under the Americans with Disabilities Act[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2013.  The Justice Department announced today that it has asked a federal court to bar Ronald Manis of Carbondale, Ill., from preparing tax returns for others.  The civil injunction suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, alleges that Manis routinely prepares[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2013. A former senior executive of ArthroCare Corp., a publicly traded medical device company based in Austin, Texas, pleaded guilty for his role in a scheme to defraud the company’s shareholders and members of the investing public by falsely inflating ArthroCare’s earnings, announced Acting Assistant Attorney Mythili[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2013.  The Department of Justice announced today the filing of a lawsuit against the Puerto Rico Police Department  PRPD) alleging that the PRPD discriminated against Yolanda Carrasquillo on the basis of race, color and religion in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,[Read More…]