Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2013.  Detroit-area resident Javed Rehman pleaded guilty today for his role in a $13.8 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Barbara L. McQuade; Special Agent in Charge Robert[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2013. A former owner and operator of two Florida-based airline fuel supply service companies made his initial appearance today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in West Palm Beach on charges of participating in a scheme to defraud Illinois-based Ryan International Airlines,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2013.  The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the state of Florida alleging the state is in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in its administration of its service system for children with significant medical needs, resulting in nearly 200[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 19, 2013.   The Justice Department announced today an agreement with the town of Poestenkill, N.Y., to improve access to all aspects of civic life for persons with disabilities. The agreement was reached under Project Civic Access (PCA), the department’s wide-ranging initiative to ensure that cities, towns and counties[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 19, 2013.  John Stuart Dowell, 47, of Santa Cruz, Calif., was sentenced late yesterday in Harrisonburg, Va., to serve 960 months in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for producing child pornography. The sentence was announced by Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 19, 2013. The government has intervened in a whistleblower lawsuit against A Plus Home Health Care, Inc., a home health care company in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and its owner, Tracy Nemerofsky, the Justice Department announced today.  The government alleges that A Plus offered referring physicians’ spouses sham marketing[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2013. Six Colombian nationals were indicted today by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia for the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent James Terry Watson. “Special Agent Watson was a brave public servant who dedicated his life to protecting[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2013. The owner of a Los Angeles-area durable medical equipment (DME) supply company has pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud Medicare and Medi-Cal of more than $650,000. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney André Birotte Jr. of the Central[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2013.  An associate of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) gang pleaded guilty today to racketeering charges related to her involvement 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 18, 2013.  The Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today that Richard R. Whatley, a former owner of Alliance Staffing Management Inc. (ASM), was sentenced to 51 months in prison today for willfully failing to account for and pay over employment taxes. Whatley was also[Read More…]