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A federal grand jury in Houston has indicted an Indian national for allegedly selling and shipping counterfeit oncology pharmaceuticals into the United States.
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Substance use disorder clinics settle overbilling allegations for more than $850K
The United States and the Commonwealth of Virginia have reached an $863,934 civil settlement with certain substance use disorder treatment clinics serving patients from Virginia to resolve allegations that these clinics submitted false and fraudulent claims to the Medicaid program. The clinics – Crossroads Treatment Center of Petersburg P.C., ARS Treatment Centers of New Jersey P.C., Crossroads Treatment Center of Greensboro P.C., and Starting Point of Virginia P.C. – are part of a chain called Crossroads, headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina.
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U.S. Department of Justice sues Texas nonprofit for sexual abuse, harassment of minors in shelters
Southwest Key Program (Southwest Key), a Texas-based nonprofit, is accused of engaging in a pattern or practice of sexual abuse and harassment of unaccompanied children in the organization’s shelters, according to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). This accusation forms the basis of a lawsuit announced on July 18.
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Nineteen charged with migrant smuggling into US via Pacific Ocean
Nineteen alleged members of a human smuggling organization have been charged for coordinating the smuggling of dozens of unauthorized migrants into the United States from Mexico, primarily using personal watercraft via the Pacific Ocean. Nine of the 19 are currently in custody. A grand jury returned an indictment against 14 members, and a complaint was filed against an additional five.
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Florida man charged with acting as agent for China's government
An indictment was unsealed today charging Ping Li, 59, of Wesley Chapel, Florida, with conspiring to act as an agent of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) without notification to the Attorney General and with acting as an agent of the PRC without notification to the Attorney General. If convicted, Li faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison.
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Admera Health agrees $5M settlement over false claims act violations
Admera Health LLC (Admera) has agreed to pay the United States $5,389,648 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying commissions to third-party independent contractor marketers in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). Admera will also pay an additional $147,851 to individual states for claims paid to Admera by state Medicaid programs.
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Pardon attorney visits FCI Thomson to discuss clemency process
On July 23, Pardon Attorney Elizabeth Oyer and members of her team visited Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Thomson, a low-security Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) facility for male inmates with an adjacent minimum-security satellite camp, located in Thomson, Illinois. The Pardon Attorney and her team hosted a series of educational sessions about the federal clemency process and answered questions from FBOP staff and incarcerated individuals.
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Justice Department hosts workshop on cooperation against environmental crime
The Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) recently partnered with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to host a workshop aimed at enhancing coordination in addressing environmental crime and examining improved enforcement techniques. Attendees included individuals from the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the U.S. Coast Guard, as well as representatives from Europol and the governments of Scotland, Canada, and Mexico.
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OVW holds pre-application session for tribal financial assistance program
OVW conducted a live web-based pre-application information session for its Fiscal Year 2024 Grants to Tribal Governments Victim Service Providers for Financial Assistance to Victims of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Special Initiative solicitation. During the presentation, OVW staff reviewed this initiative’s requirements, discussed the solicitation, and allowed for a brief question-and-answer period.
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Ohio man sentenced for threats against clinic and money laundering
An Ohio man was sentenced today for threatening to destroy a reproductive health services facility in Columbus, Ohio, and for conspiring to commit money laundering.
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Prysmian settles $920K over allegations related to military cable testing
Prysmian Cables and Systems USA LLC (Prysmian), based in Abbeville, South Carolina, has agreed to pay $920,000 to settle allegations of violating the False Claims Act. The company is accused of knowingly falsifying test results and failing to conduct required testing on military cable, known as M13486 cable, used in vehicles manufactured for military use. The alleged misconduct occurred from approximately 2005 to 2021 at a facility in Paragould, Arkansas. Prysmian acquired this facility in 2018.
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DOJ announces civil forfeiture action to recover $2.5 million in cryptocurrency
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a civil forfeiture action to recover $2.5 million in cryptocurrency for victims of a pig butchering scheme. The action, filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, seeks to retrieve cryptocurrency seized by the FBI from foreign perpetrators.
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Justice Department recovers nearly $85M linked to 1MDB scheme
The Justice Department has reached an agreement with Jasmine Loo Ai Swan, the former general counsel of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), to recover artwork by Pablo Picasso and a financial account in Switzerland linked to funds allegedly embezzled from 1MDB. Additionally, the department has obtained forfeiture orders on other assets allegedly purchased with 1MDB funds by Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, including diamond jewelry and artwork by Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Diane Arbus.
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Justice Department and global counterparts issue joint statement on AI competition
Today, Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, Chair Lina M. Khan of the Federal Trade Commission, Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager of the European Commission, and Chief Executive Sarah Cardell of the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority issued a joint statement on competition in generative AI foundation models and AI products.
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Dominican nationals extradited over multimillion-dollar grandparent scam targeting US seniors
Two residents of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, were extradited to the United States last week and made their initial appearance in Newark federal court yesterday on charges related to their participation in a sprawling “grandparent scam” that defrauded elderly Americans out of millions of dollars.
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Indiana man sentenced for sending violent antisemitic threats
Andrezj Boryga, 67, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today to 24 months in prison and two years of supervised release for willfully transmitting threats to injure other people and for choosing his victims because of their religion.
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Louisiana doctor convicted for opioid distribution and $5M healthcare fraud scheme
A federal jury convicted a Louisiana physician yesterday for conspiring to illegally distribute over 1.8 million doses of Schedule II controlled substances, including oxycodone and morphine, and for defrauding health care benefit programs of more than $5.4 million.
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New Jersey man sentenced for violent assaults targeting Orthodox Jewish community
A New Jersey man was sentenced today to 40 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for committing a series of bias-motivated violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish community in and around Lakewood, New Jersey.
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Iranian national extradited over alleged scheme involving sophisticated electronics
Iranian national Saeid Haji Agha Mousaei, 53, made his initial appearance yesterday in Chicago federal court following his extradition from the United Kingdom to face charges for his role in a years-long conspiracy to evade U.S. export restrictions and transship advanced U.S. electronic testing technology to Iran using third-party countries.
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Peruvian national pleads guilty in $15 million transnational fraud scheme targeting immigrants
A Peruvian national pleaded guilty today for his participation in a transnational mail and wire fraud conspiracy.
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