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Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (WFBMC) has agreed to pay the government $754,585 to resolve an overpayment resulting from improper documentation at the Wilkes Medical Center Skilled Nursing Unit (“Wilkes SNU”), announced U.S. Attorney Sandra J. Hairston.
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A Tijuana man appeared in federal court late yesterday to face federal drug trafficking offenses following the seizure of more than 2,200 pounds of methamphetamine and 53 pounds of fentanyl discovered in the Chevy van he was driving as he attempted to cross into the United States through the Otay Mesa Port of Entry Cargo Facility.It is believed to be one of the largest methamphetamine seizures in San Diego County.
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Three Tennessee medical providers have agreed to settle allegations of False Claims Acts violations relating to the submission of claims seeking reimbursement for autonomic nervous system testing, announced U.S. Attorney Henry C. Leventis and Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti.
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A resident of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of possession of fentanyl and methamphetamine. Jacob Blair, 25, is also charged in a parallel indictment in the District of Columbia with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine, and metonitazen and money laundering.
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Ellen L. Corn, 47, of Petersburg, Indiana has been indicted by a federal grand jury on fifteen counts of wire fraud, after allegedly embezzling over $156,000 from a Dubois County nonprofit organization that facilitates a youth mentoring program.
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United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Darnell Jackson, a/k/a “Major Change,” 51, of Philadelphia, PA was convicted at trial of federal charges of murder-for-hire and possession of ammunition by a convicted felon.
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Marquis Jerome Pollard, 42, of Yemassee, South Carolina, was sentenced by the United States District Court in Connecticut to 96 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for firearm offenses related to an illegal gun trafficking operation.
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A 38-year-old resident of Richmond has been charged for operating as a “money mule” as part of her involvement in a nationwide romance fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
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A Roundup man today admitted allegations that he coerced a minor girl into producing sexually explicit images of herself after providing the girl with a laptop, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
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A federal civil jury has returned a verdict in favor of the United States for more than $43 million for violations of the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute. During the six-week jury trial before U.S. District Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright, the United States proved that the Defendants the Cameron-Ehlen Group, Inc., which does business as Precision Lens, and its owner Paul Ehlen paid kickbacks to ophthalmic surgeons to induce their use of Defendants’ products in cataract surgeries reimbursed by Medicare.
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News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ETHAN PHELAN MELZER, a/k/a “Etil Reggad," was sentenced to 45 years in prison for attempting to murder U.S. service members, providing and attempting to provide material support to terrorists, and...
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News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Today, Radamés Benítez-Cardona, former assistant to the former mayor of Trujillo Alto, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Pedro A. Delgado-Hernández to serve 30 months in prison, announced United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow. Benítez-Cardona...
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News Release: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan says his various investigations have proven the need for substantial congressional oversight of the federal government, and he told Fox News Digital he's hopeful House Democrats can find ways to work with the GOP majority.
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News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CHET STOJANOVICH, a/k/a “Chester J. Stojanovich," was sentenced today to three years in prison. STOJANOVICH was sentenced for defrauding more than a dozen victims of more than $2 million through fraudulent...
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News Release: PROVIDENCE - The Massachusetts operator of a chain of addiction treatment clinics is charged in federal court in Providence, RI, with millions of dollars of health care fraud, aggravated identity theft, money laundering and obstruction, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. In addition, the treatment center and its former supervisory counselor were also charged with health care fraud.
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News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that BORIS AMINOV, CHRISTY CORVALAN, DAVID FERNANDEZ, DEZYRE BAEZ...
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News Release: A Maryland man was sentenced today to life in prison for racketeering, murder in aid of racketeering, and conspiring to destroy evidence connected to his participation in La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13).
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News Release: CINCINNATI - A Cincinnati man was arrested and charged federally with sex trafficking and exploiting teenage girls from Indiana.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - An 11-count indictment, unsealed today, charges 12 members of a violent transnational criminal organization in a Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act conspiracy that included kidnapping, murder, robbery, witness tampering, and drug trafficking. Federal agents with...
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News Release: WASHINGTON ― The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is announcing the release of Criminal Victimization in the 22 Largest U.S. States, 2017-2019, the first release of subnational violent and property victimization estimates from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). Among the 22 most populous...