News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Lillian Marquez, 41, of Stockton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to three years and one month in prison for conspiring to commit mortgage fraud, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Best Choice Home Health Care Agency Inc. (Best Choice) and its owner, Reginald King, have agreed to pay $1.8 million to resolve allegations that Best Choice and King violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks for the referral of Medicaid-covered patients for home and community-based healthcare services from Best Choice. Best Choice is a home healthcare services provider based in Kansas City, Kansas. King is the owner and operator of Best Choice.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2016
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Oct. 25, 2016, Amber Reilly, 33, of Jonesborough, Tenn., pleaded guilty to one count of healthcare fraud contained in a federal information, before the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge. Reilly was the former Clinical Pharmacy Manager at the Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy located in the Holston Valley Hospital in Kingsport, Tenn.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2016
News Release: Four Ohio men were sentenced to prison for defrauding investors out of more than $10 million by selling unregistered securities and making several misrepresentations to investors about the product they purported to develop, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - In anticipation of the upcoming general elections, the Justice Department today provided information about its efforts, through the Civil Rights Division and Criminal Division, to ensure that all qualified voters have the opportunity to cast their ballots and have their votes counted free of discrimination, intimidation or fraud in the election process.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders on Monday sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DoJ), requesting information regarding the administration’s discussions and efforts to settle lawsuits over shortfalls under the risk corridors program. The letter follows an Obamacare hearing...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2016
News Release: United States Attorneys Kerry B. Harvey and John E. Kuhn Jr., announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Ken Taylor and Assistant United States Attorney Tom Dyke, will lead the efforts of their Offices in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Michelle J. Kane will lead the efforts of the United States Attorney’s Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2016...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2016
News Release: Sanders, Cummings Send Letter on ARIAD's Staggering Drug Price Increases
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2016
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Attorney Nancy Stallard Harr announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) Perry H. Piper will lead the efforts of her office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 8, 2016, general elections. AUSA Piper has been...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2016
News Release: Four individuals, including a former Miami-Dade County procurement employee pled guilty in a $5,000,000 fraud and kickback scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Lenexa man was sentenced Tuesday to five months he already served in jail for harassing former girlfriends and business partners by sending them letters on Internal Revenue Service letterhead saying they were under investigation for tax evasion, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Geary County man pleaded guilty today to taking part in the kidnapping of a Junction City woman who was killed during the abduction, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders on Monday sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DoJ), requesting information regarding the administration’s discussions and efforts to settle lawsuits over shortfalls under the risk corridors program. The letter follows an Obamacare hearing...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2016
News Release: West Valley City, Utah - Fire crews in the Bureau of Land Management’s West Desert District are planning to conduct two prescribed burns of juniper slash in Tooele County beginning Wednesday, May 25.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2016
News Release: A man who unlawfully possessed three pipe bombs and a pressure cooker bomb pled guilty on Oct. 24, 2016, in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2016
News Release: HONOLULU -- United States Attorney Florence T. Nakakuni announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Michael Nammar will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2016, general elections. AUSA...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2016
News Release: HAMMOND- United States Attorney David Capp announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Gary T. Bell will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2016, general elections. AUSA Bell has been...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2016
News Release: Four individuals, including a former Miami-Dade County procurement employee pled guilty in a $5,000,000 fraud and kickback scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to 81 months in prison for embezzling more than $1 million while she worked at a bank in Fort Lee, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
