News from April 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: Testing Laboratory Agrees to Pay Up to $43 Million to Resolve Allegations of Medically Unnecessary Tests.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Genova Diagnostics Inc., a clinical laboratory services company based in Asheville, North Carolina, has agreed to pay up to approximately $43 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, including claims that it billed for medically unnecessary lab tests, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - The Department of Justice is dedicated to combatting sexual harassment in housing. Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the Department has heard reports of landlords sexually harassing tenants who are experiencing financial hardship and are unable to afford rent.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) launched a dedicated “Operation Stolen Promise" web page Monday to provide information to the public on COVID-19-related fraud schemes. The page will also highlight the investigative efforts the agency...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: (DILLON, Mont.) - If you see smoke in the air near Dillon this week, don’t fret: the Bureau of Land Management is planning prescribed burns in the next few days.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: “The U.S. Census Bureau is beginning to send reminder notice postcards to an estimated million households that have not yet responded to the 2020 Census".
By USDA Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: Washington - As a part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on Cruisin’ On Inc., doing business as The Produce Network (Cruisin’)...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on a document released by the Trump Administration that reiterates its current efforts on testing capacity.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Rod Ammari, Special Agent in Charge of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), Office of Investigations, Western Field Division, today warned the public to be aware of scammers attempting to intercept Economic Impact Payments being delivered by the Internal Revenue Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Hong Truong (54, Dunedin) has pleaded guilty to the unlawful distribution of oxycodone outside the scope of professional practice. Truong faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. She has agreed to a money judgment in the amount of $766,819 to the United States, representing the proceeds of her illegal drug distribution.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on five produce businesses for failing to meet their contractual obligations...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Samuel Meeker, 38, of Philadelphia, PA, pleaded guilty today to two counts of interstate communication of threats against two individuals: a Lehigh County public official and a private attorney. United States District Judge Jeffrey L. Schmehl presided over the guilty plea hearing in Reading via video teleconference.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - On Friday, Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham and senior Census officials briefed Members of the Committee on Oversight and Reform on the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the 2020 Census and the Trump Administration’s recent request for Congress to delay key statutory deadlines.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: CHARGED - WILLIAM ADAM JONATHAN SMITH aka “Detroit".
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: Sulphur, Okla. - Chickasaw National Recreation Area continues to operate under modifications to support federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, issued a statement commending...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Dominican national in the United States illegally, who admitted to fraudulently gaining access to Medicaid benefits with the use of a stolen identity and Social Security number, was sentenced today to two years and one day in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 20-year-old resident of Houston has received a major federal sentence following his convictions on four counts of aiding and abetting interference with commerce by robbery and three counts of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - Harvard University has agreed to pay $1,359,791 to resolve allegations that Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) overcharged certain grants funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA). This settlement resulted from Harvard’s self-disclosure of issues that it identified on NIH and HRSA grants by a particular professor and her team between at least 2009 and 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KENDALL FAIR, 20, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Jeffrey A. Meyer to distributing crack cocaine.
