News from November 2022
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
Deepak Raheja, 66, of Hudson, Ohio, and Frank Mazzucco, 44, of Dublin, Ohio, pleaded guilty on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, to their roles in a pharmaceutical kickback conspiracy in which Raheja, a licensed Ohio physician, wrote prescriptions for a drug to patients that did not have the condition in exchange for money and other items of value.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
On Sept. 26, 2022, the Justice Department filed a civil complaint seeking the forfeiture of a sedan, a pickup truck, and one firearm alleged to have been utilized in a series of attacks by Mark Thomas Reno, formerly of Jefferson City, Tennessee.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
An indictment was unsealed in federal court today charging a Gladstone, Oregon man with abducting and sexually abusing a Canadian child he met online.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced today that Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) Cytheria Jernigan and Karen King will lead the efforts of this office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2022, general election.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
Michael Ransom, 34, has been sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearms as well as being in possession of those firearms after having a misdemeanor domestic violence conviction.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
The FY 2022 Extreme Risk Protective Order and Firearm Crisis Intervention Training and Technical Assistance Initiative solicitation is now available.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking an applicant for a Grants Management Specialist opening.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
The Ohio State University (OSU), a public university in Columbus, Ohio, has paid $875,689 to resolve civil allegations that it failed to disclose an OSU professor’s affiliations with and support from a foreign government in connection with federal research funding.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
An indictment was unsealed today charging a Pennsylvania man for his alleged role in an insider trading scheme involving the securities of Mylan N.V. (Mylan), a publicly traded pharmaceutical company.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
Civil Rights Division and Office for Access to Justice Also Host Event to Discuss Legal Issues Impacting Veterans
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
A criminal complaint filed in the District of New Jersey was unsealed today charging a dual Russian and Canadian national for his alleged participation in the LockBit global ransomware campaign.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
A federal grand jury in Newark, New Jersey, returned an indictment today charging an Indian national for fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a California man with assault and attempted kidnapping in connection with the break in at the Pelosi residence on Oct. 28 in San Francisco.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
A Maryland man and his wife were sentenced today for conspiracy to communicate Restricted Data related to the design of nuclear-powered warships.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
Defendants Allegedly Sent Technical Data Drawings Related to U.S. Military Projects to China and then Supplied the Department of Defense with Prohibited Chinese-Origin Items
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
The city of Elyria, Ohio, has entered into a consent decree with the United States and the State of Ohio to complete a series of capital projects designed to eliminate discharges of untreated sewage from its sewer system into the Black River, 10 miles upstream from Lake Erie.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
A Michigan man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his involvement in a fraudulent scheme to obtain COVID-19-related unemployment assistance and small business loans in 12 different states.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
The former administrative manager of a carpenters’ union pension fund was sentenced today to six months of home confinement and three years of probation for embezzling approximately $140,000 and making false statements on a required report to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAVID KANIA, 63, of Middlefield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to two months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for offenses stemming from his fraud against several state-run wage subsidy and job training programs.
By Press release submission | Nov 18, 2022
A downtown Los Angeles man pleaded guilty today to federal drug trafficking and fraud charges, admitting, among other things, that he fraudulently obtained nearly $5.5 million in COVID-related jobless benefits by using the identities of California state prison inmates and other third parties.
