GEORGIA — A couple who fraudulently inflated refunds on more than 200 of their clients’ tax returns to drum up business and increase profits for their tax preparation business were sentenced to…
Category: American Justice
Illinois Lawyer Given Three Year Suspension for Not Reporting Work as Prostitute
Attorney Reema Nicki Bajaj, 28, of Sycamore, Ill., was suspended for three years from practicing law for not reporting that she worked as a prostitute, according to the American Bar Association Journal….
Man Convicted of Committing Violent Sex Trafficking Crimes Facing Life in Prison
MARYLAND – A man who bragged about murdering people to his female victims was convicted of sex trafficking and other related felony charges, according to federal authorities. After a two-week trial, a…
Feds: South Texas Official Arrested and Charged with Bribery
LAREDO, TEXAS — A Texas county commissioner was arrested today and charged with bribery after he allegedly accepted a Ford pickup truck, cash and electronic equipment in exchange for jobs and for…
Tax Preparer Convicted of Preparing False Income Tax Returns
MICHIGAN – A Detroit man who prepared more than 3,000 tax returns and earned more than $500,000 was convicted today in U.S. District Court of obstructing the IRS and nine counts of…
New York Fire Department Agrees to Pay $98 Million to Settle Discrimination Lawsuit
NEW YORK – The City of New York will pay about $98 million to settle an employment discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of blacks and Hispanics who applied for jobs at the city’s…
Owner of Medical Clinic Gets Nine Years for Medicare Fraud Totaling $20 Million
FLORIDA – The owner and operator of a Miami medical clinic, Merfi Corp., was sentenced this week to nine years in prison for Medicare fraud. U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro also ordered that…
NY Businessman Who Tried to Hide Income from IRS Convicted of Filing False Tax Returns
WASHINGTON — A New York businessman who tried to hide income from his construction company was convicted in U.S. District Court of filing false tax returns for his corporation and is now facing…
Feds Want to Stop Ohio Youth Services from Putting Mentally Ill Boys in Juvenile Correction Facilities
OHIO — The U.S. Department of Justice today sought a temporarily restraining order against the Department of Youth Services from putting boys with mental health needs in its juvenile correction facilities, according…
Florida Hospital Agrees to Pay $85 Million for False Billings; Whistlerblower Will Get $20.8 Million
FLORIDA – A Florida hospital agreed to pay $85 million as part of a settlement for billing Medicare for certain services by physicians who have a financial relationship with the hospital, officials announced…
Feds: Deaths from Heroin Overdose up 45 percent; Border Seizure of Heroin Up 320 Percent in Last Five Years
WASHINGTON D.C. – Deaths from heroin overdose are on the rise at an alarming rate, said the nation’s chief prosecutor. Between 2006 and 2010, deaths as a result of heroin overdose increased…
Two Former Law Enforcement Officers Plead Guilty to Trying to Sell Heroin to Inmates
PUERTO RICO – Two former law enforcement officers who attempted to sell smuggled heroin to inmates were given prison sentences on Thursday, according to federal prosecutors. Joel Torres-Velazquez, 49, of Guánica, Puerto…