SANTA ANA, CALIF. A Houston woman has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges in connection with a scheme in which she and a second defendant posed as customers of Bank of…
Category: U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Department of Justice Cases
Florida White Supremacist Guilty of Making Racial Threats Against City Councilman Candidate
VIRGINIA Daniel McMahon, 31, plead guilty Thursday in federal court to one count of threatening an African-American Charlottesville City Council candidate Dan Gathers, according to federal authorities. Gathers is the co-founder of…
California Man Charged With $410 million Telemedicine Kickback Scheme
SAVANNAH, GA. A California man who operated a durable medical equipment (DME) company has been charged for his alleged participation in a massive healthcare fraud scheme, according to officials. The defendant is…
Maryland Cardiologist to Pay for Alleged Kickbacks for Medical Testing
MARYLAND Mubashar Choudry, M.D., and three medical practices —Washington Cardiovascular Institute, Advanced Vascular Resources, and Washington Vascular Institute — have agreed to pay $750,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations, federal officials…
N.J. Chiropractor Agrees to Pay $2 Million to Resolve Allegations of Knee Injections, Knee Braces, Kickbacks
NEW JERSEY David Podell, a New Jersey chiropractor, has agreed to pay the United States $2 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that he both knowingly billed Medicare for medically-unnecessary viscosupplementation…
British Man Charged Shipping Mislabeled and Unapproved “Treatments” for COVID-19 Patients
LOS ANGELES A British man was named today in a federal criminal complaint that charges him with smuggling into the United States mislabeled drugs purported to be a treatment for those suffering…
Nicolas Maduro Moros and 14 Other Current and Former Venezuelan Officials Charged with Drug Trafficking and other felonies
Former president of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro Moros, Venezuela’s vice president for the economy, Venezuela’s minister of defense, and Venezuela’s chief supreme court justice are among those charged with drug and other charges…
Man Arrested for Allegedly Peddling Bogus Claims on Youtube of COVID-19 Cure
LOS ANGELES Special agents with the FBI on Wednesday arrested a Southern California man for allegedly soliciting investments in a company he claimed would be used to market pills to prevent coronavirus…
Feds File First Enforcement Action Against Coronavirus Fraud
TEXAS The Department of Justice announced Sunday that it has taken its first action in federal court to combat fraud related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The enforcement action filed Sunday in…
DOJ Urges People to Report Suspected COVID-19 Fraud Using Hotline
The Department of Justice is urging the public to report suspected fraud schemes related to COVID-19 (the Coronavirus). Call the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) hotline (1-866-720-5721) or by e-mailing the…
California Man Sentenced to Four Years for Spying for China
SAN FRANCISCO Xuehua (Edward) Peng aka Edward Peng was sentenced this week to four years in prison, and ordered to pay a $30,000 fine for spying for China, according to federal officials….
Pimp Who Recorded Sex with Child Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison
OKLAHOMA CITY A federal judge sentenced Jaylyn Marquice Bell, 24, of Oklahoma City, to 18 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a child, according to officials. At the sentencing hearing Wednesday, the…