WASHINGTON D.C. – The federal government announced Thursday that 16 hospitals will pay a total of $15.6 million to resolve allegations that the hospitals and their corporate owners billed Medicare for medically…
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U.S. Department of Justice Cases
Feds: San Antonio Law Firm Employee Stole From Attorneys and Clients
SAN ANTONIO — A law firm employee, Elpidio “Pete” Gongora, who allegedly stole money from clients, evaded paying more than $1 million in taxes, and hid assets from a bankruptcy court, was indicted in…
Real Estate Con Man Who Tried to Kill “Straw Buyer” Given Additional 17 Years for Mortgage Fraud
CAMDEN, NJ—An Alabama resident who was involved in a $15 million mortgage fraud scam was sentenced on Wednesday to 17 years and six months in prison. Kinard Henson, 43, and 10 other…
Second Chief Who Stole $211,000 From Muscogee Tribe Sentenced to Prison
TULSA, OK— A federal judge sentenced the former Muscogee Creek Nation to two years and nine months in prison for embezzling from the tribe, officials said. Roger Dana Barnett, 53, of Bristow, was…
French National Tried to Smuggle Cubans and St. Lucia Citizen Into U.S.
VIRGIN ISLANDS – A 71-year-old French national was charged with trying to illegally smuggle 38 Cubans and one St. Lucia citizen into the United States, officials said. Federal agents arrested Alain Rene…
Former CEO of Brokerage Firm Admits to Illegally Pocketing Millions of Dollars
LOS ANGELES – The former president and CEO of the Sherman Oaks-based Morgan Peabody, Inc. brokerage firm plead guilty to federal wire fraud charges stemming from a real estate investment scam that…
N.Y. State Senator and Son Indicted for Extorting Businesses
NEW YORK – New York State Senator Dean Skelos and his son, Adam Skelos, were arrested Monday for allegedly extorting people who were doing business in the state, according to authorities. The…
Alleged Guatemalan Drug Leader Extradited to U.S., Arraigned in Federal Court
WASHINGTON D.C. – An alleged leader of an international drug trafficking organization based in Guatemala was extradited to the U.S. last week, officials announced. Eliu Elixander Lorenzana-Cordon, 43, was arrested in Guatemala on…
Gang Member Who Murdered Two People and Wounded Federal Agents Sentenced to Life
SAN FRANCISCO – A San Francisco gang member who murdered two people and later, shot and wounded federal agents who came to arrest him with an AK-47 was sentenced Friday to life…
DOJ Will Spend $20 Million on Body Cameras, Part of a $75 Million, Three-Year Investment
WASHINGTON D.C. – The federal government will begin a $20 million body camera pilot program that is part of President Obama’s proposal to invest $75 million over three years, which will buy 50,000…
Woman Ripped Off Medicare for $3.5 Million By Running a Wheelchair Scam
LOS ANGELES – A Hawthorne woman who ran a company that submitted more than $7 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare – primarily for power wheelchairs that were not needed by patients…