Total of 33 Texas Doctors Have Settled Related Health Care Fraud Allegations Fifteen additional Texas doctors have agreed to pay a total of $2.83 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations involving…
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Real Estate Developer Guilty of Bribing City Official for Help in Resolving LA Development Projecf
LOS ANGELES A real estate developer and one of his companies were found guilty by a jury Monday of federal criminal charges for providing $500,000 in cash to then-Los Angeles City Councilman…
Former LAX Cargo Handler Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison for Stealing Four Gold Bars
LOS ANGELES A former cargo handling company employee at Los Angeles International Airport was sentenced Monday to 12 months in federal prison for stealing four gold bars. The bars were part of…
Former Police Officer Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Drug Dealing with Her Stepfather
EL PASO, TEXAS A former El Paso Police Department officer was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for her involvement in a conspiracy to maintain a drug-involved premise, according to authorities….
Man Sentenced to 30 Months for Bank Fraud, ID Theft After a String of USPS Burglaries
Miami, Florida A Palm Beach resident altered and cashed personal checks, which victims reported as stolen from U.S. Postal Service drop boxes, officials stated. Danny Seruto Perez was sentenced to 30 months…
Feds: Serial Fraudster Extradited from Mexico Guilty of Multiple Investment Fraud Schemes
A California man plead guilty Friday to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering charges for two high-yield investment fraud schemes, according to officials. Daniel Thomas…
Military Contractors Indicted for $7 Million Procurement Fraud Scheme Using Sham Quotes
A federal grand jury in Georgia returned an indictment charging military contractors with an alleged fraud scheme involving government contracts totaling over $7 million, officials stated. The three-count indictment charges Envistacom LLC,…
Former Mayor Guilty of Accepting $10,000 in Bribes and Trying to Burn Down His Restaurant
RIVERSIDE, California – The former mayor pro tem of Adelanto has been found guilty by a jury of federal criminal charges for accepting a $10,000 cash bribe. He also hired a man to…
Eight Southern Californians Charged in $7 Million Loan Fraud Scheme
Eight defendants were charged in Pennsylvania Thursday with scheming to fraudulently obtain more than $7 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL), and pre-pandemic Small Business Administration…
Mexican Man Who Became Russian Agent Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
FLORIDA Hector Alejandro Cabrera Fuentes, 36, a Mexican citizen who had resided in Singapore and spent significant time in Russia, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court for being a Russian agent, according…
Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Having Sex with 15-Year-Old Girl During a 3 1/2 Month Road Trip
SANTA ANA, California A previously convicted sex offender from Colorado was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in federal prison for taking a 15-year-old girl on a 3½-month interstate road trip that ended…
Man Allegedly Distributed More Than $230 Million of Adulterated HIV Medication
A Florida man was arrested Friday for allegedly distributing more than $230 million in adulterated HIV drugs, according to authorities. The drugs were dispensed to unsuspecting patients throughout the country. According to…