LOS ANGELES A resident of the Beverly Grove neighborhood of Los Angeles was ordered held without bond Thursday after being arrested on federal charges alleging he fraudulently got millions of dollars in…
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Twenty-Seven Nursing Facilities Agree to Pay $16.7 Million to Resolve False Claims Act
CALIFORNIA Longwood Management Corporation and 27 affiliated skilled nursing facilities agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act, according to officials. Longwood submitted false claims to Medicare for rehabilitation…
Los Angeles Police Officers Falsified Gang Records by Misidentifying People
LOS ANGELES Three Los Angeles police officers were charged with falsifying field interview cards and misidentifying people as gang members, the District Attorney’s Office stated. With Conspiracy, Falsifying Information Los Angeles County…
U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Donald Trump’s Taxes
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES No. 19–635 DONALD J. TRUMP, PETITIONER v. CYRUS R. VANCE, JR., IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, ET AL….
Man Sentenced to More Than 11 Years for Sex Trafficking of Minors
TAMPA A federal judge sentenced a Tampa man to 11 years and three months in prison for sex trafficking of female minors who were ages 14 to 17 years old, officials stated….
California Man Stole Boeing Employees’ IDs, and Siphoned Money from Their Retirement Plan
LOS ANGELES A federal grand jury Tuesday indicted an Orange County man on charges that he fraudulently obtained access to Boeing employees’ retirement accounts, according to officials. Hoa Vo siphoned their money…
Three Prison Guards Indicted for Assaulting an Inmate and Trying to Cover it Up
HAWAII A federal grand jury in Honolulu, Hawaii indicted three former correctional officers — Jason Tagaloa, 29, Craig Pinkney, 36, and Jonathan Taum, 48 — for their roles in assaulting an inmate…
Pharmaceutical Corp. Pay $642 Million to Settle Allegations of Improper Payments to Patients, Doctors
Pharmaceutical company Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Novartis), based in East Hanover, New Jersey, has agreed to pay over $642 million in separate settlements claims that it violated federal laws, officials announced Wednesday….
Russian Pleads Guilty for His Role in Cybercrime Organization Responsible for $568 Million in Losses
NEVADA One of the leaders of the Infraud Organization pleaded guilty Friday to RICO conspiracy involving a $568 million debit and credit card scam, according to officials. Sergey Medvedev, aka “Stells,” “segmed,”…
ICE: Website Promoting Prostitution and Sex Trafficking Shut Down, Owner Indicted
DALLAS The website CityXGuide.com — a leading source of online advertisements for prostitution and sex trafficking that users described as “taking over from where Backpage left off” — has been seized and…
Man Sentenced to a Year in Prison for Making threats to Congressional Staffers, Intern
LOS ANGELES A Twentynine Palms man was sentenced Thursday to a year in federal prison for making thousands of harassing telephone calls to government offices, including threatening to injure congressional staffers and…
Nine Pharmacists Charged for Role in $12.1 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
MICHIGAN Nine pharmacists were charged in three separate indictments unsealed last week for their alleged participation in a $12.1 million health care fraud scheme executed in Detroit and southern Ohio, federal officials…