HOUSTON – A U.S. District Court jury on Wednesday convicted two owners of a former Houston mental health care company, Spectrum Care P.A., several of its employees and others of Medicare fraud scheme,…
A Swiss Banking and Investment Adviser plead Guilty to Helping U.S. Citizens Avoid Taxes
VIRGINIA – A Swiss citizen plead guilty today in U.S. District Court to conspiring to help U.S. citizens avoid paying taxes to the IRS by hiding their cash in secret foreign accounts,…
Women Aren’t From Venus After All, Recent Studies Show
“Popular culture tells us that women and men’s brains are just different. It’s true that male and female hormones affect brain development differently, and imaging studies have found brain differences in the…
Three Defendants Plead Guilty to Hate Crimes Involving a White Man and Black Woman
CALIFORNIA — A 33-year-old man plead guilty today in U.S. District Court for his role in attacking a white man and a black woman at a convenience store in Marysville, California, according to…
Englishman Sentenced to 16 Years for Traveling to Ohio to Have Sex With a Minor
OHIO – A resident of the United Kingdom was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 16 years in prison for traveling from England to Ohio in 2011 to have sex with a minor,…
Inmate Plead Guilty to Murdering a U.S. Corrections Officer With a Shank
CALIFORNIA – An inmate plead guilty today in U.S. District Court to murdering a 22-year-old U.S. corrections officer who was attacked and repeatedly stabbed with an eight-inch homemade shank in 2008, federal…
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…
Why Do We Say That a Lawyer “Passed the Bar?”
Why do we say that a graduating lawyer has “passed the bar”? To control rowdiness, a wooden bar was built across early courtrooms to separate the judge, lawyers, and other principle players…
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…
There is Always Legal Housekeeping to be Done Before the Start of a Trial
There is always legal housekeeping to do before the start of a criminal trial. Prosecutors and defense lawyers file pretrial motions with the court. These motions can include motions to suppress evidence,…
California Woman Who Stole Tens of Thousands of Dollars From Nuns Sent to Prison
CALIFORNIA – An Irvine woman who defrauded a group of Roman Catholic nuns out of $285,000 was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to three years and a month in prison, according…
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…