Law Enforcement | WPN World People News

EBI LLC, doing business as Biomet Spine and Bone Healing Technologies and Biomet Inc. have agreed to pay $6.07 million to resolve allegations that EBI violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to induce use of its bone growth stimulators and billing federal health care programs for refurbished stimulators, the Department of Justice announced. EBI is a medical device company located in Parsippany, New Jersey, that sells bone growth stimulators, which are used to repair fractures that are slow to heal. It is a subsidiary of Biomet, which is based in Warsaw, Indiana.

A former bail bondsman in Dothan, Alabama, was sentenced to serve 51 months in prison for his involvement in a stolen identity tax refund fraud (SIRF) scheme, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Larry J. Wszalek for the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama announced.

A man from Sandy, Utah, pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion, five counts of filing false claims for income tax refunds and three counts of filing fictitious obligations, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.

A Wilmington, North Carolina, man was sentenced to serve 12 months and one day in prison for tax evasion by Chief U.S. District Judge James C. Dever III in Raleigh, North Carolina, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.

Two women from Phenix City, Alabama, were indicted for their involvement in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme (SIRF), Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Larry J. Wszalek for the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama announced following the unsealing of the indictment.

A Fresno, California, resident was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison and pay $703,537 in restitution for conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by aiding to obtain payment of fraudulent tax refund claims and committing wire fraud, the Justice Department and IRS announced.

The former president and owner of a rehabilitation therapy services clinic pleaded guilty in Tampa to health care fraud and money laundering charges.

Joseph P. Molnar, 50, of Chillicothe, Ohio, pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement from a financial institution and to one count of willfully filing a false federal income tax return with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Molnar faces a maximum prison term of 30 years and a fine of up to $1,000,000.

United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated that Chason Renee Chase, a/k/a “Lady Jamaica,” a/k/a “Lady J,” age 24, of Columbia, South Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia was sentenced in federal court to three (3) months’ imprisonment, which will be followed by three (3) years of supervised release. In August, Chase, who had no previous prior criminal record, plead guilty to making false statements to agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) during a kidnapping investigation, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001. United States District Judge Joseph F. Anderson, Jr. rejected Chase’s request for a probation sentence, citing the serious nature of the investigation during which Chase made false statements to the FBI.

A certified public accountant (CPA) from Dayton, Ohio, was sentenced to serve 12 months and one day in prison to be followed by one year of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Edmund A. Sargus Jr. in Columbus, Ohio, on tax charges, announced the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS).