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On Friday a federal jury in Detroit convicted a physician, a home health agency owner and a patient recruiter for their participation in a $14.5 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade of the Eastern District of Michigan; Robert Foley III, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Detroit Field Office

On Friday two owners of Miami area assisted living facilities (ALF) pleaded guilty in connection with a health care fraud scheme involving defunct Miami area health provider Health Care Solutions Network Inc. (HCSN), announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, on Friday announced that DAVIT MIRZOYAN pled guilty in Manhattan federal court to racketeering and other crimes in connection with his involvement in an Armenian-American criminal organization involved in a wide range of criminal activity, including a massive Medicare fraud.

U.S. District Court Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich sentenced George Cavallo (47, Kirkland, Washington), his wife, Paula Hornberger (41, Kirkland, Washington), and Joel Streinz (54, Nokomis), a former police officer to federal prison terms for their roles in a Sarasota-area mortgage fraud scheme.

The operator of a Philadelphia-based temporary labor firm was sentenced on Friday to 21 months in prison for bribing a senior state labor department official, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

William R. Herder of Bellville, Ohio, pleaded guilty on thursday to corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the administration of the tax laws and currency structuring, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Tax Division Kathryn Keneally, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio Stephen M. Dettelbach and Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - Criminal Investigation, Cincinnati Field Office, Darryl K. Williams announced. Herder was previously indicted in June of this year.

Connecticut-based Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. has agreed to pay $95 million to resolve allegations relating to the improper promotion of the stroke-prevention drug Aggrenox, the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) drugs Atrovent and Combivent, and the hypertension drug Micardis, the Justice Department announced on thursday.

A former DeKalb County Deputy Police Chief who accepted bribes and the businessman who bribed him were sentenced on thursday by United States District Judge William S. Duffey, Jr. Donald E. Frank, 49, of Monroe, Georgia, and Amin Budhwani, 48, a citizen of India who resides in Atlanta, previously pleaded guilty and cooperated against a third defendant in the case

Wanda Henderson, age 56, of Westover, Maryland, pleaded guilty on thursday to embezzlement by a bank employee.

Former St. Louis City Building Inspector Anthony D. Davis pled guilty to bribery charges for soliciting and accepting bribes relating to his official duties of inspecting buildings and issuing permits for buildings located within St. Louis City.