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A federal jury in Columbus, Ohio has convicted Kevin R. Foster, 42, of Montclair, NJ, of 16 charges related to a fraud scheme. He was found guilty of wire fraud, money laundering, bankruptcy fraud, tax evasion and filing a false tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, U.S. Attorney Benjamin C. Glassman for the Southern District of Ohio, Special Agent in Charge Ryan L. Korner for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation; and Special Agent in Charge Angela L. Byers for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cincinnati Division.

Two former Lucas County corrections officers were indicted in federal court for accepting bribes in return for smuggling contraband items into inmates.

A third former corrections officer was charged with providing contraband to inmates.

Robert Hobson, 31, was indicted on two counts of Hobbs Act extortion and two counts of providing contraband in prison.

Marcus Henderson, 32, was indicted on one count each of Hobbs Act extortion and providing contraband in prison.

Matthew Wiegand, 39, was indicted on one count of proving contraband in prison.

On 22 August 2018, from a coordination centre at Eurojust, in the context of an investigation of the Public Prosecution Office Munich I, searches and arrests were synchronised in Romania and Poland against an organised crime group (OCG), involved in recruiting and trafficking men and women from India and Nepal into the European Union.

Reliant Rehabilitation Holdings Inc. (Reliant), a national provider of rehabilitation therapy and related services headquartered in Plano, Texas, has agreed to pay the United States $6.1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §3729, et seq., by paying kickbacks to skilled nursing facilities and physicians in connection with care provided to Medicare beneficiaries as a way of improperly promoting Reliant’s rehabilitation therapy business, the Justice Department announced on August 23.

A federal jury in Los Angeles, California found a Lancaster, California doctor, on August 23, guilty of conspiracy for his role in a Medicare kickback conspiracy involving a Los Angeles-area home health agency.

A West Warwick, Rhode Island tax preparer pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island to 44 counts of filing fraudulent tax returns for clients, on August 23, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman and U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Andrew Lelling.

The former managing director and vice chairman of a Swiss bank, on August 22, pleaded guilty for his role in a billion-dollar international scheme to launder funds embezzled from Venezuelan state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA).

A ban on third party puppy and kitten sales in England will be introduced to help drive up animal welfare standards, the Environment Secretary Michael Gove announced on August 22.

A federal court in Atlanta, Georgia entered a permanent injunction against Marjorie St. Jean and MarjorieStjeanLLC, barring them from preparing federal tax returns for others and owning or operating a tax preparation business, the Justice Department announced on August 21.

A California man who falsely told investors that he was a billionaire who could access certain financing, including hundreds of millions in cash in an overseas bank account, on August 21, in exchange for up-front fees was sentenced in federal court in Denver, Colorado to 70 months in prison.