Politics

Department of Justice Seeks Forfeiture of $34 Million in Bribe Payments to the Republic of Chad’s Former Ambassador to the U.S. and Canada

The Department filed a complaint Tuesday seeking the civil forfeiture of approximately $34 million, which represents the cash value of shares in a Canadian energy company that the company used to bribe Chad’s former Ambassador to the United States and...

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VMWare and Carahsoft Agree to Pay $75.5 Million to Settle Claims that they Concealed Commercial Pricing and Overcharged the Government

VMware Inc. and Carahsoft Technology Corporation have agreed to pay $75.5 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by misrepresenting their commercial pricing practices and overcharging the government on VMware software...

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Former Owner of Medical Equipment Supply Company Sentenced for $3.5 Million Medicare and Medi-Cal Fraud Scheme

The former owner of Ezcor Medical Supply was sentenced Monday to serve 97 months in prison for her role in a fraud scheme that resulted in $3.5 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medi-Cal.

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Former State Representative Convicted on Bribery Charge

A former state representative and Pikeville, Kentucky, coal operator, Wendell Keith Hall, has been convicted by a jury of bribing a federal mine official.

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Massachusetts Dentist Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion

A Douglas, Massachusetts, dentist was sentenced on Friday to serve 16 months in prison for tax evasion in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice...

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Albanian National Pleads uilty to Attempting and Conspiring to Support Terrorists

Agron Hasbajrami, 31, an Albanian citizen and resident of Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty on June 26 to attempting and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists before U.S. District Judge John Gleeson of the Eastern District of New York...

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Convicted Felon Sentenced to 15 Years for Attempting to Shoot Police

Shamarr Pitts, 26, of Lansdowne, PA, was sentenced to 180 months in prison for assault on a federal agent, using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence, and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition on June 25. In...

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