Politics

Leader of Violent Street Gang Going to Prison

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In March 2012, during an investigation into the Grape Street Crips, members of the New Haven Safe...

Former U.K. Rabobank Trader Appears in U.S. Court to Face LIBOR Interest Rate Manipulation Charges

The former global head of liquidity and finance for Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A. (Rabobank) has waived extradition and appeared in U.S. federal court for an arraignment on charges related to his alleged role in a scheme to...

Former Head of Operations at New York Brokerage Firm Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion and Filing False Tax Return

A former resident of North Bellmore, New York, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Long Island to one count of tax evasion and one count of filing a false federal income tax return, announced Acting...

Adventist Health System to Pay $5.4 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corporation (Adventist) has agreed to pay $5,412,502 to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by providing radiation oncology services to Medicare and TRICARE beneficiaries that were not...

Cardiac Monitoring Company to Pay $6.4 Million for Alleged Overbilling of Government Health Care Programs

BioTelemetry Inc., a heart monitoring company headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay $6.4 million to resolve allegations made under the False Claims Act (FCA) that its subsidiary, CardioNet, overbilled Medicare and other federal...

Former Head of Operations at New York Brokerage Firm Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion and Filing False Tax Return

On March 19, A former resident of North Bellmore, New York, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Long Island to one count of tax evasion and one count of filing a false federal income tax return, announced...

Owner of Medical Clinic and Accountant Plead Guilty for Roles in $50 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

The owner and operator of a New Orleans-based medical clinic and an accountant pleaded guilty in federal court in New Orleans for their roles in a $50 million Medicare fraud scheme on March 18.

Gilbane Building Company to Pay $1.1 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations

Gilbane Building Company will pay the United States $1.1 million to resolve allegations that W.G. Mills Incorporated – a company with which Gilbane merged in November 2010 – violated the False Claims Act by creating a front company, Veterans...