US North Carolina Man Charged for Making $2.3 Million Fraudulent Claim to Deepwater Horizon Spill Compensation Fund
A U.S. resident in North Carolina was arrested for allegedly making a fraudulent claim on the fund set up to compensate victims of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’...
Western Australian National Anti-Gangs Squad (NAGS) arrests senior members of outlaw motorcycle gang
Four men are scheduled to appear in Northbridge Magistrates Court on serious drug charges following a successful operation conducted by the Western Australian National Anti-Gangs Squad (NAGS) on February 21.
Rutland Man and Boarding House Resident Faces Federal Charges for Crack Cocaine Distribution
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Michael Petruccelli, 49, of Rutland, Vermont has been charged with distributing crack cocaine in Rutland, Vermont in a two-count indictment returned on February 4, 2015....
Illinois Physician Pleads Guilty to Taking Kickbacks from Pharmaceutical Company and Agrees to Pay $3.79 Million to Settle Civil False Claims Act Case
On February 13, the Department of Justice announced that an Illinois physician, Dr. Michael J. Reinstein, pleaded guilty to a federal crime for receiving illegal kickbacks and benefits totaling nearly $600,000 from two pharmaceutical companies in...
Three face court for importing drug precursor in Australia
Three men have been arrested and approximately five kilograms of border controlled precursors have been seized following a 14 month joint investigation involving the NSW Police Force State Crime Command Firearms Squad, the Australian Federal Police (...
Oregon Resident Pleads Guilty to Accessory After the Fact in Connection with 2009 Suicide Bombing of ISI Headquarters in Pakistan
Assistant Attorney General John P. Carlin of the National Security Division and U.S. Attorney S. Amanda Marshall of the District of Oregon announced that Reaz Qadir Khan, 50, a naturalized U.S. citizen residing in Portland, Oregon, pleaded guilty to...
Chicago Psychiatrist Pleads Guilty to Taking Kickbacks to Prescribe Anti-Psychotic Drug
A long-time Chicago psychiatrist pleaded guilty to a federal crime for receiving illegal kickbacks and benefits totaling nearly $600,000 from pharmaceutical companies in exchange for regularly prescribing the anti-psychotic drug clozapine to his...
Former Tifton Bank President and CEO Indicted for Bank Fraud
A former bank president was charged for his role in a bank fraud scheme in which he is alleged to have hidden underperforming and at-risk loans from the bank and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), among others, announced Assistant...
