Politics

Campaign Manager Pleads Guilty to Coordinated Campaign Contributions and False Statements

A campaign finance manager and political consultant pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Virginia for coordinating $325,000 in federal election campaign contributions by a political action committee (PAC) to a Congressional campaign committee on...

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Three Importers to Pay Over $3 Million to Settle False Claims Act Suit Alleging Evaded Customs Duties

The Department of Justice announced Thursday that California-based C.R. Laurence Co. Inc., Florida-based Southeastern Aluminum Products Inc. and Texas-based Waterfall Group LLC have agreed to pay $2,300,000, $650,000 and $100,000, respectively, to...

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AstraZeneca to Pay $7.9 Million to Resolve Kickback Allegations

AstraZeneca LP, a pharmaceutical manufacturer based in Delaware, has agreed to pay the government $7.9 million to settle allegations that it engaged in a kickback scheme in violation of the False Claims Act, the Justice Department announced on...

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Two U.S. Army Sergeants Plead Guilty to Taking Bribes While Deployed in Afghanistan

Two sergeants with the U.S. Army have pleaded guilty for accepting bribes from Afghan truck drivers at Forward Operating Base Gardez, Afghanistan (FOB Gardez), in exchange for allowing the drivers to take thousands of gallons of fuel from the base for...

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Northwest Arkansas Man Found Guilty of Federal Tax Fraud

A Springdale, Arkansas, man was convicted by a jury in the U.S. District Court located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, of tax crimes, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S...

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Former District of Columbia Technology Executive Pleads Guilty to Failing to Pay Employment Taxes

The former operator of the wireless technology company Distributive Networks LLC (Distributive Networks) pleaded guilty in federal court to willfully failing to pay more than $900,000 in employment taxes, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Larry...

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Parental abduction: the struggle to get a child taken abroad back

When one parent unlawfully takes her or his child abroad, the other is left with a difficult judicial battle. To ensure the prompt return of abducted children, more than 90 states, including all EU countries, are signed up to the 1980 Hague Convention...

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Iowa Home Care Company to Pay $5.63 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

ResCare Iowa Inc. has agreed to pay $5.63 million to the United States and the state of Iowa to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false home healthcare billings to the Medicare and Medicaid programs, the...

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