United States Files Suit Against Omnicare Inc. for Accepting Kickbacks from Drug Manufacturer to Promote an Anti-Epileptic Drug in Nursing Homes
The United States has filed a civil False Claims Act complaint against Omnicare Inc. alleging that it solicited and received millions of dollars in kickbacks from pharmaceutical manufacturer Abbott Laboratories, the Justice Department announced Monday...
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Ten Sentenced for Involvement in Aryan Brotherhood of Texas Racketeering Conspiracy
Ten Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) gang members and associates were sentenced to prison this week for their roles in the violent ABT enterprise, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division...
Former Rite Aid Vice President and New Jersey Businessman Charged in $14.6 Million Fraud & Kickback Scheme
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced Thursday that a former Rite Aid Corporation Vice President and a New Jersey businessman have been charged in connection with a $14.6 million, surplus inventory sales...
Alabama Man Sentenced for Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Using Names Stolen from Nursing Homes
A Pike Road, Alabama, man was sentenced to serve 51 months in prison Thursday for committing stolen identity refund fraud (SIRF) crimes, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Larry J. Wszalek for the Justice Department’s Tax Division and...
Alabama Medical Clerk Sentenced to Prison for Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Scheme that Involved Corrupt U.S. Postal Service Employee
An Alabama woman was sentenced Thursday to serve 70 months in prison for her involvement in a stolen identity tax refund fraud (SIRF) scheme, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Larry J. Wszalek for the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S....
Avon China Pleads Guilty to Violating the FCPA by Concealing More Than $8 Million in Gifts to Chinese Officials
Avon Products (China) Co. Ltd. (Avon China), a wholly owned subsidiary of the New York-based cosmetics company, Avon Products Inc. (Avon), pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to violate the accounting provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act...
Former Miami-Dade County Employee Sentenced for Tax Evasion
A Coral Gables, Florida, resident and former employee of the General Services Administration (GSA) of Miami-Dade County was sentenced to serve 51 months in prison for tax evasion to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay...