Politics

Miami-Area Hospital Chief Operating Officer Pleads Guilty in $67 Million Mental Health Care Fraud Scheme

The former chief operating officer of a Miami-area hospital pleaded guilty for his role in a mental health care fraud scheme that resulted in the submission of more than $67 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare by a state-licensed psychiatric...

Sevenson Environmental Services Inc. Agrees to Pay $2.72 Million to Settle Claims of Alleged Bid-Rigging and Kickbacks

Sevenson Environmental Services Inc., an environmental remediation firm based in Niagara Falls, New York, has agreed to pay more than $2.72 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Act by accepting...

Two Arrested in Illegal Kickbacks Case Involving Clinical Laboratory Testing

A Florida man who is already facing health care fraud and money laundering charges in federal court in Tampa was arrested again, along with the owner of a health care marketing company, in an alleged illegal cash-for-patients kickback scheme involving...

Michigan Physician Pleads Guilty for Role in $19 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

A Detroit-area physician, who orchestrated the submission of fraudulent claims for physician home visits and directed fraudulent referrals for home health care by his employee physicians as part of a $19 million home health care fraud scheme, pleaded...

UK Crackdown on violence in prisons

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Former Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to Bribery, Admits Taking Cash to Smuggle Contraband into Facility

Lenard Fleming, 34, a former corrections officer who worked for the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), pled guilty to a bribery charge for accepting money to smuggle contraband into the District of Columbia’s Correctional Treatment Facility.

Two Sentenced for Roles in Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme Involving Former Ohio Deputy Treasurer

A former lobbyist and a former securities broker have been sentenced for their roles in a bribery and money laundering scheme involving the Ohio Treasurer’s Office.

Former Swiss Banker Charged in Manhattan Federal Court for Conspiring with U.S. Taxpayers to Hide Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Swiss Bank Accounts

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara for the Southern District of New York and Acting Special Agent in Charge Shantelle P. Kitchen of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service- Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) announced the indictment of Martin...