Politics

Owner of Miami Home Health Company Pleads Guilty for Role in $30 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

An owner of a Miami home health care company pleaded guilty for his role in a $30 million home health Medicare fraud scheme.

Careall Companies Agree to Pay $25 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

CareAll Management LLC and its affiliated entities (collectively “CareAll”) have agreed to pay $25 million, plus interest, to the United States and the state of Tennessee to resolve allegations that CareAll violated the False Claims Act by submitting...

Real Estate Developer Sentenced to 121 Months in Prison for $50 Million Dollar Securities Fraud Scheme

A commercial real estate developer and mortgage broker was sentenced to serve 121 months in prison for his role in a $50 million securities fraud scheme.

Former Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Deputy Sentenced to 92 Years in Prison for Civil Rights, Bank Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft Violations

Former Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Mark Hebert, 49, was sentenced to serve 92 years in prison for a series of offenses Hebert committed while he was a sheriff’s deputy. The sentence was announced by Acting Assistant Attorney General Vanita...

Department of Justice Seeks Recovery of Approximately $100,000 in Bribes Paid to Former Chad Ambassador

The Department of Justice has filed a civil forfeiture complaint made public late seeking the forfeiture of $106,488.31 in allegedly laundered funds traceable to a $2 million bribe payment made by a Canadian energy company to Chad’s former Ambassador...

Former United States Navy Military Sealift Command Contractor and Co-Founder of Government Contracting Company Sentenced to Prison

A former contractor for the U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command (MSC) and a co-founder of a Chesapeake, Virginia, government contracting company were sentenced for their roles in a scheme to bribe and provide illegal gratuities to public officials to...

Printer cartridges found to contain meth, not toner

A joint operation has resulted in a 27-year-old Hong Kong national being charged in Melbourne with importing approximately seven kilograms of methamphetamine.

Bully Bandit Strikes Additional Chicago Banks

A robber suspected of carrying out more than a dozen Chicago-area bank robberies during a seven-month period starting in late 2012, but then seemingly inactive for months, is thought to be the individual responsible for three recent robberies. The FBI...