Kentucky Cardiologists Agree to Pay $380,000 to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Based on Illegal Referrals
The Department of Justice announced that two cardiologists based in London, Kentucky, have agreed to pay $380,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by entering into sham management agreements with Saint Joseph Hospital,...
Las Vegas Man Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring to Submit False Federal Income Tax Returns
A Las Vegas man was sentenced to serve 15 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $192,632 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Larry J...
Science Applications International Corporation Agrees to Pay $1.5 Million to Resolve Alleged False Claims Act Violations for Undisclosed Organizational Conflicts of Interest
The Justice Department announced that Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), now known as Leidos Holdings Inc., has agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that it knowingly engaged in prohibited...
Michigan Luxury Car Mechanic Indicted for Tax Fraud
A mechanic who specializes in repairing exotic foreign cars and other high-end luxury vehicles was arrested on Friday after being indicted on tax charges by a grand jury in Detroit, the Justice Department announced.
Owner of Texas Perfume Business Indicted for Violating Cash Reporting Requirements Involving More Than $1.6 million
The owner and president of a wholesale and retail perfume store in Laredo, Texas, was indicted by a federal grand jury on 44 counts of causing his business to fail to report cash transactions of more than $10,000.
New Hampshire Man Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Return
A Hampton, New Hampshire, man pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire to filing a false federal income tax return for tax year 2009, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.
President of Houston Hospital and Three Others Convicted in $158 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
A federal jury in Houston convicted the president of Riverside General Hospital (Riverside), his son, and two others for their participation in a $158 million Medicare fraud scheme involving false claims for mental health treatment. Ten defendants...
Clarification on AFP usage of Conducted Electrical Weapons (CEWs)
Conducted Electrical Weapons or CEWs (often incorrectly referred to as Tasers, a registered brand of CEW) are issued to sergeants within ACT Policing and AFP Aviation, and to individual members of the AFP’s Specialist Response Group (SRG) and...
