Politics

U.S. Attorney Joseph Hogsett Announces Charges Against Indianapolis Man for Health Care Fraud

Joseph H. Hogsett, the United States Attorney, announced that Ronald Reed, age 46, has been charged with conspiring to commit health care fraud in a scheme that involved the sale of electric wheelchairs and scooters and the potential loss of hundreds...

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Non-Native Man from Albuquerque Sentenced to Prison for Assaulting a Tribal Officer on Taos Pueblo

Dallas Chase Barth, 22, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was sentenced this afternoon to 27 months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for assaulting an Indian with a dangerous weapon on August 28, 2013, in Taos Pueblo.

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Disbarred Attorney Pleads Guilty for Role in $28.3 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

A North Carolina woman has pleaded guilty for her involvement in a $28.3 million Medicare fraud scheme involving physical and occupational therapy services.

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Connecticut Man Convicted of Tax Evasion and Conspiracy Charges

The Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that John Cote, formerly of Danielson, Conn., was convicted of four counts of tax evasion along with conspiracy to defraud the IRS following a jury trial in the U.S. District...

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Tennessee and Virginia Orthopedic Clinics to Pay $1.85 Million to Settle Allegations of Billing Medicare for Reimported Products

Two orthopedic clinics will pay a combined $1.85 million to resolve state and federal False Claims Act allegations that they knowingly billed state and federal health care programs for reimported osteoarthritis medications, known as viscosupplements,...

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Australian airline employee charged with failing to declare excess currency

A 34-year-old Thai national is scheduled to appear in Parramatta Local Court charged with failing to declare over $100,000 in Australian currency as she attempted to leave Sydney International Airport.

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Missouri Man and Woman Sentenced for Violating Civil Rights of Family in Racially Motivated Arson

Acting Assistant Attorney General Jocelyn Samuels for the Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Tammy Dickinson for the Western District of Missouri announced that a man and a woman, both from Independence, Missouri, were sentenced in federal court...

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General Electric Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas Agrees to Pay $2.7 Million for Alleged False Claims Related to Design of Advanced Nuclear Reactor

The Justice Department announced that General Electric Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC (GE Hitachi) has agreed to pay $2.7 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that it made false statements and claims to the Department of...

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