Politics

Ambulance Company and its Municipal Clients Agree to Pay Over $21 Million to Settle Allegations of Unlawful Kickbacks and Improper Financial Relationships

Seven ambulance industry defendants have agreed to pay the government a total of over $21 million to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that they knowingly submitted claims to the Medicare and Medicaid programs that violated the Anti‑Kickback...

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CEO and CFO of Utah Biodiesel Company and California Businessman Charged in $500 Million Fuel Tax Credit Scheme

A federal grand jury sitting in the District of Utah has returned an indictment, which was unsealed on August 24, charging the CEO and CFO of Washakie Renewable Energy (WRE), a Utah-based biodiesel company, and a California businessman with laundering...

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Entertainment Industry Business Manager Convicted of Defrauding Celebrity Clients, Bankruptcy Fraud and Tax Charges

A federal jury in Columbus, Ohio has convicted Kevin R. Foster, 42, of Montclair, NJ, of 16 charges related to a fraud scheme. He was found guilty of wire fraud, money laundering, bankruptcy fraud, tax evasion and filing a false tax return, announced...

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Two former Lucas County corrections officers indicted for accepting bribes in return for smuggling contraband items into inmates; third former guard also charged
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Migrant smuggling and sham marriages

On 22 August 2018, from a coordination centre at Eurojust, in the context of an investigation of the Public Prosecution Office Munich I, searches and arrests were synchronised in Romania and Poland against an organised crime group (OCG), involved in...

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Reliant to Pay $6.1 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations That it Paid Kickbacks to Nursing Homes for Rehabilitation Therapy Business

Reliant Rehabilitation Holdings Inc. (Reliant), a national provider of rehabilitation therapy and related services headquartered in Plano, Texas, has agreed to pay the United States $6.1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims...

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California Doctor Convicted of Medicare Kickback Conspiracy

A federal jury in Los Angeles, California found a Lancaster, California doctor, on August 23, guilty of conspiracy for his role in a Medicare kickback conspiracy involving a Los Angeles-area home health agency.

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Rhode Island Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty to Forty-Four Counts of Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns

A West Warwick, Rhode Island tax preparer pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island to 44 counts of filing fraudulent tax returns for clients, on August 23, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard...

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