Politics

United States Obtains $114 Million Judgment Against Three Individuals for Paying Kickbacks for Laboratory Referrals and Causing Claims for Medically Unnecessary Tests

On May 23, 2018, the United States District Court in the District of South Carolina entered judgment for the United States in the amounts of $111,109,655.30 against defendants LaTonya Mallory, Floyd Calhoun Dent III and Robert Bradford Johnson, and...

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Indiana Man Charged With Laundering Proceeds of $7 Million International Investment Scam Through Used Car Dealership

On May 24, an Indiana man was arrested in Indianapolis in connection with allegations that he laundered the proceeds of an international advance-fee scheme through a used-car dealership he owned and operated. The scam allegedly involved false...

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Former Armenian Ambassador and a Russian National Charged in Foreign Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme

Two employees of an international engineering consulting firm were charged in a superseding indictment filed , on May 24, for their alleged participation in a scheme to launder bribe payments to foreign government officials for the benefit of a...

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Virginia Pharmacist Indicted For Employment Tax Fraud

A federal grand jury sitting in the Western District of Virginia returned an indictment charging a Collinsville, Virginia pharmacist with failing to account for and pay over employment taxes, on May 24, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney...

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Drug Maker Pfizer Agrees to Pay $23.85 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Liability for Paying Kickbacks

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer, Inc. (Pfizer), based in New York, NY, has agreed to pay $23.85 million to resolve claims that it used a foundation as a conduit to pay the copays of Medicare patients taking three Pfizer drugs, in violation of the False...

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California Man Claiming to be a Billionaire Financier Convicted in Multimillion-Dollar Fraud Scheme

Following a two-week trial, a federal jury in Denver, Colorado, has convicted a California man of multiple charges for his role in an investment scheme in which he falsely told investors that he was a billionaire who could access certain financing,...

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Michigan Home Health Agency Owner Pleads Guilty to Charges for Role in Medicare Kickback Scheme

The owner of a Michigan home health agency, on May 22, pleaded guilty to charges for his role in a scheme involving Medicare claims for home health services that were procured through the payment of illegal kickbacks.

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Former U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribe While Serving in Afghanistan

A former U.S. Air Force staff sergeant, on May 22, pleaded guilty to seeking and receiving a bribe from an Afghan contractor while serving in Afghanistan. The sergeant worked at the Humanitarian Aid Yard (HA Yard) at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan...

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