Ohio Hospital Operator Agrees to Pay United States $14.25 Million to Settle Alleged False Claims Act Violations Arising From Improper Payments to Physicians
Mercy Health, a nonprofit organization based in Cincinnati that operates healthcare facilities in Ohio and Kentucky, has agreed to pay the United States $14,250,000 to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by engaging in improper...
Former Military Sealift Command Contractor Sentenced to 87 Months for Bribery and Fraud
A former contractor at the Military Sealift Command was sentenced to 87 months for his role in a bribery and fraud conspiracy through which he received nearly $3 million in bribes from approximately 1999 to approximately 2014.
North Carolina Return Preparer Sentenced To Prison For Filing False Tax Refund Claims
A Wilson, North Carolina tax return preparer was sentenced to 24 months in prison for filing a false claim for refund with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS),on May 8th, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the...
Justice Department Seeks to Revoke Citizenship of Convicted Felons Who Conspired to Defraud U.S. Export-Import Bank of More Than $24 Million
The Justice Department, on May 8, filed denaturalization lawsuits against two individuals convicted of conspiring to defraud the United States Export-Import Bank (“Ex-Im Bank”) of more than $24 million, conduct they allegedly concealed during their...
Owner of Colorado Martial Arts Academy Charged With Tax Crimes
A federal grand jury sitting in Denver, Colorado has returned an indictment, which was unsealed, on May 3, charging an Arvada, Colorado resident with failure to pay over payroll taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and filing false corporate...
Former Bureau of Prisons Employee Agrees to Pay $50,000 to Resolve Anti-Kickback Act Allegations
Cary Hudson, a former financial administrator for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in Carswell, Texas, has agreed to pay the United States $50,000 to resolve allegations that he violated the Anti-Kickback Act by accepting improper payments from...
Court Shuts Down Charleston, South Carolina Tax Return Preparer
A federal court in Charleston, South Carolina permanently enjoined Jacqueline Lowndes from preparing federal tax returns for others. The court also ordered Lowndes to mail a copy of the injunction order to all customers for whom she prepared a return...
Former CEO of Volkswagen AG Charged with Conspiracy and Wire Fraud in Diesel Emissions Scandal
An indictment was unsealed charging Martin Winterkorn, 70, the former chairman of the management board of Volkswagen AG (VW), with conspiracy and wire fraud in connection with VW’s long-running scheme to cheat U.S. diesel vehicle emissions...
