Crime

Owner of health care software company sentenced to 19 years in prison for $1b medicare fraud — DOJ

A Kansas CEO and owner of an internet platform was sentenced yesterday to 19 years in prison for his role in operating a platform...

CVS agrees to pay $315m for illegally filling unlawful opioid prescriptions and for submitting false claims to the federal government — DOJ

CVS Pharmacy Inc., a Rhode Island-based pharmacy chain. Its related corporate entities (collectively, CVS) have agreed to pay $315 million to resolve allegations that,...

Leader of global violent extremist network ‘764’ pleads guilty to conspiracy to sexually exploit minors — DOJ

Prasan Nepal, 21, also known by the online moniker “Trippy,” of High Point, North Carolina, pleaded guilty yesterday to...

Medical supply company owner sentenced to 14 years in prison for $30m medicare, TRICARE, and CHAMPVA fraud — DOJ

An Oklahoma business owner and chiropractor was sentenced yesterday to 14 years in prison for his role in a...

Florida laboratory vice president and marketer convicted of medicare fraud for COVID-19 testing scheme — DOJ

Yesterday, a federal jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted a Florida man who was the Vice President...

U.s. department of education and u.s. department of justice reaffirm parents are not terrorists and have the right — DOJ

Today, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sent a joint letter to...

Uzbek national extradited to the united states to face charges for providing material support to foreign terrorist organizations — DOJ

Davud Ansariy, a citizen of Uzbekistan and naturalized citizen of the United States, also known as “Kozimjon Gafurov” and...

Chicagoland man convicted of sex trafficking and forced labor — DOJ

A federal jury in the Northern District of Indiana convicted Anthony Mayers, 36, of Gary, Indiana, of four counts...

Mexican national sentenced in scheme to bribe ecuadorian and mexican government officials — DOJ

Javier Aguilar, 52, a Mexican national living in Houston, Texas. A former oil trader, was sentenced in Brooklyn, New...

Department of justice returns approximately $2.5 million in corruption proceeds for victims of the ex-president of the gambia — DOJ

The Department of Justice is returning approximately $2.5 million in corruption proceeds to the Republic of The Gambia to...

Arizona addiction treatment clinic owner sentenced to 14 years in prison for leadership role in $69m medicaid fraud scheme — DOJ

A Phoenix The court sentenced woman to 14 years in prison in connection with her role in fraudulently billing...

Two defendants employed at l.a.-area homeless nonprofits arrested on federal charges alleging misuse of millions of taxpayer dollars — DOJ

Law enforcement today arrested two defendants, out of three total, who have been charged in separate federal homelessness corruption...

Dompé u.s. agrees to pay $32m to resolve false claims act liability relating to self-disclosure of patient kickbacks — DOJ

Inc. (Dompé), based in California, has agreed to pay $32 million to resolve allegations that, between 2018 and 2021,...

Hawaii couple sentenced to prison for roles in nationwide tax refund fraud conspiracy — DOJ

A Hawaii husband and wife were sentenced yesterday to 16 months and 24 months in prison, respectively, for their...

Illegal alien from georgia charged for conspiracy to launder proceeds of $1.3b health care fraud scheme — DOJ

A federal grand jury in the District of Massachusetts returned an indictment yesterday charging Erekle Gugava, 33, an illegal...

U.s. attorneys and department of justice join departments of transportation and homeland security and white house fraud task force — DOJ

Attorneys and the Department of Justice (DOJ) today joined Secretary Sean P. Duffy of the Department of Transportation (USDOT)...

Ohio man pleads guilty to laundering health care fraud proceeds for transnational criminal organization — DOJ

An Ohio man pleaded guilty yesterday to laundering approximately $3.4 million in illicit health care fraud proceeds through multiple...