SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Syracuse City School District teachers Jason Cecile and Nichole Murray have agreed to pay the United States $31,872.90 to resolve allegations that they submitted false timecards …
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United States Attorney Chris Kavanaugh Announces $3,000,000 Settlement in False Claims Act Case Against HEYtex USA
by DOJ PressROANOKE, Va. HEYtex USA, located in Pulaski, Virginia, has agreed to pay $3 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act between January 1, 2013, and December …
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Former Treasurer of the Detroit Fire Fighters Union Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Over $200,000 in Union Funds
by DOJ PressDETROIT – Verdine Day, the former Treasurer of the Detroit Fire Fighters Union (DFFA), was sentenced to one year in federal prison for embezzling over $200,000 in union funds, announced …
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National Labor Organization Employee Sentenced to Prison for Embezzling More Than $270,000 from Union
by DOJ PressWASHINGTON – Donnell Owens, a former employee of the American Federation of Government Employees, was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for an …
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San Francisco Physician To Pay More Than $1,000,000 To Settle Allegations Of False Medicare Charges
by DOJ PressSAN JOSE – Bay Area physician Dr. Roger Wang has agreed to pay $1,033,666.42 to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by charging Medicare for non-FDA-approved drugs …
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ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis County woman who pretended to be a landlord to get $267,239 in pandemic-related financial assistance pleaded guilty to a felony charge of wire fraud …
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Former Postal Worker Sentenced For Defrauding Department Of Labor Of $732,000 In Disability Payments
by DOJ PressOcala, Florida – Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced George Utley (56, Oklahoma City) to 30 months in federal prison for receiving stolen government property, specifically, …
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Former Chief Financial Officer Sentenced to 33 Months in Federal Prison for $2,400,000 Investment Fraud Scheme
by DOJ PressUnited States Attorney Richard G. Frohling announced that on May 19, 2022, Jeremy Arrington (age: 44) of Middleton, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for carrying out …
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Government Contractor Agrees to Pay $425,000 for Alleged False Claims Related to Conflicts of Interest
by DOJ PressALEXANDRIA, Va. – Cape Henry Associates (Cape Henry), located in Virginia Beach, has agreed to pay $425,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by failing to …
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Former Seattle resident indicted for bank fraud for allegedly stealing more than $500,000 from Paycheck Protection Program
by DOJ PressSeattle – A 28-year-old New York City man was indicted this week in the Western District of Washington for three counts of bank fraud related to his abuse of the …
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Hillsborough County Man Sentenced To 17 Years In Federal Prison For Distributing And Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Materials And Ordered To Pay Victims Over $100,000 In Restitution
by DOJ PressTampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge William Jung has sentenced Andres Ivan Leyva Sabina (51, Tampa) to 17 years in federal prison for distributing and possessing images and videos depicting …
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NEW ORLEANS, LA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that PERNELL ANTHONY JONES, JR., age 32, of Kenner, Louisiana, was sentenced today for Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, in …
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LAREDO, Texas – Three individuals have admitted to their roles in a conspiracy for Cartel del Noreste (CDN), announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Luis Ramos, 44, Rio Bravo, pleaded …
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Spokane Resident Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining More Than $50,000 in COVID-19 Relief Funds
by DOJ PressSpokane, Washington – Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that Roshon Edward Thomas, 52, of Spokane, Washington, has pleaded guilty to …
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McALLEN, Texas – A 26-year-old woman from California was residing in Atlanta, Georgia, has been indicted for smuggling cash into Mexico from the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. …
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Quebec Man Charged with Offering to Sell More Than 500,000 Stolen Gift Card Account Numbers Over the Internet
by DOJ PressA federal grand jury recently returned a six-count indictment charging Richard Verret, age 40, of Quebec, Canada, with unauthorized solicitation of access devices and trafficking counterfeit access devices, the result …
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Waco, TX – The U.S. Marshals are assisting in the manhunt for Texas escapee Gonzalo Lopez, 46, and offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading directly to …
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Maryland Man Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison for Stealing Over $120,000 From Bank Customer Accounts
by DOJ PressWASHINGTON – Michael Drummond, 36, of Hyattsville, Maryland, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for his role in a scheme in which …
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Former Corsica Official Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding the Borough of More than $300,000
by DOJ PressPITTSBURGH – A resident of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court in Pittsburgh to 21 months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release on her conviction of wire …
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Agents Seize Over $2 Million in U.S. Currency and More Than 10,000 Diverted Oxycodone Pills
by DOJ PressLONDON, Ky. – Investigators from the DEA Criminal Diversion Group, the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office, the Barbourville Police Department, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, and the Manchester Police Department arrested …
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Milwaukee, WI – The U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force, in coordination with the Racine Police Department, is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest …
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Orlando, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Derek Morales-Figueroa (26, Orlando) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine. Morales-Figueroa faces …
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Las Vegas Woman Sentenced To Prison For Using Stolen Identities To Fraudulently Collect Over $175,000 In Unemployment Insurance Benefits
by DOJ PressLAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas woman was sentenced today to 45 months in prison for using at least 40 stolen identities to fraudulently collect approximately $175,622 in unemployment insurance …
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Phoenix Man Charged After Seizure of 178,000 Suspected Fentanyl Pills, Guns, and Other Drugs
by DOJ PressPHOENIX, Ariz. – Marco Antonio Medina, 29, of Phoenix, Arizona, was charged last week via criminal complaint with three counts of possession of controlled substances for distribution and one count …
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HIDALGO, Texas-EE.UU. Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza, Operaciones Aduaneras (OFO por sus siglas en inglés) en el Puente Internacional de Hidalgo intercepto $76,800 de supuesta fentanilo. “Nuestros oficiales de CBP usan …