Do you know him? Subway perv wanted for lewd act on Brooklyn train
BROOKLYN — Police are searching for a man accused of committing a lewd act next to a woman on a Manhattan-bound C train Thursday morning before fleeing the scene. The incident occurred…
Seymour Manufacturing Company Pleads Guilty to Violating Clean Water Act; Agrees to Pay $2.4 Million
Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Tyler Amon, Special Agent in Charge of EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division for New England, and Commissioner Katie Scharf Dykes of…
Former Greenfield Township Sewer Authority Manager Found Guilty Of Clean Water Act Violations And Wire Fraud
SCRANTON—The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Bruce Evans, Sr., age 68, and Bruce Evans, Jr., age 40, both of Greenfield Township, were found guilty on…
Philadelphia Pharmacy and Its Owner Agree to Pay $1 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Liability
PHILADELPHIA, PA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that the owner of LAN Apothecary, Inc. (“LAN Apothecary”) in Philadelphia has agreed to pay $1,000,000 to resolve liability under the False…
Physician Agrees to Pay $375,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations of P-Stim Device Fraud
Gulfport, Miss. – A Mississippi physician and his family medical practice have agreed to pay $375,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations of P-Stim Device Fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca. Kevin Cooper…
Supreme Court Allows Texas Heartbeat Act To Stay In Effect And Lets Providers Sue State
The Supreme Court will allow Texas’s Heartbeat Act to stay in effect, but it will allow abortion providers to sue Texas over the law. The Texas law bans abortions after a fetal…
Dr. Jeffrey M. Gallups and Entellus Medical agree to pay $4.2 million to resolve False Claims Act lawsuit alleging kick-back arrangements
ATLANTA – Dr. Jeffrey M. Gallups (founder, owner, medical director and past-CEO of Milton Hall Surgical Associates (“MHSA”) a/k/a The Ear, Nose & Throat Institute) and Entellus Medical have agreed to pay…
Pathology Practice Agrees to Pay $2.4 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
NEWARK, N.J. – A New Jersey pathology practice will pay $2.4 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by making false representations in connection with submissions to the…
Bogalusa Rapper Indicted After Violating the Federal Gun Control Act
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JAVORIOUS SCOTT, aka JAYDAYOUNGAN, age 23, a Bogalusa resident and rapper was charged in a one-count indictment with possession of a firearm while under indictment for a felony,…
Flower Mound Hospital to Pay $18.2 Million to Settle Federal and State False Claims Act Allegations Arising from Improper Inducements to Referring Physicians
Flower Mound Hospital Partners LLC (Flower Mound Hospital), a partially physician-owned hospital in Flower Mound, Texas, has agreed to pay $18.2 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act…
Wholesale Distributor of Medical and Dental Supplies to Pay $500,000 to Resolve Controlled Substance Act Violations
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Henry Schien, Inc., (“HSI”) a wholesale medical distributor based in Long Island, New York, has entered into a settlement agreement with the United States to resolve civil penalty claims…
Crossroads Hospice Agrees to Pay $5.5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Liability
Memphis, TN – Carrefour Associates LLC; Crossroads Hospice of Cincinnati LLC; Crossroads Hospice of Cleveland LLC; Crossroads Hospice of Dayton LLC; Crossroads Hospice of Northeast Ohio LLC; and Crossroads Hospice of Tennessee…
UT Southwestern to Pay $4.5 Million to Resolve Alleged Controlled Substance Act Violations That Permitted Drug Diversion by Staff
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center has agreed to pay $4.5 million to resolve allegations that its violations of the Controlled Substances Act allowed hospital staff to divert fentanyl and other…
J.A. McDonald, Inc. Agrees to Pay $637,500 to Settle Allegations of False Claims Act Violations Arising from Federal-Aid Bridge Construction in Vermont
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that general contractor J.A. McDonald, Inc. (“JAM”), headquartered in Lyndon Center, Vermont, has agreed to pay $637,500.00 to the…
South Carolina Chiropractor Pleads Guilty and Agrees to $9 Million False Claims Act Consent Judgment
Washington, D.C. — On Nov. 8, the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina entered a $9 million civil consent judgment for the United States against South Carolina chiropractor Daniel…
Anchorage Man Charged for Violating Marine Mammal Protection Act
ANCHORAGE – An Anchorage man is charged by information on two counts of wildlife trafficking misdemeanors. According to court documents, Uzi Levi, 70, of Anchorage purchased six non-handicrafted Pacific walrus tusks and…
Chelsea Landlord and Property Manager Agree to $80,000 Settlement for False Claims Act Violations
BOSTON – A Chelsea landlord, 44 Gerrish, LLC, and its property manager, HallKeen Management, Inc., have agreed to pay an $80,000 settlement for submitting false claims to the federal government after receiving…
Jefferson Parish Man Indicted for Violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – TRAVIS CARTER, age 42, a resident of Metairie, Louisiana, was charged on November 19, 2021, in a one-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury with possession with intent…
Home health agency to pay $4.2 million to settle False Claims Act allegations
ATLANTA – PruittHealth, Inc. and affiliated entities (“Pruitt”) have agreed to pay $4.2 million to resolve allegations that they submitted claims for home health services that were not covered by the Medicare…
South Carolina Chiropractor Pleads Guilty and Agrees to $9 Million False Claims Act Consent Judgment
On Nov. 8, the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina entered a $9 million civil consent judgment for the United States against South Carolina chiropractor Daniel McCollum under the…
Federal-State Clean Water Act Settlement Resolves Sewer Overflow Violations in Berkeley County, West Virginia
WASHINGTON- The Berkeley County Public Service Sewer District in West Virginia will pay a $518,400 penalty, make extensive improvements to its sewer and stormwater systems, and implement a state-directed supplemental environmental project…
Mexican Man Indicted for Identity Theft and Violating the Federal Gun Control Act
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MARTIN CORTEZ-BALDERAS (“CORTEZ”), age 39, a citizen of Mexico, was charged on November 12, 2021 in a two-count indictment for Identity Theft…
New Orleans Man Indicted for a Violation of the Federal Gun Control Act
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – NELSON RAYMOND, age 28, a resident of New Orleans, was charged on November 12, 2021 in a one count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury for possessing a…
Archdiocese of New Orleans Agrees to Pay More Than $1 Million to Resolve Hurricane Katrina-related False Claims Act Allegations
WASHINGTON – The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans (“Archdiocese of New Orleans”) has agreed to pay more than $1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by…
Archdiocese of New Orleans Agrees to Pay More Than $1 Million to Resolve Hurricane Katrina-related False Claims Act Allegations
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans (Archdiocese of New Orleans) has agreed to pay more than $1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting…
Texas Pro Life Group Fighting 14 Lawsuits Over Heartbeat Act
An Austin, Texas, judge heard arguments Wednesday in Van Stean v. Texas Right to Life, one of 14 lawsuits against the pro-life group over the Texas Heartbeat Act. Lawsuits against Texas Right…
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