Second person charged in death of Delaware infant after mom files false abduction report with police
NORTH EAST, Md. — Maryland State Police have arrested a man and woman in connection with the death of a missing child who was the subject of a recent Amber Alert in…
False Name Turns into Counterfeit U.S. Currency Discovery by Wellesley Island Border Patrol Agents
HAMMOND, N.Y. – U.S. Border Patrol agents with the assistance of the New York State Police arrested a 24-year-old-male pursuant to possession of counterfeit U.S. currency and providing a fictitious name. Yesterday,…
Tickfaw Tax Preparer Sentenced to One Year and a Day in Prison for Filing False IRS Returns
NEW ORLEANS – CHERYL L. KINCHEN, age 39, and a resident of Tickfaw, Louisiana, was sentenced on November 29, 2022 to one year and a day after she pleaded guilty to two…
South Burlington Man Charged with Making a False Statement in Connection with Acquisition of Handgun Found at Massachusetts Homicide Scene
The United States Attorney’s Office stated Cameron Yee, 21, of South Burlington, was arrested yesterday based upon a one count indictment charging him with making a materially false statement in connection with…
Medical Doctor To Pay $86,506.30 To Resolve Civil Liability For Alleged Violations Of The False Claims Act
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Dr. Musaddiq Nazeeri, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay the United States $86,506.30 to resolve civil…
D.C. Government Employee Charged With Submitting False Documentation Claiming District Residency to Obtain Benefits
WASHINGTON – A Social Services Representative with the District of Columbia Department of Human Services (DHS), has been charged with falsely claiming District of Columbia residency…
Attorney Found Guilty of Attempting to Provide Contraband in Prison and for Making False Statements on Federal Agency Forms
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – U.S. Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow of the District of Puerto Rico announced that after a five-day jury trial, a federal jury convicted Jorge L. Armenteros-Chervoni on Friday,…
East Brookfield Man Sentenced for Illegally Operating a Helicopter, Making False Statements and Attempted Witness Tampering
BOSTON – An East Brookfield man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for unlawfully operating a helicopter, making false statements to federal investigators and attempting to tamper with a witness.…
Hammond Tax Preparer Sentenced to Probation and One Year of Home Confinement for Filing False IRS Returns and Making False Statements to IRS and to Department of Education
NEW ORLEANS – KENISHA R. CALLAHAN, age 45, and a resident of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, was sentenced on November 9, 2022 to five (5) years of probation and one year of home confinement…
Man charged with preparing false joint income tax return
HOUSTON – A tax preparer is set to appear in court on charges of preparing a false joint income tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Fabrice Mahinga is expected to…
Sixth defendant in scuba fraud investigation admits filing false claims with the Department of Veterans Affairs
BRUNSWICK, GA: The training director of a Camden County dive shop has admitted participating in the submission of false claims to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for scuba classes targeting military…
Physician and Medical Office to Pay Over $2.6 Million to Settle False Claims Act and Kickback Allegations
United States Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery and Connecticut Attorney General William Tong today announced that FEEL WELL HEALTH CENTER OF SOUTHINGTON, P.C. (formerly doing business as “Feel Well Health Center”) and KEVIN…
Long Island Businesswoman Convicted of Obstructing the Internal Revenue Service, Filing False Tax Returns, and Structuring Cash Deposits
Earlier today, a federal jury in Central Islip returned a guilty verdict on all five counts of superseding indictment charging Lorraine Pilitz, also known as “Lorraine Christie,” and “Lorraine Storms” with illegally…
Houston woman charged for filing false tax returns for others
HOUSTON – A local tax preparer is set to make her initial appearance in federal court on charges of aiding and assisting in the preparation and filing of false income tax returns,…
Grand Junction Woman Sentenced to 37 Months for Wire Fraud and Filing False Tax Returns
Denver – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Debra Campbell, age 66, of Grand Junction, Colorado, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison and ordered to…
Kentwood Man Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Defrauding Employer and Filing False Taxes
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MICHAEL J. GOLL, age 47, of Kentwood, was sentenced on November 2, 2022, to three years in prison on charges of wire…
Waterbury Woman Who Created False COVID-19 Vaccine Records is Sentenced
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Phillip M. Coyne, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced that ZAYA POWELL,…
Doctor Sentenced for Filing False Tax Returns
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Ehab Kodsi, age 56, of Watervliet, New York, was sentenced today to pay restitution in the amount of $245,212, and to pay an additional $25,000 fine, after admitting…
Alaska Businesswoman Indicted on Tax Evasion and Filing False Tax Returns
ANCHORAGE – An indictment was unsealed charging an Alaska businesswoman with tax evasion and filing false tax returns that underreported income from the business she owned. The indictment charges that from approximately…
Modernizing Medicine Agrees to Pay $45 Million to Resolve Allegations of Accepting and Paying Illegal Kickbacks and Caused False Claims
Modernizing Medicine, Inc. (“ModMed”), an electronic health record (“EHR”) technology vendor located in Boca Raton, Florida, has agreed to pay $45 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act…
Mexican National Arrested for Alleged Fraud Scheme in Which He Impersonated an IRS Employee and Filed False Tax Returns
LAS VEGAS – A Mexican citizen—who entered the U.S. illegally—made his initial appearance yesterday for fraudulently soliciting thousands of dollars from victims in exchange for filing false tax returns. The defendant falsely…
‘False’: CNN Reporter Calls Out Fetterman For Fracking Flip-Flop During Oz Debate
‘False’: CNN Reporter Calls Out Fetterman For Fracking Flip-Flop During Oz Debate Harold Hutchison on October 26, 2022 CNN reporter John Avlon called out Pennsylvania Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman’s “false” flip-flop…
Upstate New York Not-for-Profit Corporation Settles False Claims Act Allegations Involving Inflated Paycheck Protection Program Loan
ALBANY, NEW YORK – The Rensselaerville Institute (TRI), a not-for-profit corporation located in Albany, New York, has agreed to pay the United States $86,676 in damages and civil penalties to resolve allegations…
New Jersey Company to Pay $400,000 to Settle False Claims Allegations
NEWARK, N.J. – A construction contracting company and the company’s president have agreed to collectively pay $400,000 to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by circumventing small business set…
Employee of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Charged with Making False Statements to Obtain Security Clearance
DETROIT – An employee of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was charged with making false statements concerning his contacts with the Taiwanese Navy and falsifying records in a federal investigation…
Emails show Trump knowingly pressed false voter fraud claims, judge says
By Jacqueline Thomsen (Reuters) -A California federal judge on Wednesday said then-U.S. President Donald Trump had signed a sworn statement asserting that voter fraud numbers included in a 2020 election lawsuit were…
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