Virginia psychotherapist to pay over $1.2M after billing Medicaid and Medicare for services never rendered
RICHMOND, VA – A 72-year-old licensed clinical social worker from Mechanicsville has been ordered to pay more than $1.2 million after pleading guilty to healthcare fraud and settling related civil claims involving…
Brazil’s services activity hits record high in December
By Camila Moreira and Rodrigo Viga Gaier SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Services activity in Brazil grew more than expected in December and reached the highest levels to date, ending 2022…
‘Adversary, Not Competitor’: House Armed Services Committee Sets Sights On Countering Communist China
‘Adversary, Not Competitor’: House Armed Services Committee Sets Sights On Countering Communist China Philip Lenczycki on February 7, 2023 The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is the “most challenging national security threat”…
German services sector activity rose in January – PMI
BERLIN (Reuters) – German services sector activity rose in January for the first time in seven months and companies showed increased optimism, a survey showed on Friday. S&P Global’s final services Purchasing…
US Defense Employees In Japan Struggle For Health Care After DOD Scaled Down Services, Failed To Tell Tokyo
US Defense Employees In Japan Struggle For Health Care After DOD Scaled Down Services, Failed To Tell Tokyo Micaela Burrow on January 30, 2023 Pentagon leaders failed to notify Tokyo it was…
NYC Child Services employee arrested for DWI
NEW YORK, NY – An employee of the New York City Administration for Children’s Services was arrested early Saturday morning in Queens. At around 2:45 pm, police officers with the city’s 112th…
Republican Budget Members Blast Murphy Administration Plans to Tax Cloud Computing & Software Subscription Services
Republican members of the Senate Budget Committee blasted a new report from the Murphy Administration that calls for the taxation of cloud computing and software subscription services.…
Pickup in French manufacturing offers hope as services sector still weak -flash PMI
PARIS (Reuters) – Output in the French economy fell slightly overall again in January, a purchasing managers’ survey showed on Tuesday, but manufacturing activity improved for the first time since August. A…
Brazil’s Lula says intelligence services failed ahead of Brasilia riots
By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday his intelligence services had failed on Jan. 8, when Brasilia buildings were stormed by supporters of…
Britain’s financial services exports tick higher, U.S. top customer
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s trade surplus in financial and related professional services edged up in 2021 as the United States cemented its position as the top customer, while the…
Walmart partners with Salesforce to offer GoLocal services to its retail clients
By Siddharth Cavale NEW YORK (Reuters) – Walmart Inc on Thursday said it has entered into a partnership with software giant Salesforce to provide its retail customers with store pickup and delivery…
Port of Long Beach Dockworker Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy Count for Fraudulently Billing Union’s Health Plan for Sexual Services
LOS ANGELES – A dockworker at the Port of Long Beach pleaded guilty today to participating in a scheme that submitted fraudulent bills to his labor union’s health insurance plan for…
New York City Department of Homeless Services employee charged with menacing
NEW YORK, NY – Police officers with the New York City Police Department’s 48th Precinct have arrested and charged a city homeless services worker with menacing and criminal possession of a weapon.…
China’s Dec services sector extends declines as COVID cases surge – Caixin PMI
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s services activity shrank in December as surging COVID infections hit demand, a private-sector survey showed on Thursday, although the pace of recent declines slowed while business confidence rose…
Irish services sector growth picks back up in December
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Expansion in the Irish services sector picked up in December following four straight months of slowing growth to push overall activity in the private sector back into positive territory,…
Decline in German services sector eases, raising hopes for milder recession -PMI
BERLIN (Reuters) – High inflation and economic uncertainty extended a downturn in the German services sector in December, though a slower pace of decline in activity adds to hopes of a milder-than-expected…
Italy’s services sector broadly stable in December- PMI
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s services sector registered broadly stable activity in December, a survey showed on Wednesday, holding up better than expected as new business grew for the first time since June.…
Spanish services activity expands again in December
MADRID (Reuters) – Activity in the Spanish services sector expanded for the second consecutive month in December, supported by a marginally better demand environment amid slowing inflation, a survey showed on Wednesday.…
India’s services growth at 6-month high on robust demand – PMI
By Anant Chandak BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s services industry saw activity increase at the fastest pace in six months during the final month of 2022 amid robust demand, fuelling business optimism despite…
Edelweiss Financial Services to raise funds via public issue
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Edelweiss Financial Services plans to raise at least 2 billion rupees ($24.19 million) through the public issue of non-convertible debentures, according to a term sheet. The company’s public issue…
Russian services activity shrinks for third month running in Dec -PMI
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Activity in Russia’s services industry shrank for the third month running in December, a survey showed on Friday, as companies faced weak consumer demand at home, severe inflationary pressure…
House Financial Services Committee Member Unloads Up To $12 Million In Stocks
House Financial Services Committee Member Unloads Up To $12 Million In Stocks Trevor Schakohl on December 29, 2022 Outgoing Republican House Financial Services Committee member Van Taylor sold between roughly $3 million…
Analysis-China’s services sector eyes recovery after reopening, but challenges loom
By Joe Cash and Engen Tham BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Jordan Li, a restaurant owner in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu, hopes desperately that next month’s Lunar New Year holidays will help…
Three emergency services workers killed while demining Ukraine’s Kherson
(Reuters) – Three Ukrainian emergency services workers were killed on Saturday when a mine exploded while they were demining parts of the Kherson region, said the emergency service of another region, in…
Cardiac Monitoring Companies to Pay More than $44.8 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Liability Relating to Services Performed by Offshore Technicians
PHILADELPHIA – BioTelemetry, Inc. and its subsidiary CardioNet, LLC, both headquartered in Pennsylvania (collectively, “BioTelemetry”), have agreed to pay $44,875,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly…
Immigration Attorney And CEO Of Immigration Services Company Convicted At Trial Of Conspiring To Commit Immigration Fraud
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ULADZIMIR DANSKOI, the CEO of an immigration services firm, and JULIA GREENBERG, an immigration attorney, were found…
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