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Operation Rubber Stamp: Major health care fraud investigation results in significant new charges
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Takedown involves first billion-dollar fraud case in district history
More Than 40 Facing Federal Charges for Bilking Federal Health Care Programs Out of Millions Across South Carolina and Georgia in Operation Rubber Stamp
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- Peter M. McCoy, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina, and Bobby L. Christine, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, announced today that more than 40 people are facing federal charges for their roles in expansive health care fraud schemes across ...
Former Special Police Officer Charged With Wire Fraud in Connection With Fraudulent Online Campaign
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 7, 2020
News Release: OAKLAND Dominic Deandre Gregory has been charged in a criminal complaint with wire fraud in connection with a scheme to raise money with an online campaign purporting to raise money for the funeral of fallen officer Patrick Underwood, announced U.S. Attorney David L. Anderson and Acting
Couple Pleaded Guilty to Laundering Over $500,000 on Behalf of India-Based Phone Scammers
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA Husband and wife Mehulkumar Manubhai Patel and Chaitali Dave have pleaded guilty to laundering over $500,000 on behalf of India-based phone scammers.
San Diego Finance Manager Sentenced to Prison for Stealing over $725,000 from Employer
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 6, 2020
News Release: SAN DIEGO Antonia Barber, the former operations manager for Carlsbad-based contractors insurance company Target Financial and Insurance Services, was sentenced in federal court yesterday to 21 months in prison for stealing $726,060.75 from the company.
Illinois Man Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine and Heroin
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 5, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. A Illinois man was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for conspiring to transport heroin and cocaine to New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Daniel Gonzalez Maldonado, 25, of Carpentersville, Illinois, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton ...
South Carolina Man Sentenced to 36 Months for Mail Fraud Conspiracy, Theft From Employee Benefit Plans, and Unlawful Storage of Hazardous Waste
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A South Carolina man, Aaron Micah Jamison, 45, who formerly resided in Lexington, was sentenced in federal court on Thursday, Sept. 24, to 36 months in prison, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves, for theft from an employee benefits plan, conspiracy to commit mail fraud, and unlawful storage of hazardous waste.
Third Jacksonville Woman Pleads Guilty in Scheme To Defraud Retail Merchants
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 2, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida Sierra Marvette Townsend (33, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. She faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and payment of restitution to her victims. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
Texas Woman Sent to Prison for 19-Year Internet Stolen Merchandise Scheme
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 1, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON A 63-year-old resident of Dallas has been ordered to federal prison for her role in a multi-million dollar interstate theft ring involving merchandise sold on eBay, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
Vestavia Hills Doctor Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Producing and Possessing Child Pornography
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Birmingham, Ala. A federal today yesterday sentenced a former Vestavia Hills doctor to 30 years in prison for producing and possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.
Two Men Charged in Social Media Account Takeover Schemes Involving Professional and Semi-Professional Athletes
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. Two men will appear in federal court to face charges that they were involved in the unauthorized takeover of social media and other personal online accounts belonging to professional and semi-professional athletes, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
NXIVM Executive Board Member Clare Bronfman Sentenced to 81 Months in Prison for Identity Theft and Immigration Offenses
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: Clare Bronfman, a high-ranking member of Nxivms Executive Board, was sentenced by United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis today in federal court in Brooklyn to 81 months imprisonment for conspiracy to conceal and harbor aliens for financial gain and fraudulent use of personal identification ...
Judge Sentences Man Pleading Guilty to Skimming Crimes
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO United States District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig sentenced Jorge Alexander Betances, Jr., on Tuesday, to 28 months in prison. The 24-year-old Philadelphia, Pennsylvania resident previously pleaded guilty to possession of device-making equipment.
National Health Care Fraud and Opioid Takedown Results in Largest Enforcement Action in Department of Justice History
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Departments Criminal Division, Assistant Director Calvin Shivers of the FBIs Criminal Investigative Division, Deputy Inspector General Gary Cantrell of the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General ...
California Man Charged With Transporting Large Quantity of Fentanyl
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Raymond P. Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), announced that RICHARD MENDOZA was charged in an indictment with conspiring to distribute ...
Former Houston Independent School District Employee Pleads Guilty in College Admissions Case
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 27, 2020
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. A Louisville, Kentucky, man, who allegedly threatened police in a social media video while brandishing weapons has been charged federally, announced U.S. Attorney Russell Coleman. The resulting investigation and arrest will help keep police safe, and shows all levels of law enforcement working in coordination to take an armed felon who was threatening officers off of the streets.
Former Houston Independent School District Employee Pleads Guilty in College Admissions Case
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: BOSTON A former employee of the Houston Independent School District pleaded guilty today in connection with her involvement in a scheme to use bribery and fraud to facilitate cheating on the ACT and SAT exams.
Extradited Colombian National Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to 9 Years in Prison for Narcotics Trafficking
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 25, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Raymond P. Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of Homeland Security Investigations ...
Fort Myers Business Owner Indicted For COVID Relief Fraud
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Casey David Crowther (35, North Fort Myers) with one count of bank fraud, one count of making a false statement to a lending institution, and two counts of illegal monetary transactions. If convicted, ...
Rapid City Man Charged with Unlawful Possession of Firearm and Threats Against the President
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person and Threats Against the President.