Georgia Doctor Pleads Guilty to Distributing Misbranded Weight Loss Drug Product
A Georgia physician pleaded guilty today to charges related to the sale of a purported weight loss drug product that contained human chorionic gonadotropin, or HCG.
View ArticleGree U.S. Subsidiary Sentenced for Failure to Report Dangerous Dehumidifiers
Gree USA, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of a Chinese appliance company, was sentenced today to pay a $500,000 criminal fine after pleading guilty to failing to notify the U.S. Consumer Product Safety...
View ArticleThree Nevada Men Convicted in Multimillion Dollar Prize Notice Scheme
A federal jury convicted three Nevada men yesterday for perpetrating a prize-notification scheme that stole more than $6 million from victims. The notices led victims to believe that they could claim a...
View ArticleThree Nigerian Nationals Extradited from the United Kingdom and Spain to Face...
Three Nigerian nationals were extradited to the Southern District of Florida to face federal charges related to allegations that they operated an international fraud scheme. Kennedy Ikponmwosa was...
View ArticleBeverly Hills Plastic Surgeon Agrees to Pay Nearly $24 Million to Settle...
A plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, California, along with his son, medical practices, and billing company, have agreed to pay $23.9 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims...
View ArticleThe United States Attorney for Puerto Rico, FBI San Juan, and HHS-OIG...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, W. Stephen Muldrow, the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the San Juan Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
View ArticleNetwork of Transnational Fraudsters Indicted for Racketeering in Scheme to...
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has returned an indictment charging 14 defendants for their participation in a years-long scheme to steal millions of dollars from American consumers’ bank accounts,...
View ArticleCourt Enjoins Alabama Seafood Processor from Distributing Adulterated Seafood...
A federal court today enjoined an Irvington, Alabama, company and several of its operators from distributing adulterated seafood products in violation of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA).
View ArticleGCI Communications Corp. to Pay More than $40 Million to Resolve False Claims...
GCI Communications Corp. (GCI), located in Anchorage, Alaska, has agreed to pay $40,242,546 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly inflating its prices and violating...
View ArticleUnited States Files Complaint Against Telecommunications Service Provider for...
The Department of Justice, together with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), today announced a civil enforcement action against XCast Labs, Inc. for allegedly violating the Telemarketing Sales Rule...
View ArticleU.S. Law Enforcement Disrupts Networks Used to Transfer Fraud Proceeds,...
The Justice Department, FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), and other federal law enforcement agencies announced today the completion of a three-month campaign that disrupted networks used by...
View ArticleVillage Home Care, CEO, and Two Doctors Pay $490,000 to Resolve False Claims...
Village Home Care, LLC (VHC), located in Ocala, Florida, has agreed to pay $225,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by paying kickbacks to two physicians in the form...
View ArticleMichigan Vascular Surgeon Sentenced to 80 Months in Prison for Health Care...
Vasso Godiali, a vascular surgeon from Bay City, Michigan, was sentenced on May 3 to 80 months in prison for orchestrating a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud health care programs by submitting...
View ArticleDetroit Medical Center, Vanguard Health Systems, and Tenet Healthcare...
VHS of Michigan Inc., doing business as, The Detroit Medical Center Inc. (DMC), Vanguard Health Systems Inc. (Vanguard), and Tenet Healthcare Corporation (Tenet), has agreed to pay $29,744,065 to the...
View ArticleTwo Nigerian Nationals Previously Extradited from the United Kingdom Plead...
Two Nigerian nationals who were extradited to the United States from the United Kingdom pleaded guilty to operating a transnational inheritance fraud scheme.
View ArticleDeputy Assistant Attorney General Arun G. Rao Delivers Remarks at the...
Good morning. I appreciate the opportunity to speak with you today. Many thanks to the International Bar Association for the invitation and for the kind introduction. I look forward hearing from...
View ArticleMicrosoft Agrees to Pay $20 Million Civil Penalty for Alleged Violations of...
The Justice Department, together with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), announced today that the United States has resolved a case against Microsoft Corp. regarding its practices for collecting and...
View ArticleTwo Jacksonville Compounding Pharmacies and Their Owner Agree to Pay at Least...
The Justice Department announced today that Smart Pharmacy, Inc., SP2, LLC, and owner Gregory Balotin have agreed to pay at least $7.4 million to resolve lawsuits filed in Jacksonville, Florida,...
View ArticleLab Billing Company Settles False Claims Act Allegations Relating to...
VitalAxis Inc., a Maryland-based billing company for diagnostic laboratories, has agreed to pay $300,479.58 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it caused the submission of false claims to...
View ArticleCanadian Man Convicted in Multimillion-Dollar Psychic Mass-Mailing Fraud Scheme
A federal jury in the Eastern District of New York convicted a Canadian man today for perpetrating a decades-long mass-mailing fraud scheme that stole more than $175 million from victims in the United...
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