re Department of Justice Releases Investigative Findings on the East Haven, Connecticut, Police Department By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:43:32 EST The investigation found that EHPD intentionally targets Latinos for traffic enforcement and treats Latino drivers more harshly after traffic stops in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, Title VI and the Safe Streets Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Florida Loan Officer Sentenced in Connection with $2.5 Million Reverse Mortgage and Loan Modification Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:57:08 EST John Incandela, 25, of Palm Beach, Fla., was sentenced to 41 months in prison, three years of supervised release and ordered to pay over $1.9 million in restitution. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Justice Department Issues Statements Regarding AT&T Inc.'s Abandonment of Its Proposed Acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc. By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:10:04 EST “This result is a victory for the millions of Americans who use mobile wireless telecommunications services,” said Deputy Attorney General Cole. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Nurse, Administrator and Two Recruiters for Miami Home Health Companies Sentenced to Prison in $25 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:35:24 EST Two patient recruiters, a nurse and an administrator for two Miami home health care companies were sentenced today for their participation in a $25 million home health Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Three Operators of Miami Home Health Company Plead Guilty in $60 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:49:48 EST Roberto Gonzalez, 61, Olga Gonzalez, 57, and their son, Fabian Gonzalez, 39, each pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro in the Southern District of Florida to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Federal Court Bars Alabama Woman from Preparing Tax Returns By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:03:25 EST A federal court in Mobile, Ala., has permanently barred Delois Warren from preparing federal tax returns for others. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Fort Lauderdale, Florida-Area Halfway House Operator Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Kickback Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:07:14 EST Butler Moultrie, 46, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry L. Garber in Miami to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Aon Corporation Agrees to Pay a $1.76 Million Criminal Penalty to Resolve Violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:13:35 EST Aon Corporation, a publicly traded corporation headquartered in Chicago and one of the largest insurance brokerage firms in the world, has entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice to pay a $1.76 million penalty to resolve violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re United States Seeks Forfeiture of Property Related to Federal Firearms Smuggling and Money Laundering Charges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:06:54 EST The complaint alleges that, between April 2010 and July 2011, property associated with New Deal Shooting Sports was used in connection with, among other things, a conspiracy to make false statements in connection with the acquisition of firearms and to illegally export firearms to Mexico, a conspiracy to engage in money laundering, and a conspiracy to facilitate the trafficking of narcotics. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Twelve Charged in Cleveland for Assaulting Practitioners of the Amish Religion By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:57:18 EST The Justice Department announced today that a federal grand jury in Cleveland returned a seven-count indictment charging 10 men and two women, all residents of Ohio, with federal crimes arising out of a series of religiously-motivated assaults on practitioners of the Amish religion. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Alleging Retaliation by the Town of Rome, Wisconsin By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:10:00 EST The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a consent decree with the town of Rome, Wis., to resolve allegations that the town retaliated against an employee after she made a complaint of discrimination based on sex. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re U.S. Bureau of Prisons Employee Pleads Guilty in Florida to Sexual Abuse of a Ward By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:07:37 EST Bureau of Prisons employee Jack Chris Jackson, 45, pleaded guilty today to the charge of sexual abuse of a ward. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Florida-Based Defense Contractor Pays US $4.75 Million to Resolve Allegations Related to Defective Bomb Fuzes By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:23:36 EST Kaman Precision Products Inc., an Orlando, Fla., defense contractor, will pay the United States $4.75 million to resolve allegations that the company submitted false claims for non-conforming fuzes sold to the U.S. Army for use in “bunkerbuster” bombs. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Justice Department Settles Lawsuit with Commonwealth of Massachusetts and City of Brockton, Mass., to Enforce Employment Rights of U.S. Army Reservist By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:17:16 EST The Justice Department announced today that the city of Brockton, Mass., promoted U.S. Army Reservist Brian Benvie on Dec. 16, 2011, to the position of lieutenant in the city’s police department. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Justice Department Requires Divestiture in $7.9 Billion Merger of Exelon Corporation and Constellation Energy Group By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:53:04 EST The Department of Justice requires Exelon Corporation and Constellation Energy Group Inc. to divest three electricity generating plants in Maryland in order to proceed with their $7.9 billion merger. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re North Carolina Businessman Guilty of Failing to Pay More Than $15 Million in Payroll Taxes for Temporary Staffing Companies By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:20:29 EST Bruce Gregory Harrison III was convicted yesterday following a jury trial in federal court in Winston-Salem, N.C. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Attorney General Holder Announces New Federal Bureau of Prisons Director By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:45:38 EST Attorney General Eric Holder today announced the appointment of Charles E. Samuels Jr. as the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Justice Department Reaches $335 Million Settlement to Resolve Allegations of Lending Discrimination by Countrywide Financial Corporation By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:11:31 EST The Department of Justice today filed its largest residential fair lending settlement in history to resolve allegations that Countrywide Financial Corporation and its subsidiaries engaged in a widespread pattern or practice of discrimination against qualified African-American and Hispanic borrowers in their mortgage lending from 2004 through 2008. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Chinese National Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison for Economic Espionage and Theft of Trade Secrets By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:48:17 EST Kexue Huang, a Chinese national and a former resident of Carmel, Ind., was sentenced today to 87 months in prison and three years of supervised release on charges of economic espionage to benefit components of the Chinese government and theft of trade secrets. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez Speaks at the Countrywide Financial Corporation Settlement Announcement By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:43:38 EST "At the core of the allegations in the complaint is a simple story: If you were African-American or Hispanic and you went to Countrywide for a loan, and you were qualified, you likely paid more simply because of the color of your skin. You likely paid more than a similarly-qualified white borrower if you were African-American or Hispanic and received your loan from a Countrywide loan officer, or from Countrywide’s mortgage brokers," said Assistant Attorney General Perez. Full Article Speech
re Justice Department Requires Deutsche Börse to Divest Its Interest in Direct Edge in Order to Merge with NYSE Euronext By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:52:27 EST The Department of Justice will require Deutsche Börse AG to direct its subsidiary International Securities Exchange Holdings Inc. to sell its 31.5 percent stake in Direct Edge Holdings LLC and agree to other restrictions in order for Deutsche Börse to proceed with its planned $9 billion merger with NYSE Euronext, one of the two largest and most prestigious stock exchange operators in the United States. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Former Grant Administrator and Legal Assistant of American Samoa Non-Profit Legal Aid Corporation Plead Guilty to Stealing More Than $150,000 in Federal Grant Funds By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:09:42 EST Julie Matau, 49, of San Francisco, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud before U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken. Andrea Matau, 28, also of San Francisco, pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of theft of federal funds before Judge Wilken. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Former Army National Guard Major Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Receiving Bribes at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:11:58 EST A former Major in the U.S. Army National Guard who was deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for receiving bribes from military contractors in exchange for fraudulently verifying the receipt of concrete bunkers and barriers that were never received. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re GE Funding Capital Market Services Inc. Admits to Anticompetitive Conduct by Former Traders in the Municipal Bond Investments Market and Agrees to Pay $70 Million to Federal and State Agencies By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:08:25 EST GE Funding Capital Market Services Inc. entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice to resolve the company’s role in anticompetitive activity in the municipal bond investments market and agreed to pay a total of $70 million in restitution, penalties and disgorgement to federal and state agencies. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Statement of Attorney General Holder on Increase in Law Enforcement Officer Fatalities By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:34:48 EST “This is a devastating and unacceptable trend. Each of these deaths is a tragic reminder of the threats that law enforcement officers face each day – and the fact that too many guns have fallen into the hands of those who are not legally permitted to possess them,” said Attorney General Eric Holder. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re California Federal Court Blocks Bogus Tax Credit Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:37:27 EST A federal court in Los Angeles has permanently barred Lamar Ellis of Brea, Calif., from promoting a scheme involving sales of bogus federal tax credits. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Virginia-Based BAE Systems Ship Repair Inc. By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:19:59 EST The Justice Department announced today that it reached a settlement with BAE Systems Ship Repair Inc., a leading provider of ship repair services, to settle allegations that its subsidiary, BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards Alabama LLC, engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination by imposing unnecessary and additional documentary requirements on work-authorized non-U.S. citizens when establishing their eligibility to work in the United States. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Magyar Telekom and Deutsche Telekom Resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigation and Agree to Pay Nearly $64 Million in Combined Criminal Penalties By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:43:04 EST The department filed a criminal information against Magyar Telekom and a two-year deferred prosecution agreement in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Essroc Cement Company to Pay $1.7 Million Penalty to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:57:43 EST The settlement will protect Americans’ health by reducing more than 7,000 tons of harmful nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide pollution each year that can lead to childhood asthma, acid rain and smog. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re GE Healthcare Inc. Pays U.S. $30 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:36:51 EST GE Healthcare Inc. has paid the United States $30 million, plus interest, to settle allegations that a company it acquired in 2004, Amersham Health Inc., had violated the False Claims Act by causing Medicare to overpay for Myoview, a radiopharmaceutical used in certain cardiac diagnostic imaging procedures, the Justice Department announced. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Justice Department Settles Allegations of Citizenship Status Discrimination and Retaliation Against Georgia Rug Manufacturer By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:28:49 EST The Justice Department announced a settlement today with Garland Sales Inc., a Georgia rug manufacturer, resolving allegations that it engaged in discrimination by imposing unnecessary documentary requirements on individuals of Hispanic origin when establishing their eligibility to work in the United States, and that it retaliated against a worker for protesting his discriminatory treatment. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re CDR Financial Products and Its Owner Plead Guilty to Bid-Rigging and Fraud Conspiracies Related to Municipal Bond Investments By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 14:45:33 EDT A Beverly Hills, Calif.,-based financial products and services firm, and its founder and owner pleaded guilty today in the Southern District of New York for their participation in bid-rigging and fraud conspiracies related to contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other related municipal finance contracts. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re US Files Complaint Against National Chain of Hospice Providers Alleging False Claims on the Medicare Program By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 15:18:05 EST The United States has intervened and filed a complaint in a whistleblower suit against AseraCare Hospice, the Justice Department announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Maersk Line to Pay Us $31.9 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations for Inflated Shipping Costs to Military in Afghanistan and Iraq By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 16:21:30 EST Maersk Line Limited has agreed to pay the government $31.9 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to the United States in connection with contracts to transport cargo in shipping containers to support U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Assistant Attorney General Laurie Robinson Announces Departure from Office of Justice Programs By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 19:13:20 EST The Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Laurie Robinson, announced today that she would be leaving her position at the end of February Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Delaware Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Production and Transportation of Child Pornography By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 15:18:28 EST Leonard Wasylyk, 49, was also sentenced to lifetime supervised release and will be required to register as a sex offender in any jurisdiction in which he lives, works or attends school. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Office Manager for Miami Home Health Company Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison for Role in $25 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 16:31:21 EST Two of her co-defendants were also sentenced to prison today for their roles in the fraud scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re New York Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Preparing False Tax Returns By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 17:35:04 EST The owner of a Dix Hill, N.Y., tax preparation business pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of New York in Central Islip, N.Y., to endeavoring to obstruct the internal revenue laws and aiding in the preparation of false income tax returns. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Attorney General Eric Holder Announces Revisions to the Uniform Crime Report’s Definition of Rape By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 09:01:44 EST Attorney General Eric Holder today announced revisions to the Uniform Crime Report’s (UCR) definition of rape, which will lead to a more comprehensive statistical reporting of rape nationwide. The new definition is more inclusive, better reflects state criminal codes and focuses on the various forms of sexual penetration understood to be rape. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Former Army Major Sentenced to Prison in Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme Related to DOD Contracts in Support of Iraq War By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 09:47:37 EST Eddie Pressley, 41, a former U.S. Army contracting official, was sentenced in Birmingham, Ala., for his participation in a bribery and money laundering scheme related to bribes paid for contracts awarded in support of the Iraq war. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Three Tennessee Men Plead Guilty to Launching Mortar-Style Fireworks at African-Americans By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 16:31:07 EST James Smiley, 27, Colton Partin, 21, and Kyle Montgomery, 21, all of Chattanooga, Tenn., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Chattanooga for launching fireworks at African-Americans who were congregated outside their apartment building. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Arizona Man Sentenced to More Than 5 Years in Prison in Money Laundering and Tax Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 16:39:34 EST Wayne A. Mounts, a resident of Mesa, Ariz., was sentenced yesterday to 63 months in prison for his role in conspiracies to commit money laundering and to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced the Justice Department and the IRS today. On July 25, 2011, a federal jury in Phoenix convicted Mounts and his co-defendant, Gino Carlucci, of both conspiracies after an eight-day trial. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Three Philippine Nationals Arrested in International Arms Trafficking Case By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 16:37:42 EST Sergio Santiago de Leon Syjuco, aka “Yogi,” 25, of Muntinlupa City, Philippines; Cesar Paolo Inciong Ubaldo, aka “Arvi,” 26, of Paranaque City, Philippines; and Arjyl Revereza, 25, of Manila, Philippines, were charged in criminal complaint unsealed yesterday in the Central District of California with importing defense articles into the United States without a license, in violation of the Arms Export Control Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Alabama Tax Preparers Sentenced to Prison for Preparing False Tax Returns By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 16:40:43 EST Judge Mark Fuller of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama sentenced Lutoyua N. Thompson and Melinda M. Lambert to prison today for their involvement in a fraudulent tax return preparation scheme, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Austin, Texas, Man Pleads Guilty to Bankruptcy Fraud and Identity Theft in Connection with Nationwide Foreclosure-rescue Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 18:06:19 EST Frederic Alan Gladle, 53, was charged on Dec. 9, 2011, in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles with one count of bankruptcy fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Triad Mining Agrees to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations and Restore Affected Waterways in Indiana By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 13:35:43 EST Triad Mining Inc., the owner and operator of 31 surface mines in Appalachia and Indiana, has agreed to pay a penalty and to restore affected waterways for failing to obtain the required Clean Water Act (CWA) permit for stream impacts caused by its surface mining operation in Indiana. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Broward County, Fla.-Area Halfway House Owner Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Kickback Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 15:27:03 EST Barry Nash, 69, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry L. Garber in Miami to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re CDR Financial Products Executive and Former Executive Plead Guilty in New York to Bid-Rigging and Fraud Conspiracies Related to Municipal Bond Investments By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 16:32:39 EST An executive and a former executive of Rubin/Chambers, Dunhill Insurance Services, also known as CDR Financial Products, pleaded guilty today in the Southern District of New York for their participation in bid-rigging and fraud conspiracies related to contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other related municipal finance contracts. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Los Angeles Church Pastor Sentenced to 180 Months in Prison for $14.2 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 18:49:30 EST The pastor of a now defunct Los Angeles church who owned and operated several fraudulent durable medical equipment (DME) supply companies was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for his role in a $14.2 million Medicare fraud scheme, the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. Full Article OPA Press Releases
re Man Sentenced in Connection with Arson at Planned Parenthood and Vandalism of Mosque in Madera, California By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 18:58:47 EST Donny Eugene Mower, 38, of Madera, Calif., was sentenced in federal court today following his October 2011 guilty pleas to one count of arson, one count of damaging religious property and one count of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, which makes it a federal crime to damage the property of a reproductive health services facility. These charges stem from Mower’s lighting a fire inside a Planned Parenthood clinic and throwing a brick at a mosque in Madera. Full Article OPA Press Releases