ag Home Health Agency Owner Pleads Guilty in Connection with Detroit Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:08:12 EST Detroit-area resident Muhammad Shahab pleaded guilty today for his role in organizing a Detroit-area home health care fraud scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Justice Department Signs a Settlement Agreement with North Carolina Company to Ensure Fair Treatment in the Workplace By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:51:13 EST The Department announced a settlement agreement with Sunlight Inc., doing business as Beauty Smart, of Durham, N.C., to resolve allegations of a pattern or practice of discrimination in recruitment and hiring on the basis of national origin. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Justice Department Settles with Ohio Child Care Center to End Discrimination Against Children with Asthma By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:32:44 EST The Department announced a settlement agreement with The Children’s House Inc. of Broadview Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, to provide services for children with asthma as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Statement of the Department of Justice Antitrust Division on Its Decision to Close Its Investigation of the Internet Search and Paid Search Advertising Agreement Between Microsoft Corporation and Yahoo! Inc. By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:31:00 EST "After a thorough review of the evidence, the division has determined that the proposed transaction is not likely to substantially lessen competition in the United States." Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Massachusetts Hospital Agrees to Pay U.S. $2.79 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:03:04 EST Mercy Hospital Inc. of Springfield, Mass., has agreed to pay the United States $2,799,462 to settle claims that it violated the False Claims Act between 2005 and 2006 by failing to provide, or failing to document that it provided, the minimum number of hours of rehabilitation therapy required under Medicare guidelines. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Justice Department Obtains More Than $2 Million to Settle Claims of Housing Discrimination Against Former Owners and Managers of Kansas City Apartment Complex By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:33:01 EST The combined $2.13 million settlement represents the second largest monetary payment ever obtained by the department in a fair housing case alleging housing discrimination in the rental of apartments. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Cummins Inc. Agrees to Pay $2.1 Million Penalty for Diesel Engine Clean Air Act Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:44:46 EST Cummins Inc., a major motor vehicle engine company based in Columbus, Ind., will pay a $2.1 million penalty and recall 405 engines under a settlement agreement resolving alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Najibullah Zazi Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Use Explosives Against Persons or Property in U.S., Conspiracy to Murder Abroad and Providing Material Support to Al-Qaeda By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:57:15 EST Among other things, Zazi admitted that he brought TATP [Triacetone Triperoxide] explosives to New York on Sept. 10, 2009, as part of plan to attack the New York subway system. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Justice Department Requires KeySpan to Disgorge $12 Million in Profits from Anticompetitive Agreement By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:16:15 EST The Department announced a settlement with KeySpan Corporation that requires KeySpan to pay $12 million for violating the antitrust laws by entering into an agreement restraining competition in the New York City electricity capacity market. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Department of Justice and USDA Workshops to Explore Competition and Regulatory Issues in the Agriculture Industry to Begin March 12 in Iowa By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:24:45 EST The goals of the workshops are to promote dialogue among interested parties and foster learning with respect to the appropriate legal and economic analyses of these issues, as well as to listen to and learn from parties with experience in the agriculture sector. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force Hosts Mortgage Fraud Summit in Miami By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:01:23 EST Representatives of the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force met in Miami today for the first of a series of Mortgage Fraud Summits. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Justice Department Requires Divestitures in Order for Bemis Company Inc. to Proceed with Its Acquisition of the Alcan Packaging Food Americas Business By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:25:58 EST Without the divestitures, the department said the acquisition would lead to higher prices, lower quality, less favorable supply-chain options, reduced technical support and less innovation. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Against Mort’s Concrete Inc., and Owner to Enforce Employment Rights of Wisconsin Army National Guardsman By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:10:39 EST The Department has reached a settlement in its lawsuit filed on behalf of Wisconsin Army National Guardsman Rocco Sylvester Jr., against Mort’s Concrete Inc. and Kevin Mortimer. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Against Fresno County, California to Protect Employment Rights of Navy Reservist By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:24:41 EST The Department has reached a settlement with the county of Fresno, Calif., on behalf of Navy Reservist Porotesano Faapouli. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Orange City Landlord and Manager to Pay $100,000 in Civil Penalties as Part of Settlement of Justice Department Housing Discrimination Lawsuit By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 16:41:15 EST “Equal access to housing is a basic necessity and a civil right, and the Fair Housing Act guarantees that all individuals can access that right free from discrimination,” said Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Two Former Executives of Medical Manager Found Guilty in Securities Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 19:11:47 EST Two former executives of Medical Manager Health Systems Inc., a subsidiary of WebMD Corporation from 2000 to 2005, were convicted today by a federal jury in Charleston, S.C., with participating in a conspiracy to fraudulently inflate the reported earnings of Medical Manager by more than $16.8 million between 1997 and 2003. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Cincinnati Packaged-Ice Manufacturer Sentenced to Pay $9 Million for Its Role in a Customer and Territory Allocation Conspiracy By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 16:03:40 EST The Home City Ice Company pleaded guilty in 2008 to conspiring to suppress and eliminate competition by allocating packaged-ice customers and territories in the Detroit metropolitan area and southeastern Michigan. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag U.S. Files Complaint Against Virginia Medicaid Providers By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 18:34:05 EST The United States and the Commonwealth of Virginia have filed a False Claims Act complaint in the Western District of Virginia against Medicaid providers Universal Health Services Inc., Keystone Marion LLC and Keystone Education and Youth Services LLC. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Houston Independent School District Agrees to Settle False Claims Allegations Involving the E-rate Program By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 16:51:36 EST The Houston Independent School District has agreed to relinquish millions of dollars in requests for federal funds and to pay a total of $850,000 as part of a civil settlement relating to allegations that the school district violated the False Claims Act in connection with the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) E-Rate program. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Chicago Hospital to Pay More Than $1.5 Million to Resolve Medicare False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:13:51 EST Rush University Medical Center has agreed to pay $1,547,200 plus interest to resolve allegations that the facility violated the False Claims Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Department of Justice and USDA Announce Updated Schedule for Agriculture Workshop on March 12 in Iowa By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:12:47 EST The workshops, which were first announced by Attorney General Eric Holder and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Aug. 5, 2009, are the first joint Department of Justice/USDA workshops ever to be held to discuss competition and regulatory issues in the agriculture industry. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag DOJ and USDA Hold First-ever Workshop on Competition Issues in Agriculture By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:27:50 EST “Today’s workshop provided the Department with an important opportunity to hear from a variety of perspectives and individuals about competition in the agriculture sector,” said Attorney General Eric Holder. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the Department of Justice and USDA Agriculture Workshop By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:16:48 EST "The Justice Department, as well as the USDA and the entire administration, is committed to protecting competition vigorously," said Attorney General Holder. Full Article Speech
ag Chicago Resident David Coleman Headley Pleads Guilty to Role in India and Denmark Terrorism Conspiracies By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:15:27 EDT David Coleman Headley, a U.S. citizen of partial Pakistani descent, pleaded guilty today to a dozen federal terrorism charges, admitting that he participated in planning the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, as well as later planning to attack a Danish newspaper. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Innospec Inc. Pleads Guilty to FCPA Charges and Defrauding the United Nations; Admits to Violating the U.S. Embargo Against Cuba By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:45:23 EDT Innospec Inc., a Delaware corporation, pleaded guilty today to defrauding the United Nations (UN), to violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and to violating the U.S. embargo against Cuba. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Texas Pipeline Company Agrees to Pay Civil Penalty to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:16:30 EDT A Texas-based pipeline company has agreed to pay a $450,000 civil penalty to the United States to settle allegations that it failed to prepare and maintain proper facility response plans to deal with spills and environmental accidents at eight of its oil storage terminal facilities in Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Attorney General Holder, Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force Announce New Funding Distribution for Enforcement Efforts at Mortgage Fraud Summit in Phoenix By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:10:53 EDT The Attorney General announced that new investments included in the FY 2010 budget will soon be distributed to combat mortgage fraud. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Attorney General Eric Holder Delivers Remarks at the Phoenix Mortgage Fraud Summit By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:16:05 EDT "Mortgage fraud schemes must be stopped in their tracks. And those willing to exploit our national financial crisis for personal gain will be brought to justice," said Attorney General Holder. Full Article Speech
ag Mobile, Alabama, Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Civil Rights Charges Related to Desecration of Synagogue By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:50:03 EDT Christian Rodney Ice, of Mobile, Ala., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Mobile to one count of violating the Church Arson Act by placing threatening graffitti and neo-Nazi markings on a synagogue in Mobile. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Chicago Man Charged with Providing Material Support to Al Qaeda by Attempting to Send Funds Overseas By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:57:07 EDT Raja Lahrasib Khan was charged with two counts of providing material support to terrorism in a criminal complaint that was filed yesterday in U.S. District Court in Chicago and unsealed today following his arrest. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Two Shell Chemical Companies Agree to Reduce Harmful Emissions Under Comprehensive Clean Air Act Settlements By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:07:12 EDT Shell Chemical L.P. and Shell Chemical Yabucoa have agreed to install pollution reduction equipment on two petroleum refining facilities at an estimated cost of $6 million as part of two comprehensive Clean Air Act settlements. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Daimler AG and Three Subsidiaries Resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigation and Agree to Pay $93.6 Million in Criminal Penalties By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 15:50:16 EDT Daimler AG, a German corporation, and three of its subsidiaries have resolved charges related to a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigation into the company’s worldwide sales practices. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag U.S. Joins Lawsuit Against Waycross, Georgia, Medical Center & Physician for Alleged False Claims Billings to Medicare and Medicaid By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 16:35:45 EDT The United States has intervened in a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that Satilla Health Services Inc., dba Satilla Regional Medical Center, and Dr. Najam Azmat submitted claims for medically substandard and unnecessary services to Medicare and Medicaid. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Learning Tree International Inc. Agrees to Pay $4.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Improper Billing Practices and Retention of Federal Funds By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 10:47:32 EDT Learning Tree International Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $4.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act when it improperly invoiced federal agencies in advance for information technology training courses and kept federal funds for training courses that were never actually provided. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Attorney General Holder Signs First Criminal Law Enforcement Agreement Between United States and Algeria By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 10:09:20 EDT Attorney General Eric Holder and Algerian Minister of Justice Tayeb Belaiz today signed a treaty between the United States and Algeria on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, the first ever criminal law enforcement agreement between the two countries. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Justice Department Signs Agreement with the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, to Ensure Civic Access for People with Disabilities By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 09:42:55 EDT The Department announced an agreement with the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, to improve access to all aspects of civic life for persons with disabilities. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Federal Court in Chicago Bars Tax Preparer from Preparing Returns for Customers By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 14:08:13 EDT A federal judge in Chicago has permanently barred Matoi Rimes, individually and operating as Rimes Accounting Service, from preparing federal tax returns for anyone who is not a member of his immediate family. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Clinic Manager and Patient Recruiter Plead Guilty for Roles in $2 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 17:56:26 EDT Detroit-area residents Carlos Grana and Dwight Armstrong pleaded guilty today to engaging in a fraudulent medical testing scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Attorney General Eric Holder Signs Agreement to Strengthen U.S.-Spanish Cooperation, Pushes for Terrorist Financing Tracking Program Agreement By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 10:07:35 EDT "Whether it is in counterterrorism, counter-narcotics, money laundering, smuggling or combating international organized crime, Spain has long been and will continue to be a strong partner for the United States," said Attorney General Holder. Full Article Speech
ag Former Owner and CEO of Kentucky Business Pleads Guilty for Role in Conspiracy to Inflate Personal Earnings as Part of Purchase Agreement By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:46:13 EDT The founder and chief executive officer of Image Entry Inc., pleaded guilty today for his role in a conspiracy to inflate his earnings resulting from the company’s 2001 acquisition by SourceCorp Inc. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Former ATF Agent Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:47:44 EDT Ramon Bazan, a former Special Agent of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia to a one-count criminal information charging him with making false statements in connection with a series of fraudulent visa referrals. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Site Owner Agrees to Pay for Cleanup of New Jersey Superfund Site By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:36:02 EDT Wall Herald Corporation has agreed to pay approximately $20 million for past and future cleanup costs incurred by the federal government at the Monitor Devices Superfund site in Wall Township, N.J., according to a settlement filed today in federal court in Trenton, N.J. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Against Pasco, Washington, Company to Enforce Employment Rights of National Guardsman By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:23:18 EDT The Department has entered into a consent decree with Milne Enterprises Inc., d/b/a Milne, Nail, Power Tool &s complaint alleging violations of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Two Houston-Area Residents Convicted in Medicare Fraud Scheme Involving Fraudulent Claims of Hurricane Damage to Power Wheelchairs By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:01:28 EDT A federal jury in Houston today convicted Helen Etinfoh, 50, and Paula Whitfield, 43, for their roles in a Medicare fraud conspiracy involving, among other things, fraudulent claims of hurricane damage to power wheelchairs. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag U.S. Seeks Permanent Injunction Against Florida-Based Drug Compounding Lab By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:37:08 EDT The United States has filed a civil suit on behalf of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in U.S. District Court in the Middle District of Florida, against Franck’s Compounding Lab Inc., dba Franck’s Lab, a compounding pharmacy located in Ocala, Fla. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Alaska Seafood Company Agrees to Pay More Than $500,000 to Resolve Alleged Environmental Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:22:08 EDT Westward Seafoods Inc., the operator of a seafood processing plant in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, will pay a $570,000 civil penalty as part of a settlement agreement to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag N. Virginia, Real Estate Agent Arraigned on Charges of Failing to File Tax Returns By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:03:25 EDT Gregory Alan Roberts, a resident of Fairfax County and Loudoun County, Va., was arraigned today by U.S. Magistrate Judge Ivan D. Davis on charges that he failed to timely file income tax returns for the years 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Against Troy University of Montgomery, Alabama, to Enforce Employment Rights of U.S. Army Reservist By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:10:22 EDT The Department has entered into a consent decree with Troy University of Montgomery, Ala., to resolve the department’s complaint alleging violations of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force Hosts Fair Lending Forum in Chicago By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:25:32 EDT Representatives of the President’s Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force (FFETF) met in Chicago today with community stakeholders to discuss national, state and local elements of the banking and housing crisis. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ag Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Samuel R. Bagenstos Testifies Before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:32:01 EDT "The Civil Rights Division enforces the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and we have a substantial role in implementing Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act." Full Article Speech