ay United States Transfers Two Guantanamo Bay Detainees to Algeria By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:08:55 EST Two Algerian detainees, Hasan Zemiri and Adil Hadi al Jazairi Bin Hamlili, have been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the custody and control of the Government of Algeria. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ 78th Winter Meeting By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:17:01 EST "Supporting law enforcement operations is vital to fulfilling our missions and responsibilities," said Attorney General Holder. Full Article Speech
ay United States Transfers Three Guantanamo Bay Detainees to Slovakia By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:42:09 EST The United States is grateful to the Government of Slovakia for its willingness to support U.S. efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay United States Transfers Guantanamo Bay Detainee to Switzerland By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:39:12 EST The Swiss Government, with the support of the Canton of Geneva, accepted an Uzbek national for resettlement and his transfer was carried out according to arrangements between the governments of the United States and Switzerland. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay Department of Justice Officials, Actress Mariska Hargitay Urge Team Response to End Violence Against Women By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 11:15:03 EST President Obama’s FY2011 budget request provides $461 million for OVW to provide communities with resources to combat sexual assault and violence against women. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay Atricure to Pay U.S. $3.76 Million to Resolve Medicare Fraud Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 14:29:21 EST Atricure Inc., a medical device manufacturer, has agreed to pay the United States $3.76 million to resolve civil claims in connection with the alleged promotion of its surgical ablation devices. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay NFL Players Association Joins Justice Department Effort to Raise Awareness Around Violence Against Women By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 11:13:56 EST The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) has joined its year-long campaign to commemorate the 15 year anniversary of President Bill Clinton signing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) into law. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay Canadian Firm and U.S. Subsidiary to Pay $4 Million to Settle Lawsuit in Connection with Sale of Defective Bullet-Proof Vests By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:51:54 EST Lincoln Fabrics Ltd., a Canadian weaver of ballistic fabrics, and its American subsidiary, have agreed to pay the United States $4 million to settle the United States’ lawsuit against Lincoln for violations of the False Claims Act in connection with their role in the weaving of Zylon fabric used in the manufacture and sale of defective Zylon bullet-proof vests. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay Two Former Executives of Video Relay Services Company Plead Guilty to Defrauding FCC Program By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:56:58 EST Irma Azrelyant and Joshua Finkle, the former co-owners of New York and New Jersey-based Deaf and Hard of Hearing Interpreting Services Inc. (DHIS), pleaded guilty today to engaging in a conspiracy to defraud the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Video Relay Service (VRS) program of more than $7 million. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay 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
ay Shipping Firm Sentenced to Pay $10 Million for Causing Cosco Busan Oil Spill and Coverup By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:01:42 EST Fleet Management Ltd. was ordered to pay $10 million today for its role in causing the Cosco Busan oil discharge and a subsequent cover-up after the ship struck the San Francisco Bay Bridge in November 2007. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay Eon Labs Pays U.S. $3.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Submitting False Claims to Medicaid By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:22:10 EST Eon Labs Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $3.5 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations relating to the company's drug Nitroglycerin Sustained Release (SR) capsules. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay 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
ay United States Transfers Three Guantanamo Bay Detainees to Albania By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:19:51 EST The United States is grateful to the Government of Albania for its willingness to support U.S. efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay United States Transfers Guantanamo Bay Detainee to Spain By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:21:37 EST The United States is grateful to the Government of Spain for its willingness to support U.S. efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in New York to Pay U.S. $2.92 Million to Resolve Fraud Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:35:46 EST Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center, a Long Island, N.Y.-based hospital, has agreed to pay $2.92 million, plus interest, to settle allegations that the hospital defrauded Medicare. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay Two Charged with Terror Violations in Connection with New York Subway Plot By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:46:41 EST A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of New York has returned a superseding indictment charging Zarein Ahmedzay and Adis Medunjanin with terrorism violations stemming from, among other activities, their alleged roles in the plot involving Najibullah Zazi to attack the New York subway system in mid-September 2009 Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay Two Atlanta-Based Nursing Home Chains and Their Principals Pay $14 Million to Settle False Claims Act Case By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:07:12 EST Atlanta-based Mariner Health Care Inc. and SavaSeniorCare Administrative Services LLC, as well as their principals, Leonard Grunstein, Murray Forman and Rubin Schron, have agreed to pay the United States and several states $14 million. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay BAE Systems PLC Pleads Guilty and Ordered to Pay $400 Million Criminal Fine By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 15:43:43 EST "Today, BAE Systems pleaded guilty to knowingly and willfully making false statements to U.S. government agencies. The actions of BAE Systems impeded U.S. efforts to ensure international trade is free of corruption and to maintain control over sensitive U.S. technology," said Acting Deputy Attorney General Gary G. Grindler. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay 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
ay 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
ay Four Former Owners and Employees of Three Video Relay Service Companies Plead Guilty to Defrauding FCC Program By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 15:14:06 EST Four former owners and employees of three different video relay service companies pleaded guilty today and yesterday to engaging in conspiracies to defraud the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Video Relay Service (VRS) program of more than $2.5 million. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay Railroad Company to Pay $4 Million Penalty for 2005 Chlorine Spill That Resulted in Nine Deaths in Graniteville, South Carolina By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:10:34 EST Norfolk Southern Railway Company has agreed to pay a $4 million penalty to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and hazardous materials laws for a 2005 chlorine spill in Graniteville, S.C. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay Three Former Owners and Employees of Two Video Relay Service Companies Plead Guilty to Defrauding FCC Program By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 15:26:02 EST Three former owners and employees of two different video relay service companies pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Video Relay Service (VRS) program of more than $2.5 million. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay 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
ay Justice Department Files for Immediate Relief Regarding Conditions at Conway Human Development Center, in Conway, Arkansas By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 17:47:07 EST The department’s motion for preliminary injunction aims to prevent the segregation of children with developmental disabilities in dangerous conditions and to address accusations of imminent and serious threats to the safety of the facility’s more than 500 current residents. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay Alpharma to Pay $42.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations in Connection with Promotion of Drug Kadian By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:50:12 EDT American pharmaceutical manufacturer Alpharma Inc. has agreed to pay $42.5 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations in connection with the marketing of the morphine-based drug, Kadian. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay Nexus Technologies Inc. and Three Employees Plead Guilty to Paying Bribes to Vietnamese Officials By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:54:31 EDT Nexus Technologies Inc., a Philadelphia-based export company, pleaded guilty today in connection with a conspiracy to bribe officials of the Vietnamese government in exchange for lucrative contracts to supply equipment and technology to Vietnamese government agencies, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay 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
ay New Jersey Hospital to Pay $6.35 Million to Resolve Allegations of Inflating Charges to Obtain Higher Medicare Reimbursement By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:20:27 EDT Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, a New Jersey-based hospital, has agreed to pay $6.35 million to settle allegations that the hospital defrauded Medicare. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay United States Transfers Three Guantanamo Bay Detainees to Georgia By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:45:40 EDT The United States is grateful to Georgia for its willingness to support U.S. efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay Florida Health Care Provider & Individual Physician to Pay $12 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:36:07 EDT “The Justice Department is committed to vigorously pursuing those who defraud Medicare,” said Tony West, Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Division of the Department of Justice. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay United States Transfers Two Uighur Detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Switzerland By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:55:10 EDT The Swiss Government, with the support of the Canton of Jura, accepted the two Chinese nationals of Uighur ethnicity for resettlement in Switzerland. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay Leader of Hacking Ring Sentenced for Massive Identity Thefts from Payment Processor and U.S. Retail Networks By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:41:24 EDT Albert Gonzalez, of Miami, the leader of the largest hacking and identity theft ring ever prosecuted by the U.S. government, has been sentenced to 20 years and one day in prison for his role in a series of hacks into a major payment processor and several retail networks. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay Former Executive Indicted for His Role in Color Display Tube Price-Fixing Conspiracy By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:14:31 EDT A federal grand jury in San Francisco today returned an indictment against a former executive of a large Taiwan-based color display tube (CDT) manufacturing company for his participation in a global conspiracy to fix prices of CDTs, a type of cathode ray tube used in computer monitors and other specialized applications, the Department of Justice announced. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay Federal Government Announces Removal of Obsolete Ships from Suisun Bay By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:01:58 EDT The federal government announced today that it would remove the remaining 52 ships that currently sit in the Suisun Bay as part of an agreement with environmental groups that was filed in federal court in Sacramento, Calif. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay 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
ay 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
ay Mobil Oil Companies to Pay U.S. $32.2 Million to Resolve Allegations of Underpayment of Royalties from American Indian and Federal Lands By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 12:57:09 EDT Mobil Natural Gas Inc., Mobil Exploration & Producing U.S. Inc. and their affiliates have agreed to pay the United States $32.2 million to resolve claims that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly underpaying royalties owed on natural gas produced from federal and American Indian leases. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay 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
ay Attorney General Eric Holder Addresses the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 2010 Days of Remembrance National Tribute Dinner By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:24:08 EDT This Department of Justice will ensure that would-be human rights violators know that such crimes cannot – and will not – go unpunished. We will bear any burden and go to any length to insure that those who have committed these unspeakable crimes are brought to justice. Full Article Speech
ay 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
ay 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
ay Zarein Ahmedzay Pleads Guilty to Terror Violations in Connection with Al-Qaeda New York Subway Plot By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:20:58 EDT "This plot, as well as others we have encountered, makes clear we face a continued threat from al-Qaeda and its affiliates overseas," said Attorney General Holder. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay Department of Justice and USDA Announce Poultry Workshop on May 21 in Alabama By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:47:41 EDT The focus of the workshop will be consolidation and contracting practices of the poultry sector. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay Pharmaceutical Giant AstraZeneca to Pay $520 Million for Off-label Drug Marketing By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:22:45 EDT AstraZeneca LP and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP will pay $520 million to resolve allegations that AstraZeneca illegally marketed the anti-psychotic drug Seroquel for uses not approved as safe and effective by the Food and Drug Administration. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay Schwarz Pharma Pays $22 Million to Settle False Claims Allegations Concerning Reimbursement for Unapproved Drugs By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:05:20 EDT Schwarz Pharma Inc. will pay $22 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that the company failed to advise the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that two unapproved products did not qualify for coverage under federal health care programs. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay Two Johnson & Johnson Subsidiaries to Pay Over $81 Million to Resolve Allegations of Off-Label Promotion of Topamax By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:05:48 EDT American pharmaceutical manufacturers Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical LLC and Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., both subsidiaries of Johnson & Johnson, have agreed to pay more than $81 million to resolve criminal and civil liability arising from the illegal promotion of the epilepsy drug Topamax. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics to Pay More Than $72 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Concerning TOBI By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 4 May 2010 16:28:00 EDT Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics Inc. and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation have agreed to pay $72.5 million to resolve civil False Claims Act allegations arising from the marketing of the cystic fibrosis drug TOBI. Full Article OPA Press Releases
ay Boeing to Restore Significant Habitat in Washington State Waterway to Resolve Natural Resource Damage Liability By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 4 May 2010 19:32:07 EDT The Boeing Company has agreed to undertake two significant habitat restoration projects in Washington state to resolve its liability for natural resource damages caused by hazardous substances released from Boeing facilities along the Duwamish Waterway. Full Article OPA Press Releases