Florida Home Health Patient Recruiter Convicted in Health Care Fraud Scheme
Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:52:48 -0500
Antonio Ochoa, a patient recruiter for Miami home health agencies, was convicted by a federal jury in Miami of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and of three counts of soliciting and receiving kickbacks and bribes.
Drug Maker to Pay More than $313 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:34:33 -0500
Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc. has agreed to plead guilty to charges relating to obstruction of justice, the distribution of Levothroid, which at the time was an unapproved new drug, and the illegal promotion of Celexa for use in treating children and adolescents suffering from depression.
Navajo Man Convicted in New Mexico of Murdering Common-Law Wife
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:02:13 -0500
Nathan Don Jack, of Hogback, New Mexico, was convicted by a federal jury of the second-degree murder of Jessica Shorty, his common-law wife and the mother of his three children.
Two Indicted in Scheme to Bribe Officials at State-Owned Electrical Utility in Mexico
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:46:11 -0500
Enrique Faustino Aguilar Noriega and Angela Maria Gomez Aguilar, both of Cuernavaca, Mexico, were indicted in California for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to pay and launder bribes to Mexican government officials at the Comisión Federal de Electridad (CFE), a state-owned utility company.
Twelve Indicted in D.C. on Charges Related to Drug Conspiracy
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:41:57 -0500
Twelve people were indicted in connection with an ongoing investigation by the FBI/Metropolitan Police Department Safe Streets Task Force into a drug ring operating in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
Honduran National Sentenced in Texas for Assaulting Border Patrol Agents
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:24:51 -0500
Honduran national Elvis Roberto Lambert-Benedict was sentenced in Del Rio, Texas to 57 months in federal prison for assaulting two federal agents and possession of marijuana.
Illinois Man Sentenced for Role in 22-Year, $30 Million Ponzi Scheme
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:21:50 -0500
Frank A. Castaldi, most recently of Prospect Heights, Illinois, was sentenced to 23 years in prison for his role in a Ponzi scheme that spanned 22 years and resulted in losses totaling more than $30 million to hundreds of individuals, including many elderly Italian immigrants.
Former SBA Loan Officer Indicted in Scheme to Profit from Sale of Loans to Relatives
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:17:52 -0500
Thomas Butler, a former lenders relations officer with the U.S. Small Business Administration, was charged in Chicago, Illinois in connection with allegedly selling-off delinquent loans on behalf of the agency to two relatives, while failing to disclose his relationship to them, and sharing the profit from the private collection of two of the loans.
Identity Theft and Fraud Takedown in New Jersey Leads to Charges Against 53 People
Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:09:27 -0500
Fifty-three individuals were charged in Newark, New Jersey in connection with widespread, sophisticated identity theft and fraud, including 43 individuals charged with participating in one large-scale criminal enterprise.
Exec Pleads Guilty in $880 Million Ponzi Scheme Based on Phony Grocery Business
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:06:40 -0500
Nevin Shapiro, of Miami Beach, Florida, the former owner and chief executive officer of Capitol Investments USA Inc., pled guilty in Newark, New Jersey to overseeing an $880 million Ponzi scheme linked to his purported wholesale grocery distribution business.
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