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Published on November 15, 2024 - 21:20 GMT

Pharmaceutical Company QOL Medical and CEO Agree to Pay $47M for Allegedly Paying Kickbacks to Induce Claims for QOL’s Drug ...

Pharmaceutical company QOL Medical LLC (QOL) and its co-owner and CEO, Frederick E. Cooper, have agreed to pay $47 million to resolve allegations that they caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs, in violation of the False …

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Published on November 15, 2024 - 21:20 GMT

Owner of Florida Healthcare Companies Pleads Guilty to Tax Crimes

A Florida man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Miami to not paying employment taxes and not filing his individual income tax returns. According to court documents, Paul Walczak, of Palm Beach Gardens, controlled a web of interconnected healthcare …

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Published on November 15, 2024 - 21:20 GMT

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks for the 2024 Drug Enforcement Administration Family Summit

Remarks as Delivered Good morning. Thank you, Sean. Thank you, Anne, for your leadership of the extraordinary men and women of the DEA. Thank you for fighting for the victims of the overdose epidemic and their families. To the families who have joined us …

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Published on November 15, 2024 - 21:20 GMT

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Statement on the Passing of Theodore Olson

The Justice Department released the following statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland today following the passing of Theodore Olson: “The passing of Ted Olson is an enormous loss for the legal community. Ted was an extraordinary attorney and …

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Published on November 15, 2024 - 21:20 GMT

Operator of Helix Darknet Cryptocurrency “Mixer” Sentenced in Money Laundering Conspiracy and Ordered to Forfeit Over $400M in ...

An Ohio man was sentenced today to three years in prison for his operation of the darknet cryptocurrency “mixer” Helix, which processed transactions involving over $300 million worth of cryptocurrency from 2014 to 2017. According to court documents, Larry …

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Published on November 15, 2024 - 21:20 GMT

Attorney General Garland and DEA Administrator Milgram Speak at the 2024 DEA National Family Summit on Fentanyl

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Published on November 15, 2024 - 21:20 GMT

International Fugitive Home Health Care Owner Sentenced for Fraudulently Billing Medicare

A Michigan home health care company owner was sentenced yesterday to three years and five months in prison for his role in a health care fraud conspiracy that resulted in almost $7.9 million in false and fraudulent claims for home health care services paid …

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Published on November 15, 2024 - 04:17 GMT

Bitfinex Hacker Sentenced in Money Laundering Conspiracy Involving Billions in Stolen Cryptocurrency

Ilya Lichtenstein was sentenced today to five years in prison for his involvement in a money laundering conspiracy arising from the hack and theft of approximately 120,000 bitcoin from Bitfinex, a global cryptocurrency exchange. According to court …

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Published on November 14, 2024 - 22:47 GMT

U.S. Government Employee Charged with Two Counts of Unlawfully Transmitting National Defense Information

A U.S. government employee working overseas was charged with unlawfully transmitting two highly sensitive classified documents last month. According to court documents, Asif William Rahman, 34, held a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) …

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Published on November 14, 2024 - 22:47 GMT

Justice Department Finds Conditions at Fulton County Jail in Georgia Violate the Constitution and Federal Law

The Justice Department announced today its findings that conditions of confinement at the Fulton County Jail (the Jail) in Georgia violate the 8th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Individuals with …

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Published on November 14, 2024 - 22:47 GMT

Colorado Recidivist Sex Offender Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Crimes Against Children

A Colorado man was sentenced yesterday to 35 years in prison and a lifetime term of supervised release for his distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and involvement with a dark-web website dedicated to CSAM. According to court documents, while …

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Published on November 14, 2024 - 22:47 GMT

Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke Delivers Remarks on Findings that Conditions in the Fulton County Jail Violate the ...

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery Good afternoon. My name is Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice. Joining me is Ryan Buchanan, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. The Justice …

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Published on November 14, 2024 - 22:47 GMT

Venezuelan National Sentenced for Sanctions Evasion Scheme

George Semerene Quintero (Semerene), 61, of Venezuela, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and for his role in a …

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Published on November 14, 2024 - 16:20 GMT

Brazilian Resident Pleads Guilty for Role in Fraudulent Tax Refund Scheme

A South Carolina man currently residing in Brazil pleaded guilty earlier this week in federal court in San Francisco to conspiracy to submit a false claim. According to court documents and statements made in court, Robert Xan Paul, 45, of Sao Paulo, Brazil …

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Published on November 14, 2024 - 10:13 GMT

Justice Department Secures Agreement with Providence, Rhode Island, Public Schools to Protect Civil Rights of Immigrant Students

The Justice Department today announced a settlement agreement with the Providence, Rhode Island, Public School District to resolve an investigation into the district’s programs and services for new immigrant English learner students with limited or …

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Published on November 14, 2024 - 10:13 GMT

Ex-Banker Pleads Guilty in $16M International Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme Involving Former Comptroller General of Ecuador

A Miami man pleaded guilty yesterday for his role in a multimillion-dollar international bribery and money laundering scheme. According to court documents, John Christopher Polit, 43, a former banker, laundered the bribe proceeds paid for the benefit of …

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Published on November 14, 2024 - 10:13 GMT

California Teenager Pleads Guilty in Florida to Making Hundreds of ‘Swatting’ Calls Across the United States

Alan W. Filion, 18, of Lancaster, California, pleaded guilty today to four counts of making interstate threats to injure the person of another. Filion faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison on each count. Filion is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb …

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Published on November 14, 2024 - 10:13 GMT

Tax Attorneys and Insurance Agent Sentenced in Tax Shelter Scheme

Two tax attorneys and an insurance agent were sentenced today to a combined 16 years in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States and helping clients file false tax returns, based on their promotion and operation of a fraudulent tax shelter. …

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Published on November 14, 2024 - 10:13 GMT

Maryland Store Owner Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion

A Maryland man who owns a retail store pleaded guilty today to evading his income taxes by not reporting cash taken from his business. According to court documents and statements made in court, for over 20 years, William M. Bundy of District Heights owned …

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Published on November 14, 2024 - 10:13 GMT

Justice Department Launches Disability Rights Investigation into Unnecessary Institutionalization in Michigan’s State Psychiatric ...

The Justice Department announced today that it has opened an investigation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into whether the State of Michigan unnecessarily institutionalizes adults with serious mental illness in state psychiatric hospitals. …

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