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Healthcare Agency that Billed for Unnecessary Inpatient Psychiatric Services Settles With Feds for $20 Million

Acadia Healthcare, one of the biggest for-profit chains of psychiatric hospitals, has agreed to settle fraud claims alleged by the federal government, according to a Sept. 26 Justice Department statement.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Oct 28, 2024

Park Royal Hospital in Fort Myers Fla. Is an Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital Owned by Arcadia Healthcare - The Daily Muck

Identity Theft

Feds: Iranian Hackers Tried to Sow Discord in the United States

Three members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have been charged with conspiracy, fraud, identity theft and wire fraud for allegedly hacking into accounts of current and former U.S. officials, media, NGOs and U.S. political campaigns, according to a recently unsealed indictment obtained by The Daily Muck.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Oct 28, 2024

Masoud Jalili Seyyed Ali Aghamiri and Yaser Balaghi Are All Alleged Iranian Hackers Wanted By The FBI in Conjunction for Hacking Attacks Against U.S. Officials and Others - The Daily Muck

Embezzlement

A Tale of Two Judges

Opinion Donald Norman | Oct 26, 2024

Political Figures

Florida Man Allegedly Threatens to Kill Opponent Via ‘Russian-Ukranian Hit Squad’

William Robert Braddock III, a 41-year-old man from St. Petersburg, Fla., was indicted for allegedly threatening to kill his primary opponent in the 2021 election for the 13th Congressional District of Florida via his “Russian-Ukranian hit squad.” He also faces charges of threatening an acquaintance of his rival.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Oct 25, 2024

William Robert Bradock Shown in His Mugshot from the Philippines Has Been Indicted for Alledgedly Threatening to Kill His Political Opponent - The Daily Muck

Financial Gains

AppleCare+ to the Extreme: Chinese Men to Pay More than a Million for False Repair Claims

Handing over a counterfeit iPhone to Apple so they can replace it with a real one is not a foolproof plan.

Report Jessika Saunders | Oct 24, 2024

The Five Phases of an Apple Being Eated Represents the Theft of iPhones from Apple by two Chinese Men and Their Subsequent Convictions - The Daily Muck

Bribery

Ecuador’s Former Comptroller General Sentenced to U.S. Prison for International Money Laundering and Bribery

A former comptroller general of Ecuador was brought to justice for his part in a $10 million international bribery and money laundering scheme.

Report Jessika Saunders | Oct 24, 2024

Carlos Ramon Polit Swears In As Comptroller of Ecuador Now Sentenced to Prison for Bribery - The Daily Muck

Medical Fraud

Feds: Free Urine Collection Cups Represented ‘Kickbacks’ to Doctors Illegally Billing Federal Health Programs for Unneeded Tests

As of Oct. 2, 2024, Precision Toxicology, doing business as Precision Diagnostics, has settled accusations of False Claims Act violations by agreeing to repay $27 million to the federal government.

Report Jessika Saunders | Oct 24, 2024

A Pharmacy Stands Behind Three Different Surin Samples Representing a Settlement Acknowledging Violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute Signed by Precision Diangnostics - The Daily Muck

Tax Evasion

Florida Man Indicted For Allegedly Running Fake Tax Shelter

Stephen T. Mellinger III, a securities broker, financial advisor, and insurance salesman from Florida, was indicted for a decade-long scheme to operate and promote an illegal tax shelter, stealing from his clients’ funds and money laundering, according to a Justice Department press release.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Oct 22, 2024

A Man Folds His Hands Over a Piggy Bank Besides Stacks of Coins as If Sheltering Them from Taxes As Stephen T. Mellinger III is Allegedly Guilty of Illegally Doing - The Daily Muck

Misrepresentation

FAA Contractor Accused of Spying for Iran

A federal jury has indicted Abouzar Rahmati, a 42-year-old resident of Great Falls, Virginia, and former Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employee, of charges including “acting and conspiring to act as an agent of the Iranian government” in the U. S. without prior notice to the Attorney General, according to a Justice Department press release.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Oct 22, 2024

Misrepresentation

Real Life Rodeo Clown: Texas Contractor Defrauds $2.8 Million from Private Investors

Defrauding wealthy businessmen has landed this cowboy in serious trouble.

Report Jessika Saunders | Oct 22, 2024

Former Rodeo VP Michael Wayne Galvan Was Sentenced to Serve 30 Months in Prison and Repay Millions in Fraud Case - The Daily Muck

Misrepresentation

Investment Manager Sentenced for $2.4 Million in Frauds

A former investment management firm partner stole over $2.4 million in two fraud schemes.

Report Jessika Saunders | Oct 22, 2024

A Man Seen From Behind in a Prison Jumpsuit and Handcuffed From Behind Represents Joshua Henners Conviction and Sentencing to 30 Months After He Pleaded Guilty to Defrauding 2.4 Million - The Daily Muck

Misrepresentation

Nigerian Sentenced in Business Email Compromise Scheme that Scammed Universities of Millions

After being extradited from the United Kingdom in 2022, a Nigerian national was brought to justice for defrauding American businesses and universities of millions of dollars in an email compromise scheme.

Report Jessika Saunders | Oct 21, 2024

A Federal Jury Sentenced Oludayo Kolawole John Adeagbo to Seven Years in Prison on Charges of Scamming Universities of Millions - The Daily Muck

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Healthcare Agency that Billed for Unnecessary Inpatient Psychiatric Services Settles With Feds for $20 Million

Feds: Iranian Hackers Tried to Sow Discord in the United States

A Tale of Two Judges

Florida Man Allegedly Threatens to Kill Opponent Via ‘Russian-Ukranian Hit Squad’

AppleCare+ to the Extreme: Chinese Men to Pay More than a Million for False Repair Claims

Ecuador’s Former Comptroller General Sentenced to U.S. Prison for International Money Laundering and Bribery

Feds: Free Urine Collection Cups Represented ‘Kickbacks’ to Doctors Illegally Billing Federal Health Programs for Unneeded Tests

Florida Man Indicted For Allegedly Running Fake Tax Shelter

FAA Contractor Accused of Spying for Iran

Real Life Rodeo Clown: Texas Contractor Defrauds $2.8 Million from Private Investors

Investment Manager Sentenced for $2.4 Million in Frauds

Nigerian Sentenced in Business Email Compromise Scheme that Scammed Universities of Millions

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