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UCHealth to Pay $23 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Violations

University of Colorado Health, doing business as UCHealth, has agreed to pay for allegedly violating the False Claims by automatically upcoding emergency room visits, according to a Justice Department press release.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Dec 17, 2024

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Identity Theft

Man Faces Federal Charges for Allegedly Robbing Postal Workers at Gunpoint, Fleeing on Bike

William Carl Jackson, 36, from Sacramento, Calif., has been charged in an indictment unsealed on Nov. 26 with crimes related to stealing from postal service members, according to a DOJ press release.

Report Jessika Saunders | Dec 16, 2024

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Medical Fraud

Feds: Florida Ophthalmology Practice Paid Kickbacks, Defrauded $1.3 Million

An ophthalmology practice called Brandon Eye, which has offices in Brandon, Sun City and Plant City, Fla., has agreed to pay $1.3 million to resolve violations of the federal False Claims Act and a similar state statute, according to a Nov. 12 Justice Department press release.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Dec 16, 2024

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Misrepresentation

Ex-Macy’s Employee Earns Place on Santa’s ‘Naughty List’ for Hiding $150M on Balance Sheet

A Macy’s employee made improper accounting entries to the tune of $150 million over three years, which should have been applied toward delivery expenses.

Report Raymond L. Daye | Dec 12, 2024

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Misrepresentation

Man Purchased Millions in Real Estate, Took Advantage of Programs Meant to Help Homeowners

A federal jury in Brooklyn found Avraham “Avi” Tarshish guilty of a conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud, according to a new Justice Department press release. Tarshish and a team of co-conspirators cheated mortgage lenders, including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, out of millions of dollars.

Report Matthew Koelher | Dec 11, 2024

Avraham Tarshish and Others Defrauded the Mortgage Industry By Orchestrating Short Sales and Selling Properties for Exhorbitant Profits.

Bribery

Feds: QOL Medical Paid “Kickbacks” in the Form of Free Breath Testing Kits

Frederick E. Cooper and his pharmaceutical company QOL Medical agreed to pay $47 million to resolve allegations that they caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs by offering kickbacks in the form of free Carbon-13 breath testing services, to induce claims for QOL’s drug Sucraid, according to a Justice Department press […]

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Dec 11, 2024

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Influence Peddling

Probation Officer Falls in Love with Probatee; Covers Up His Crimes

Jennifer Leigh Peters, 42, from Madison Heights, Virginia, and Brendon Cole Webber, 27, from Lynchburg, Virginia, were both indicted on Nov. 20 on nine counts of charges related to accessing protected information to further aid criminal activity, according to a DOJ press release.

Report Jessika Saunders | Dec 10, 2024

Jennifer Leigh Peters Has Been Charged With Offenses Stemming From an Alleged Affair With a Probatee

Identity Theft

Man Sentenced to Life for Murdering and Dismembering Roommate in to Collect Life Insurance Benefits

A New York man was sentenced to life in prison on Nov. 6 for murdering and dismembering a woman in a plot to cash in on her $200,000 life insurance policy.

Report Nik Mebane | Dec 9, 2024

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Financial Gains

Cop and Brother Plead Guilty to Defrauding Energy Efficiency Program

Joseph Ponzo, a 51-year-old former police officer from Stoneham, Mass., and his younger brother Christoper, 50, pleaded guilty to a bribery and kickback scheme that netted them millions of dollars from Mass Save contracts, according to a DOJ public statement.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Dec 9, 2024

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Financial Gains

Business Owner Pollutes Environment for Personal Gain

The owner of Red Barn Diesel Performance installed illegal software to circumvent emission control systems required by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Report Jessika Saunders | Dec 6, 2024

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Money Laundering

“Pump-and-Dumper” Pleads Guilty in International Stock Conspiracy

Ronald Bauer, a Canadian and United Kingdom citizen who resided in the UK, pleaded guilty for his role in a long-running so-called “pump-and-dump” stock manipulation scheme.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Dec 5, 2024

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Sex Trafficking

Little League Coach Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Entice Minor for Sex

A volunteer Little League coach tried to solicit sex online from a 13-year-old. That 13-year-old was actually an undercover detective posing as a minor to catch adult predators.

Report Matthew Koelher | Dec 5, 2024

Joseph Rocco Quaranta Has Pleaded Guilty to Enticing a Minor for Sex in Marion County Florida

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