VW facing 'tsunami' of legal trouble in emissions scandal
WASHINGTON — Who knew about the deception, when did they know it and who directed it? Those are among questions that state and federal investigators want answered as they plunge into the emissions...
View ArticleNurses, Community Celebrate Mandatory Overtime Decision, Safer Patient Care...
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Sept. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After months of inadequate nurse staffing and concerns over patient safety, the nurses of CHS-Northside, represented by the Ohio Nurses...
View Article$2.6 Million Recovered Through Settlement of False Claims Act Allegations...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the District of Rhode Island) PROVIDENCE, R.I. - United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Phillip Coyne, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of...
View ArticleGovernment Settles False Claims Act Allegations against American Access Care...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut) Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Philip Coyne, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S....
View ArticleIdaho woman gets 1 1/2 year term for California egg donor fraud
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An egg donation and surrogacy agency that branded itself as a miracle was more of a mirage. More than 40 people, including egg donors, surrogates and intended parents were duped by...
View ArticleWoman gets 18 months in prison for massive egg donor fraud
For years, infertile women and men gave Allison Layton their money, trusting that she would spend it as she promised: Making their dreams of having children come true. Instead, Layton used it to pay...
View ArticleHorndog CEO asks judge for permission to see ‘Swan Lake’
The horndog Wall Street CEO who faces both a stock manipulation indictment and an $18 million jury award for sexually harassing his pretty Swedish intern isn’t letting his legal troubles get him down –...
View ArticleSEC withdraws fraud charges against Indian American executive of Aphelion
NEW YORK: A New York district court has approved dismissal of fraud charges by the US markets regulator against an Indian-American executive at an investment advisory firm. In May last year, the...
View ArticleNewport News Men Guilty of Fraud and ID Theft in Card Cracking Scheme (United...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia) NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Preston Frazier, 22, and Keandre Williams, 24, both of Newport News, pleaded guilty today to charges...
View ArticleVolkswagen facing 'tsunami' of legal trouble in emissions scandal
Who knew about the deception, when did they know it and who directed it? Those are among questions that state and federal investigators want answered as they plunge into the emissions scandal at...
View ArticleRochester Man Charged With Possession Of Stolen Guns (United States...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of New York) CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX: (716) 551-3051 ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr....
View ArticleChild sex abusers sentenced at Norwich Crown Court (CPS - Crown Prosecution...
(Source: CPS - Crown Prosecution Service) 28/09/2015 One woman and two men convicted of prolonged sexual and physical abuse of children have been sentenced today. Marie Black, Jason Adams and Michael...
View ArticleKalamazoo Security Company Owner, Michael Downey, Sentenced To 27 Years For...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Michigan) GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Former security company owner Michael Downey, 45, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, was sentenced today to...
View ArticleStatement of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary...
(Source: US Senate Committee on Judiciary) 09.29.15 This month, the Senate passed a resolution recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month and celebrating Hispanic Americans as dedicated public servants in the...
View ArticleIdaho woman gets 1½ year term for California egg donor fraud
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The owner of a Los Angeles-area egg donation and surrogacy agency who ripped off clients, donors...
View ArticleWorcester Woman Charged in $3.6 Million Food Stamp Fraud (United States...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts) BOSTON - A Worcester woman was charged today in U.S. District Court in Worcester in connection with a $3.6 million food stamp...
View ArticleLast of 24 charged in mortgage fraud gets 11 years in prison
MIAMI (AP) — The last of 24 people charged in a $64 million South Florida mortgage fraud scheme is heading to federal prison for 11 years. Former Great Country Mortgage Bankers owner Hector Hernandez...
View ArticleWill Highmark get bailout on $318M Obamacare loss?
Highmark recently announced a $318 million loss for the first half of 2015 on customers who bought coverage on the Obamacare online marketplace. The health insurer said the loss was because many of...
View ArticlePrisons And Jails Forcing Inmates To Cover Some Medical Care Costs
Correctional facilities are responsible for providing health services to people who are jailed, but that doesn’t mean that prisoners don’t face financial charges for care. In most states they may be on...
View ArticleAudit details Medicare's $30M ambulance-ride mystery
Medicare paid $30 million for ambulance rides for which no record exists that patients got medical care at their destination, the place where they were picked up or other critical information. The...
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