Investigative Press Releases
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
ATLANTA - A federal jury found Hakim Amal Archible guilty of three counts of filing or attempting to file false liens against federal officials and one count of obstructing or impeding the due administration of the Internal Revenue Service on July 2, 2021.
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
BOSTON – A Cambridge woman was arrested today in connection with fraudulently receiving Social Security disability benefits, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and Section 8 housing assistance.
Malisha Pitt, 49, was indicted on three counts of theft of public funds. She will make an initial appearance before U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Dein this afternoon.
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
BOSTON – The former owner of the now-defunct New England Compounding Center (NECC) was resentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with the 2012 nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak. The defendant was resentenced after the First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed his criminal convictions but vacated his sentence and forfeiture order.
Tuesday, July 6, 2021
CAMDEN, N.J. – A pharmaceutical sales representative today admitted he conspired to defraud New Jersey county health benefits programs and conspired to engage in money laundering and obstruct justice, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
Tuesday, July 6, 2021
NEWARK, N.J. – A former pharmacy procurement technician was indicted today for stealing prescription HIV medications from the pharmacy of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in East Orange, New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
Lisa M. Hoffman, 48, of Orange, New Jersey, is charged by indictment with one count each of conspiracy, theft of government property, and theft of medical products.
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Tuesday, July 6, 2021
NASHVILLE – The owner and Chief Executive Officer of Spring Hill, Tennessee-based Crestar Labs, LLC, (Crestar) was charged Friday with aiding and abetting and violation of the anti-kickback statute for his role in orchestrating a fraudulent Medicare billing scheme relating to genetic testing in cancer patients, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Mary Jane Stewart for the Middle District of Tennessee.
Tuesday, July 6, 2021
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A Las Vegas man pleaded guilty today to filing two dozen fraudulent unemployment insurance claims, which were approved for more than $250,000 in unemployment benefits from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation (DETR) and California Employment Development Department (EDD).
Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Vance Pearson, the former Director of the United Auto Worker’s Region 5 and a former member of the UAW’s International Executive Board, was sentenced to 12 months in prison today for conspiring with other UAW officials to embezzle hundreds of thousands of dollars of UAW dues money and to further racketeering activity announced Acting U.S. Attorney Saima S. Mohsin.
Tuesday, July 6, 2021
DETROIT - A Detroit man pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme aimed at defrauding the State of Michigan, other states, and the U.S. Government of funds earmarked for unemployment assistance during the COVID19 pandemic, announced Acting United States Attorney Saima Mohsin.
Tuesday, July 6, 2021
BOSTON – A Melrose man pleaded guilty on Thursday, July 1, 2021 in connection with his role in an unemployment insurance fraud scheme.
Alan Neal Scott, 68, pleaded guilty to four counts of mail fraud, one count of wire fraud and five counts of aggravated identity theft. U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin scheduled sentencing for Oct. 12, 2021. Scott was indicted in August 2020.