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Investigative Press Releases

Thursday, January 12, 2023
NEWARK, N.J. – A shipping company has agreed to pay $1.89 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by overbilling the United States for freight services that were never performed and improper markups, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Stockton, California has been sentenced in federal court to 100 months of imprisonment followed by four years of supervised release on his conviction for violating federal narcotics laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, and Allegheny, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. United States District Judge Christy Criswell Wiegand imposed the sentence on Jose Villalobos, age 41.
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
A Pennsylvania man has been federally charged with related crimes
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
NEWARK, N.J. – A Morris County, New Jersey, man today admitted defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of more than $118,000 in disability benefits and sending an interstate text message threatening a federal agent with bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Anthony Ryan Webb, 42, of Ethel, pleaded guilty today to distribution of methamphetamine.
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Seattle – A resident of Astoria, Oregon was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to two years in prison for five federal felonies connected to his scheme to profit from illegal kickbacks in the medical testing industry, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown.  Richard Reid, 53, was convicted in March 2022, following a six-day jury trial.  At today’s sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour denied a defense motion to postpone the prison sentence while Reid appeals his conviction.
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
PITTSBURGH, PA – Three Pennsylvania men have pleaded guilty in federal court to violation of federal narcotics laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, and Allegheny, United States Attorney Cindy Chung announced today.
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
CINCINNATI – A former insurance agent pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to defrauding dozens of victims in the Cincinnati and Dayton area.   Specifically, Seneca Birchmore, 45, of Cincinnati, admitted to committing aggravated identity theft, a federal crime punishable by a mandatory two-year prison sentence. Birchmore also fraudulently obtained two COVID Paycheck Protection Program loans.  
Monday, January 9, 2023
ATLANTA –Aarti D. Pandya, M.D. and Aarti D. Pandya, M.D. P.C. (“Pandya Practice Group”) have agreed to pay approximately $1,850,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by, among other things, billing the government for cataract surgeries and diagnostic tests that were not medically necessary, tests that were incomplete or of worthless value, and office visits that did not provide the level of service claimed.

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