Investigative Press Releases
Thursday, September 1, 2022
Thursday, September 1, 2022
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Scranton physician, Kurt Moran, age 70, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to 140 months’ imprisonment for unlawful distribution of controlled substances and engaging in a health care fraud scheme.
Thursday, September 1, 2022
WASHINGTON – The former Chief Executive Officer of Souktel, Inc., Jacob Korenblum, has agreed to pay the United States $100,000 to resolve allegations that he knowingly caused employees of the company to submit false claims to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in Souktel’s performance of grants and contracts to provide customized technology platforms on aid projects in developing countries.
Thursday, September 1, 2022
WILMINGTON, Del. – David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that a Seaford man was sentenced yesterday to 30 days imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release for defrauding the Social Security Administration (“SSA”) of nearly $150,000 through a scheme that lasted more than a decade. The sentence was pronounced by Chief U.S. District Judge Colm F. Connolly.
Thursday, September 1, 2022
MISSOULA — A Philipsburg woman who admitted to lying for more than 10 years about her income and resources to receive more Social Security Administration (SSA) benefits and other federal aid than she was qualified to receive was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay full restitution of $142,542, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
Virginia Kathleen Pearson, 56, pleaded guilty in April to false statements to a government agency.
Thursday, September 1, 2022
Jackson, Miss. - Darren J. LaMarca, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, announced today that Manpreet Kamboj and Gurdev Kamboj (aka David Singh) have agreed to pay $130,000 to resolve allegations that they knowingly falsified income to unlawfully create eligibility for Mississippi Medicaid health care benefits for their dependents.
Thursday, September 1, 2022
Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging four defendants with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft. Charged in the indictment are:
Raissa Kaossele, age 22, of Baltimore, Maryland;
Damilola Ojo, age 29, of Pikesville, Maryland;
Victor Ojo, age 28, of Edgewood, Maryland;
Jamelia Thompson, age 29, of Pikesville, Maryland.
Thursday, September 1, 2022
SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Janola Massaquoi, 41, of Shreveport, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before Chief United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to making false statements to a federal agency.
Thursday, September 1, 2022
LOS ANGELES – A neurosurgeon pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for accepting approximately $3.3 million in bribes for performing spinal surgeries at a now-defunct Long Beach hospital whose owner later was imprisoned for committing a massive workers’ compensation system scam.