Investigative Press Releases
Thursday, April 29, 2021
PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Glassport, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 27 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by a two-year term of supervised release, on his conviction of Conspiracy, Food Stamp Fraud, and Money Laundering Conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
United States District Judge William S. Stickman imposed the sentence on Sin Y Sit, 46, of 502 Marie Street, Glassport, PA 15045.
Thursday, April 29, 2021
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A Las Vegas woman was sentenced today to 12 months and a day in federal prison for fraudulently applying for and receiving nearly $23,000 in unemployment benefits debit cards, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Christopher Chiou for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Quentin Heiden of the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General (DOL-OIG), Los Angeles Region.
Thursday, April 29, 2021
Thursday, April 29, 2021
Thursday, April 29, 2021
CHICAGO — A Chicago attorney was indicted today on false statement and tax charges in connection with funds he received from Washington Federal Bank for Savings.
PATRICK D. THOMPSON, 51, is charged with five counts of willfully filing a false income tax return and two counts of knowingly making a false statement to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., according to an indictment returned in U.S. District in Chicago. Arraignment has not yet been scheduled.
Thursday, April 29, 2021
WASHINGTON – Robert Evans, 33, of New York, N.Y., pled guilty today to participating in a $4 million extortion, fraud, and money laundering scheme with his ex-common-law wife and members of his family, including his parents. The guilty plea was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips and James A. Dawson, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office Criminal Division.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
RALEIGH, N.C. – The Acting United States Attorney, G. Norman Acker, III, announced today that Benjamin C. Udoh and Hanora Medical Center, PLLC, an internal medicine practice that Dr. Udoh operates in Fayetteville, North Carolina, have agreed to pay $300,000.00 to settle civil claims under the Federal and North Carolina False Claims Acts concerning allegations that they submitted false claims to the Medicare and Medicaid Programs for Autonomic Nervous System (“ANS”) Testing.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
LOS ANGELES – An Inglewood woman and her mother-in-law, who both ran a South Los Angeles drug-and-alcohol abuse treatment program, were sentenced today to federal prison for scheming to defraud Medi-Cal out of over $500,000 for services to clients who did not medically need substance abuse treatment and for services that were never provided.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
LOS ANGELES – A former Orange County resident pleaded guilty Tuesday for his role in a scheme to defraud the government of Afghanistan out of more than $100 million. The funds were provided to Afghanistan by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for the purpose of constructing an electric grid in Afghanistan, in connection with the long-standing U.S. effort to strengthen that country’s basic infrastructure.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
ABINGDON, Va. – A federal grand jury in Abingdon returned an indictment today charging 23 individuals with their roles in a large conspiracy to defraud the United States government by filing fraudulent claims for more than $499,000 in pandemic unemployment benefits, mail fraud and associated offenses.