Investigative Press Releases
Thursday, March 25, 2021
The former general manager of a Sioux Center grain cooperative who directed subordinate managers to blend oats into soybeans was sentenced March 24, 2021, to three months in federal prison.
Kenneth Ehrp, age 76, from Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, received the prison term after a November 2, 2020 guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to commit a prohibited grain practice.
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
A Coppell businessman pleaded guilty today to orchestrating a fraudulent scheme to obtain approximately $24.8 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and laundering the proceeds.
According to court documents, Dinesh Sah, 55, of Coppell, admitted that he submitted 15 fraudulent applications, filed under the names of various purported businesses that he owned or controlled, to eight different lenders seeking approximately $24.8 million in PPP loans.
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
STATESBORO, GA: A Savannah man who concocted a schemed to enrich himself by repeatedly borrowing money against the same pieces of property will go to prison for fraud.
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Orlando, FL – Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces today that Rural/Metro Corporation has agreed to pay the United States $650,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting fraudulent claims to Medicare for ambulance transports.
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
BOSTON – A Lawrence man pleaded guilty today to a scheme to defraud the U.S. Navy relating to glove liners purchased for use on nuclear submarines.
Adrian Urena, 40, pleaded guilty to one count of possessing false papers to defraud the United States and one count of making false statements. U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns scheduled sentencing for July 28, 2021.
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
HOUSTON – The former owner and sole shareholder of The Shape of Behavior (TSOB), a Texas-based provider of therapy services for children with autism, has agreed to pay to resolve allegations that the company submitted improper claims to the TRICARE program, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
Dr. Domonique Randall, 45, Spring, has now paid a total of $2,729,083.23.
TRICARE is an entitlement program for uniformed service members, retirees and their families around the world.
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
STATESBORO, GA: An Emanuel County woman has admitted creating a fake business and using it to receive funding from a federal COVID-19 small business relief program.
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
SAN DIEGO – U.S. Postal Service employee Esteban Sanchez was sentenced in federal court today to time served and ordered to pay $20,153.23 in restitution for stealing money orders from 21 post office customers.
Sanchez pleaded guilty on November 3, 2020 to Theft of Mail by Postal Employee. The stolen money was often needed to pay the customers’ rent and other essentials.
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
An indictment was returned in federal court in Brooklyn yesterday charging Gelpys Joel Peralta-Gutierrez with wire fraud conspiracy relating to a fraudulent application for a loan under the United States Small Business Administration (the “SBA”)’s Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”), which Congress created as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act. Peralta-Gutierrez was previously arrested in February 2021 on a criminal complaint and will be arraigned at a later date.