Investigative Press Releases
Monday, March 8, 2021
Monday, March 8, 2021
Columbia, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina M. Rhett DeHart announced today that the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has affirmed a $114 million judgment against Floyd Calhoun “Cal” Dent, III, of Lexington, and his two co-conspirators, all of whom a South Carolina jury found liable for defrauding the federal healthcare programs Medicare and Tricare.
Monday, March 8, 2021
MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Deborah Kay Jenkins, age 48, of Porter, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 5 years probation and ordered to pay $68,885.00 in restitution for Theft, Embezzlement or Misapplication by Bank Employee, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 656. The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – Office of Inspector General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Friday, March 5, 2021
A Kirtland couple has pleaded guilty in federal court to bribery of a former city of Cleveland demolition official in return for favorable service and treatment with building demolition projects.
Joseph Tucceri, 75, and Gwen Tucceri, 60, pleaded guilty to a Bill of Information charging them with honest services mail fraud, honest services wire fraud, bribery in federally funded programs and making and subscribing false income tax returns.
Friday, March 5, 2021
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Lakshmikanth Sripuram, age 37, of Monmouth Junction, New Jersey, pled guilty today to wire fraud conspiracy in connection with a scheme to defraud New York State.
The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon; New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli; and Kevin Kelly, Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Friday, March 5, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A Florida company that operates two Ohio inpatient psychiatric hospitals and one Ohio substance abuse treatment facility will pay $10.25 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act.
Friday, March 5, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A federal grand jury has charged four Central Ohioans in a narcotics conspiracy involving bulk quantities of fentanyl, crack, cocaine and methamphetamine. Three of the four defendants have also been charged federally in a mail and wire fraud conspiracy related to illegally receiving Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.
Ricco Lamonte Maye, 38, of Columbus, was originally charged by indictment in November 2020 and has remained in federal custody since.
Friday, March 5, 2021
NEWARK, N.J. – A Pennsylvania doctor today admitted participating in two conspiracies to receive bribes and kickbacks in exchange for ordering genetic tests, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
Lee Besen, 65, of Waverly, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Anne E. Thompson to an information charging him with two counts of conspiring to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute.
Friday, March 5, 2021
TEXARKANA, Texas – A correctional officer and federal inmate have been sentenced for a bribery conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
Friday, March 5, 2021
Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal grand jury has indicted the owner and operator of a purported pain management clinic, as well as two nurse practitioners who were employed at the clinic, on the federal charges for conspiracy to distribute and dispense oxycodone and for distribution and dispensing of oxycodone. Charged in the indictment are:
Joyce Shawanda Edwards, age 45, of Largo, Maryland;
Justina Aburime, age 53, of Bowie, Maryland; and