Investigative Press Releases
Friday, February 5, 2021
OAKLAND – Christina Burden was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging her with bank fraud in connection with a scheme to illegally obtain more than $4.5 million in pandemic relief loans, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson; Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George; Federal Bureau of Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Craig D. Fair; and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Acting Special Agent in Charge Michael Daniels.
Friday, February 5, 2021
LOS ANGELES – A West Los Angeles pharmacy and its owner pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges stemming from a scheme in which millions of dollars in reimbursements for compounded drugs were generated through the payment of illegal kickbacks for patient referrals and by fraudulently paying patients’ copayments.
Friday, February 5, 2021
RALEIGH, N.C. – A Raleigh man was sentenced yesterday to 33 months in prison for conspiring with others to defraud financial institutions of approximately $393,875.
Friday, February 5, 2021
SAN JUAN, P.R. – Doctor Americo Oms-Rivera, 67, was sentenced to five years of probation by United States District Judge Francisco A. Besosa for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. Oms-Rivera plead guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud on October 23, 2020.
Friday, February 5, 2021
U.S. Attorney John H. Durham and Special Agent in Charge Phillip Coyne of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General, today announced that SECON OF NEW ENGLAND, LLC, d/b/a SECON LABORATORIES, and STERLING HEALTHCARE OPCO, LLC, d/b/a CORDANT HEALTH SOLUTIONS (collectively, “Cordant”) have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments and have paid $845,108 to resolve allegations that they violated the federal and state False Claims Acts.
Friday, February 5, 2021
Friday, February 5, 2021
BOSTON – A former senior executive at TPG Capital, a global private equity firm, has agreed to plead guilty in connection with his involvement in the college admissions case.
William E. McGlashan, Jr., 57, has agreed to plead guilty to one count of wire fraud and honest services wire fraud. A plea hearing has not yet been scheduled.
Friday, February 5, 2021
CHICAGO — A procurement supervisor at the Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Chicago pocketed kickbacks from the president of a medical supply company to steer the company at least $1.7 million in product orders, many of which were never fulfilled, according to an indictment returned in federal court in Chicago.
Thursday, February 4, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – Over the past week, DR. JAMES FERRIS, 47, of Midwest City, KATHERINE DOSSEY, 61, of Luther, and SHERRY ISBELL, 50, of Chandler, were sentenced for their respective roles in the unlawful distribution of controlled substances and corresponding health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
Thursday, February 4, 2021
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