LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Phuong Tang, 40, of Las Vegas, pleaded guilty today to placing envelopes containing a white powdery substance on his coworkers’ desks at the Veterans Affairs Southern Nevada Healthcare System, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.

Tang pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Kent J. Dawson to an indictment charging one count of false information and hoax related to purported biological and chemical weapons. Tang is scheduled to be sentenced on June 23, 2020.

A Macomb County hearing aid dealer pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Detroit on charges of Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud, United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.  This follows the conviction on the same charge on March 18, 2020, of a hearing aid salesman who worked for the dealer.

BOSTON – The former Chair of Harvard University’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department was indicted today on charges of making false statements to federal authorities regarding his participation in China’s Thousand Talents Program.  

Dr. Charles Lieber, 61, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of making false statements and will be arraigned in federal court in Boston at a later date. Lieber was arrested on Jan. 28, 2020 and charged by criminal complaint.

SAN FRANCISCO – Geoffrey M. Palermo was charged in a criminal complaint with wire fraud and making false statements in a loan application in connection with multiple schemes to defraud spanning from 2013 to 2020, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett, and U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) Western Region Special Agent in Charge Weston King.

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney William M. McSwain and Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro issued a warning to Pennsylvanians today to be alert to fraudsters using stolen identities to try to obtain Coronavirus Stimulus Funds.