USAO - District of Columbia

USDA Contractor Admits To Giving Gifts To USDA Officials to Influence Award of Contracts and Obstructing Federal Grand Jury Investigation WASHINGTON – Eric Schneider, a 60-year-old Virginia resident and former Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of Communications Resource, Inc. (CRI), pled,,,

Guild Mortgage Company to Pay Almost $25 Million To Resolve Allegations It Knowingly Caused False Claims To Federal Housing Administration WASHINGTON – Guild Mortgage Company has agreed to pay the United States $24.9 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and the common,,,

United States Files Complaint Against Nutter Home Loans for Forging Certifications and Using Unqualified Underwriters to Approve Government-Insured Reverse Mortgages WASHINGTON - The United States has filed a complaint under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 and,,,

Maryland Woman Pleads Guilty to Committing Health Care Fraud WASHINGTON – Janet Olatimbo Akindipe, 62, of Laurel, Maryland, pleaded guilty today in federal court to defrauding the D.C. Medicaid program out of more than a quarter million dollars. The announcement was made by Acting U.S. Attorney,,,

District Man Charged with Over $2 Million in Paycheck Protection Program and Related Loan Fraud WASHINGTON – Kenneth Gaughan, 41, of Washington, D.C., was arrested and charged by a criminal complaint, unsealed today, with fraudulently obtaining over $2.1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”,,,

New York Couple Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges in $4 Million Extortion Scheme WASHINGTON – Archie Kaslov, 54, and Candy Evans, 51, of New York, N.Y., pled guilty today to federal charges related to their roles in a wide-ranging fraud, extortion, and money laundering scheme, which involved one of,,,

Maryland Woman Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud WASHINGTON – Charlotte Besumbu Etongwe, 45, of Beltsville, Maryland, pled guilty today in federal court to defrauding the D.C. Medicaid program out of more than a quarter million dollars. The announcement was made by Acting U.S. Attorney Michael R,,,

University of Maryland Law School Graduate and National Institutes of Health Employee Charged with Defrauding Medicaid WASHINGTON – Susan Engonwei Tingwei, 42, of Silver Spring, Maryland, and Janet Akindipe, 62, of Laurel, Maryland, were both arrested today after being charged in federal court with,,,

Howard University Hospital Employee and Upper Marlboro Woman Charged in Separate Criminal Complaints with Defrauding Medicaid WASHINGTON – Folashade Adufe Horne, 51, of Laurel, Maryland, and Sikirat Adunni Brown, 58, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, were both arrested today after being charged in,,,

Finance of America Reverse Agrees to Pay $2.47 Million to Resolve Alleged Liability for FHA-Insured Reverse Mortgage Lending Violations WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice announced that Finance of America Reverse (FAR) has agreed to pay the United States $2.47 million to resolve,,,