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Philadelphia, Lehigh Valley Postal Workers Agree to Repay Fraudulently Obtained Unemployment Assistance Benefits PHILADELPHIA, PA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Jaire Chance, 27, of Philadelphia, has agreed to a consent judgment of $100,399, and Robert Day, 42, of,,,

Four Local 98 Employees Plead Guilty to Illegal Use of Union Assets PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Michael Neill, 56, Marita Crawford, 53, Niko Rodriguez, 31, and Brian Fiocca, 31, all of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and all employees of Local 98 of the,,,

Advanced Bionics LLC to Pay United States $11.36 Million to Resolve FCA Allegations Related to Cochlear Implant Processors PHILADELPHIA – Advanced Bionics LLC, a Valencia, California, based manufacturer of cochlear implant systems, will pay $11.36 million to resolve alleged False Claims Act,,,

Cardiac Monitoring Companies to Pay More than $44.8 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Liability Relating to Services Performed by Offshore Technicians PHILADELPHIA – BioTelemetry, Inc. and its subsidiary CardioNet, LLC, both headquartered in Pennsylvania (collectively, “BioTelemetry”), have agreed,,,

Lehigh Valley Psychiatrist Charged With Stealing From Medicare Through Improper Billing Scheme PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Muhamad Aly Rifai, 49, of Easton, PA, was charged by Indictment with four counts of healthcare fraud stemming from his alleged,,,

Philadelphia Contractor Sentenced to Prison for Bribing OSHA Inspector PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Tony Ren, 59, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to three months in prison, one year of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $50,000 fine by United,,,

U.S. Attorney’s Office Secures FCA Judgment of Over $15 Million Against Chiropractor in National P-Stim Insurance Coding Scheme PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that the Honorable Mitchell S. Goldberg of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania entered a default,,,

Six Philadelphia-Area Individuals Charged with Over One Million Dollars in COVID Fraud Scheme PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Wylene Johnson, 41, of Chester, PA; Cookie Bundy, 41, of Philadelphia, PA; Hakeem Cooper, 42, of Philadelphia, PA; Louis Barnett, 43,,,

Former Philadelphia Sheriff’s Deputy Arrested and Charged With Trafficking Firearms PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Samir Ahmad, 29, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged by Criminal Complaint with firearms trafficking and selling firearms to a person unlawfully,,,

U.S. Attorney Romero Announces a Dozen Social Security Fraud Cases Charged as Part of Targeted Effort to Crack Down on Benefit Theft PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that so far this year, the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania,,,