USAO - Pennsylvania, Western

Two SCI Inmates, Two Allegheny County Residents Charged in Schemes to Smuggle Synthetic Cannabinoids into State Prisons and to Obtain Pandemic Unemployment Benefits PITTSBURGH, PA - Two residents of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and two individuals incarcerated at Pennsylvania State Correctional,,,

Greensburg Doctor Pleads Guilty in Drug Conspiracy involving Arizona Pharmaceutical Company PITTSBURGH- A resident of Westmoreland County, PA, pleaded guilty to three counts of Conspiracy to Violate the Anti-Kickback Statute, Health Care Fraud, and Conspiracy to Distribute Phentermine Hydrochloride,,,

Former Lab Owner Sentenced In Connection With $1.6 Million Medicaid Kickback Conspiracy PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court today for one count of conspiracy to pay unlawful kickbacks, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced,,,

Former Pittsburgh-area Doctor Pleads Guilty to Unlawfully Prescribing Opioids, Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering PITTSBURGH – A former physician pleaded guilty today in federal court to drug diversion, health care fraud and money laundering charges associated with his suburban Pittsburgh,,,

Burgettstown Man Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring to Receive Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Benefits while Incarcerated and Ineligible PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Burgettstown, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to commit mail fraud,,,

Erie Convenience Store Owner Pleads Guilty to Food Stamp Fraud ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States and food stamp fraud, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today. Abdul Alquraishi,,,

Erie Man Indicted on Fentanyl Charge ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charge of violating federal drug laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today. The one-count Indictment named Dondiago Dan Collins, 24,,,

Former Erie City Council President Sentenced for Defrauding the Non-Profit She Founded to Cover Her Gambling and Personal Expenses ERIE, Pa. - The former president of Erie City Council and founder of an Erie non-profit organization has been sentenced in federal court to one year and a day in prison,,,

Washington, PA Man Charged with Stealing from the US Government PITTSBURGH - A resident of Washington, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of committing theft from the government, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today. The one-count,,,

SKS, Inc. Doctor Sentenced for Unlawfully Dispensing Controlled Substances, Health Care Fraud PITTSBURGH - A prescribing physician with SKS, Inc. has been sentenced in federal court to two years’ probation and fined $5,500 on her conviction of unlawfully prescribing buprenorphine and health care,,,