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McALLEN, Texas – The founders of an Edinburg hospice and related home health agency have paid to resolve allegations they submitted claims to Medicare that resulted from unlawful referrals, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Onder Ari, 49, Edinburg, and Sedat Necipoglu, 48, McAllen, founded…
Read More Texas Hospice, Home Health Agency, and Owners Pay Over $1.8M to Resolve Claims Concerning Physician Payments
On Jan. 15, 2021, a federal court issued a preliminary injunction in favor of the United States and against Jeffrey and Lauren Lowe, Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park LLC, and Tiger King LLC based on claimed violations of the Endangered Species Act and the Animal…
Read More Jeff Lowe and Tiger King Ordered Give Up Big Cat Cubs to U.S. for Placement in Suitable Facilities
The United States has sanctioned three individuals and 11 entities for their ties to a network helping Nicolas Maduro and his illegitimate regime evade U.S. sanctions on Venezuela’s oil sector. This action builds on previous sanctions targeting individuals and entities involved in a sanctions-evasion scheme…
Read More U.S. Takes Further Action Against Enablers of Venezuelan Oil Transactions, Including Sanctions Evasion Network
The former FDNY Firefighter, who stormed the U.S. Capitol on June 6th, has turned himself into authorities Tuesday. FBI New York ADIC Sweeney said in a statement following Thomas Fee’s arrest, “Thomas Fee is alleged to have illegally made his way into our Nation’s house.…
Read More FBI: Retired FDNY Firefighter Turned Himself on U.S. Capitol Riot Charges
UPDATE: This child has been located safe. A Florida Missing Child Alert has been issued for Aleysha Hicks, a black female, 13 years old, 5 feet 5 inches tall, 110 pounds, black hair, and brown eyes. She was last seen in the area of the…
Read More Florida Missing Child Alert, 13-Year-Old Aleysha Hicks, Found Safe
A New Mexico County commissioner was charged on Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for breaching the U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021. Couy Griffin, of New Mexico, was arrested today in Washington, D.C., and charged by criminal complaint…
Read More FBI: New Mexico County Commissioner Charged for Breaching U.S. Capitol
On Monday, January 18, 2021, Leo Christopher Kelly was arrested on a federal warrant by special agents from the FBI Omaha Field Office’s Cedar Rapids Resident Agency. The federal charges include Knowingly Entering or Remaining in any Restricted Building or Grounds Without Lawful Authority, and…
Read More Iowa Man Arrested for Actions at the U.S. Capitol
A Texas man has been charged in the Eastern District of Texas with allegedly filing bank loan applications fraudulently seeking more than $5 million dollars in forgivable loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. …
Read More Texas Man Charged with $5 Million COVID-Relief Fraud
A global supplier of cigarette paper products, PT Bukit Muria Jaya (“BMJ”), has agreed to pay a fine of $1,561,570 and enter into a deferred prosecution agreement with the Justice Department for conspiring to commit bank fraud in connection with the shipment of products to…
Read More Indonesian Company Admits To Deceiving U.S. Banks In Order To Trade With North Korea, Agrees To Pay A Fine Of More Than $1.5 Million
Today, we honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A beacon of hope and equality for all, Dr. King changed the world through the power of his words. May we always remember his leadership as an example that peace will always…
Read More In Observance Of Martin Luther King Jr. Day