Jan. 7, 2020

Tampa Bay Autism Service Provider Agrees To Pay $675,000 To Resolve Civil Healthcare Fraud Allegations

Tampa, FL – United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces today that Behavioral Consulting of Tampa Bay (“BCOTB”) has agreed to pay the United States $675,000 to resolve allegations that BCOTB violated the False Claims Act by submitting false or fraudulent claims to the TRICARE program, a health care program for uniformed service members, retirees, and their families.

Jan. 6, 2020

Owner of Used Car Dealership Admits Conspiracy to Steal Payments from U.S. Department of Defense, Bank Fraud and Money Laundering

CAMDEN, N.J. - A Burlington County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Hurriyet Arslan, 49, of Willingboro, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez in Camden federal court to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit mail, wire and bank fraud, one count of bank fraud and one count of money laundering.

Dec. 30, 2019

Defense Contractor Pays $3 Million to Settle Allegations of Submitting False Claims to the Army

LaForge & Budd Construction Company, Inc. ("LaForge"), has agreed to pay $3 million to settle civil claims stemming from allegations that it submitted false claims to the United States Army, announced United States Attorney Timothy J. Downing.

Dec. 20, 2019

Local Compounding Pharmacy and Owners Christopher and Marti Burgess, Agree to Pay Over $1.9 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

United States Attorney Richard W. Moore, of the Southern District of Alabama (SDAL), announces that Heritage Compounding Pharmacy, LLC (Heritage), and its pharmacist owners, Christopher and Marti Burgess, of Fairhope, Alabama, have agreed to pay over $1.9 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) stemming from the payment of illegal kickbacks and the implementation of a refill scheme of medically unnecessary pain creams.

Dec. 20, 2019

Tallmadge Chemist Charged With Falsifying Test Results

Andrew K. Ecklund, 57, a chemist, previously employed at an environmental testing company in Northeast Ohio, was charged in a nine-count indictment for falsifying test results that were sent to customers across the country.

Dec. 20, 2019

Dallas Healthcare Exec Sentenced to 66 Months for Forest Park, NextHealth Frauds

A Dallas healthcare executive was sentenced Thursday afternoon to 66 months in federal prison for his role in two healthcare fraud schemes, Forest Park Medical Center and Nexthealth, and was ordered to pay $3 million in restitution, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.

Dec. 16, 2019

Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 78 Months for Fraud Scheme

United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger announced that on December 16, 2019, Brian L. Ganos of Muskego, Wisconsin, was sentenced by the Honorable Pamela Pepper to 78 months in federal prison for leading a 12-year fraud scheme involving over $260 million in government-funded contracts intended to benefit small businesses.

Dec. 13, 2019

Former U.S. Army Range Director Pleads Guilty in Bribery Scheme

A former senior U.S. Army civilian employee pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to accept over $100,000 in bribes while serving as the director of the range at Hawaii's Schofield Barracks and to a related firearms offense.

Dec. 13, 2019

Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Illegally Retaining Classified National Defense Information Regarding U.S. Military Programs

A Sharon, Massachusetts, man pleaded guilty today to willfully retaining national defense information. Ahmedelhadi Yassin Serageldin, 66, an Egyptian-born nationalized U.S. citizen, admitted to removing classified national defense information from his workplace at a defense contractor without authorization and keeping it unsecured within his home. Serageldin was originally indicted and arrested in November 2018 on one count of misleading conduct with intent to hinder, delay, or prevent communications to a law enforcement officer relating to the commission or possible commission of a federal offense.

Dec. 12, 2019

Former Army Employee Charged with Bribery, Kickbacks in Connection with Scheme to Steer Contracts

A former civilian employee of the U.S. Army was charged in an indictment unsealed today for his role in a scheme to steer Army contracts for work to be performed at Camp Arifjan, a U.S. Army base in Kuwait. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, Special Agent Jozette Gillespie, Acting Director, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command's (CID) Major Procurement Fraud Unit and Special Agent in Charge Robert E. Craig Jr. of the U.S. Defense Criminal Investigative Service's (DCIS) Mid-Atlantic Field Office made the announcement.