July 19, 2019

Local Pharmacy Owner Indicted For Multimillion-Dollar Health Care Fraud Conspiracy And Money Laundering Conspiracy

Andrew E. Fisher, 33, of Gulf Breeze, Florida, was arraigned yesterday in the U.S. District Court in Pensacola after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging him with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The indictment was announced by Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

July 17, 2019

President of Insulation Contracting Firm Pleads Guilty to Antitrust and Fraud Charges

Paul M. Camara Jr., president and co-owner of an insulation contractor, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport, Connecticut, for his role in schemes to rig bids in violation of the antitrust laws and engage in criminal fraud on insulation contracts, marking the third conviction in this ongoing investigation, the Department of Justice announced.

July 16, 2019

ITT Cannon to Pay $11 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations that It Sold Untested Electrical Connectors to the Military

ITT Cannon has agreed to pay the United States $11 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that it supplied electrical connectors to the military that had not been properly tested, the Justice Department announced today. ITT sold the untested connectors both directly to the Government and through distributors and other government contractors which incorporated them into technology and equipment sold to the Government.

July 15, 2019

Ex-U.S. Navy Contract Official Sentenced to More than 5 Years in Prison for Bribery Scheme Where He Netted $1.2 Million in Kickbacks

A former civilian employee of the United States Navy who was a senior procurement official for Naval Base Ventura County and who received $1.2 million in illegal kickbacks was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison.

July 12, 2019

Former Army Corps Employee Pleads Guilty to Lying to Law Enforcement

A former employee of the United States Army Corps of Engineers pled guilty to making false statements to law enforcement agents.

July 11, 2019

Justice Department Obtains $1.4 Billion from Reckitt Benckiser Group in Largest Recovery in a Case Concerning an Opioid Drug in United States History

Global consumer goods conglomerate Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (RB Group) has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to resolve its potential criminal and civil liability related to a federal investigation of the marketing of the opioid addiction treatment drug Suboxone. The resolution – the largest recovery by the United States in a case concerning an opioid drug – includes the forfeiture of proceeds totaling $647 million, civil settlements with the federal government and the states totaling $700 million, and an administrative resolution with the Federal Trade Commission for $50 million.

July 3, 2019

Former NSA Subcontractor Pleads Guilty To Submitting False Claims For Hours Worked On Government Contracts

Kyle Duran Smego, age 40, of Raleigh, North Carolina, pleaded guilty on July 2, 2019, to submitting false claims to the United States, specifically for inflating the number of hours he claimed to have worked on two government contracts.

July 2, 2019

Former State Delegate Sentenced for Role in Defrauding United States

A former member of the Virginia General Assembly was sentenced today to two and a half years in prison for his role in a conspiracy that resulted in the fraudulent award of over $80 million in government contracts.

July 2, 2019

CEO, CFO and Company Sentenced in Massive Pharmaceutical Scheme to Defraud, Launder Money and Obstruct Justice

United States Attorney William M. Mcswain announced that Dean Volkes, 55, Donna Fallon, 54, both of Long Island, NY, and Devos Ltd., doing business as Guaranteed Returns, also located in Long Island, were sentenced to five years' incarceration, one year and one days' incarceration, and five years' probation, respectively, by U.S. District Judge Patrese Tucker.

June 28, 2019

Defense Contractor Agrees to Pay $4,200,000 to Settle Allegations of Submitting False Claims to The United States Air Force

PAE Applied Technologies, LLC, has agreed to pay $4,200,000 to settle civil claims stemming from allegations that it submitted false claims to the United States Air Force, announced Timothy J. Downing, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.