Dec. 18, 2014

Auburn Man Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison For Lying To Obtain Workers’ Compensation Funds

Bruce Lee Cearlock, 79, of Auburn, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 18 months in prison for making false statements to obtain federal employee’s compensation, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Cearlock was also ordered to pay restitution of over $73,000.

Dec. 18, 2014

Former Defense Department Employee Sentenced To 40 Months in Prison for $2.5 Million Health Care Fraud

WASHINGTON – Jonathan M. Hargett, a former civilian employee of the Department of Defense, was sentenced today to 40 months in prison on a charge of health care fraud stemming from a scheme in which he collected over $2.2 million after submitting fraudulent claims for federal health care benefits.

Dec. 17, 2014

14 Indicted in Connection with New England Compounding Center and Nationwide Fungal Meningitis Outbreak

A 131-count criminal indictment was unsealed today in Boston in connection with the 2012 nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak, the Justice Department announced.

Dec. 15, 2014

Federal Contractors Eyak Technology LLC and Eyak Services LLC Resolve False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Act Allegations

Alaska and Virginia-based technology contractors Eyak Technology LLC (EyakTek) and Eyak Services LLC (ESL) have agreed to pay $2.5 million and relinquish any rights to additional payments from the United States to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Justice Department announced today.

Dec. 15, 2014

Federal Jury Convicts Pharmacy Store Owner Of Health Care Fraud And Identity Theft

A federal jury has convicted Reddy Vijay Annappareddy, age 46, of Fallston, Maryland, of health care fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme to defraud Medicaid and Medicare by submitting false claims for prescription refills.

Dec. 15, 2014

Alabama Man Convicted In Scheme to Defraud Military Sub-Contractor

After eleven days of trial, a federal jury convicted an employee of Day and Zimmerman, International (D&Z), a large, multi-national company specializing in construction, engineering, and security for leading corporations and govenments around the world, of eight counts of wire fraud. The employee engaged in two schemes in which he attempted to fraudulently obtain almost $650,000.

Dec. 12, 2014

Owner Of Rhode Island Electronics Parts Company Admits Defrauding Customers

Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JEFFREY WARGA, 61, of North Kingstown, R.I., waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

Dec. 12, 2014

Former Louis Berger Group Inc. Chairman, Ceo, And President Admits 20-year Conspiracy To Defraud Federal Government

The former president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board of a New Jersey-based international engineering consulting company pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) with respect to billions of dollars in contracts over a nearly 20-year period, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

Dec. 8, 2014

Defense Contractor Pleads Guilty to Major Fraud in Provision of Supplies to U.S. Troops in Afghanistan

Supreme Foodservice GmbH, a privately held Swiss company, and Supreme Foodservice FZE, a privately-held United Arab Emirates (UAE) company, pleaded guilty today to major fraud against the United States and agreed to resolve civil violations of the False Claims Act, in connection with a contract to provide food and water to the U.S. troops serving in Afghanistan, the Justice Department announced today.

Dec. 2, 2014

DHS Technologies Agrees To Pay $1.9 Million To Settle False Claims Act Allegations

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that DHS Technologies LLC and its subsidiary, DHS Systems LLC (collectively “DHS”), have agreed to pay $1.9 million, plus interest, to the United States to resolve allegations that DHS violated the False Claims Act by failing to disclose to the General Services Administration (“GSA”) that it offered greater discounts to Northrop Grumman Corporation for the same items during the negotiation for the re-award of a government contract.