Sept. 16, 2025

Retired U.S. Navy Admiral Sentenced to Six Years in Bribery Scheme

Admiral Robert P. Burke (USN-Ret.), 62, of Coconut Creek, Florida, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 72 months in prison in connection with accepting future employment at a government vendor in exchange for awarding that company a government contract, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

Sept. 10, 2025

Florida Man Sentenced to 24 Months for Laundering Proceeds of Health Care Fraud Scheme

A Florida man was sentenced to prison for laundering the proceeds of a health care fraud and kickback scheme involving durable medical equipment (DME) that caused millions of dollars in losses to Medicare and other insurance providers, Acting U.S. Attorney and Special Attorney Alina Habba announced.

Sept. 9, 2025

Company Insider Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison For Fraudulently Obtaining Laboratory Research Products For Illegal Export To China

U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven today sentenced Gregory Muñoz (47, Minneola) to 18 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. As part of his sentence, the court also entered an order of forfeiture in the amount of $100,000, the proceeds of the wire fraud. Muñoz pleaded guilty on May 9, 2024.

Sept. 8, 2025

Laboratory CEO, Marketers, and Physicians to Pay Over $6M to Settle Allegations of Management Service Organization and other Lab Testing Kickbacks

One-time laboratory CEO Christopher Grottenthaler, formerly of Frisco, Texas, has agreed to pay $4.25 million to resolve False Claims Act litigation with the United States alleging illegal payments to doctors for laboratory referrals in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute.

Sept. 2, 2025

Government Contractor Agrees to Pay $3.1 Million to Resolve Alleged Violations of the False Claims Act

Sanford Federal, Inc. and its owner, Joseph Mandour, agreed to pay $3,100,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act in their acquisition and performance of 49 government contracts across the United States and involving multiple Federal agencies.

Aug. 29, 2025

Two Red Hill Fuels Department Employees Indicted for False Statement to Hawaii Department of Health Regarding May 6, 2021 Jet Fuel Spill

Acting United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced today that John Floyd, 63, of Mililani, Hawaii, and Nelson Wu, 38, of Waipahu, Hawaii, were indicted yesterday for conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States and causing another person to make a materially false statement or a material omission in a matter within the jurisdiction of the executive branch of the government of the United States.

Aug. 20, 2025

Veteran Charged with Defrauding Navy Out of More Than $9 Million by Bid-Rigging and False Billing with Insider Who Was Paid Kickbacks

A Navy veteran has been charged with defrauding the Navy out of more than $9 million through a bid-rigging and contract steering scheme that involved paying kickbacks and other benefits to a co-conspirator, who was a Navy insider at the time, the Justice Department announced today.

Aug. 19, 2025

Oregon man charged with administering “Rapper Bot” DDoS-for-hire Botnet

An Oregon man was charged by a federal criminal complaint today in the District of Alaska on charges related to his alleged development and administration of the “Rapper Bot” DDoS-for-hire Botnet that has conducted large-scale cyber-attacks since at least 2021.

Aug. 19, 2025

California Behavioral Medicine Provider Agrees To Pay $2.75 Million To Resolve Alleged False Claims For Psychotherapy Services

American Psychiatric Centers, Inc., doing business under the name Comprehensive Psychiatric Services (CPS), has agreed to pay $2.75 million to resolve allegations that CPS violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to government healthcare payors for certain psychotherapy services.

Aug. 19, 2025

Chinese National Sentenced for Acting at North Korea’s Direction to Export Firearms, Ammo, Tech to N. Korea

An illegal alien from China was sentenced yesterday to 96 months in prison for illegally exporting firearms, ammunition, and other military items to North Korea by concealing them inside shipping containers that departed from the Port of Long Beach, and for committing this crime at the direction of North Korean government officials, who wired him approximately $2 million for his efforts.