May 20, 2022

Bergen County Man Charged for Participating in Multimillion-Dollar Counterfeit Trafficking Conspiracy

A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was arrested today on charges of participating in a multimillion-dollar conspiracy to traffic counterfeit computer networking devices, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

May 18, 2022

Florida Man Sentenced To 120 Months In Prison For Role In $50 Million Health Care Fraud And Kickback Scheme

A Florida man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a health care fraud and kickback scheme, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

May 18, 2022

Ft. Bragg Employee Sentenced to 42 Months’ Imprisonment for Receipt of Bribes

A Fayetteville man was sentenced today to 42 months for receiving bribes in his role as a purchasing agent while employed at Ft. Bragg. Calvin Alfonza Jordan pleaded guilty to receiving bribes, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 201, in February of this year.

May 18, 2022

Seven South Korean Companies Agree to Pay Approximately $3.1 Million to Settle Civil False Claims Act Allegations for Bid Rigging on U.S. Department of Defense Contracts

Seven South Korea-based companies have agreed to pay $3.1 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by engaging in a bid-rigging conspiracy that targeted U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) contracts for construction and engineering work on U.S. military bases in South Korea. The seven companies are Korea Engineering Consultants Corporation; Yul Lim Construction Co. Ltd.; Shin Woo Construction & Industrial Co. Ltd.; Seongbo Const. Ind. Co. Ltd.; Wooseok Construction Co. Ltd.; Yuil Engineering and Construction Co.; and Seokwang Development Co. Ltd. The companies have agreed to each pay an equal share of the settlement amount.

May 18, 2022

Former South Florida Pharmacy Technician Pleads Guilty to $40 Million Kickback Conspiracy Targeting Military Health Care Programs

A former Palm Beach County pharmacy technician and high-level executive assistant has pleaded guilty to her role in a multi-million-dollar kickback conspiracy that defrauded Tricare and CHAMPVA through a South Florida compounding pharmacy. Tricare and CHAMPVA are the health care benefit programs for the United States Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs.

May 18, 2022

Chicago Tech Executive Sentenced to a Year in Federal Prison for Illegally Exporting Computer Equipment to Pakistan

A Chicago technology executive has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for illegally exporting computer equipment from the United States to a nuclear research agency of the Pakistani government.

May 17, 2022

Houston area residents charged in kickback scheme

The final defendants in a health care fraud scheme involving local pharmacies and a pain clinic are set to make their appearances in Houston federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.

May 12, 2022

Construction Firms Received $346 Million for Contracts Set Aside for Veterans, Minorities

A Weatherby Lake, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for falsely claiming ownership in a firm that fraudulently received hundreds of millions of dollars in government contracts set aside for service-disabled veterans and certified minorities.

May 12, 2022

Savannah clinic owner sentenced to federal prison for laundering money for 'pill mill'

A former Garden City, Ga., clinic owner and CEO has been sentenced to federal prison after admitting she laundered money in connection with a notorious "pill mill" doctor who illegally dispensed massive amounts of drugs.

May 12, 2022

Construction Company Agrees to Pay $2.8 Million to Resolve Allegations of Small Business Subcontracting Fraud

Hensel Phelps Construction Company (Hensel Phelps), a large construction company headquartered in Greeley, Colorado, has agreed to pay $2,804,110 to resolve allegations that it improperly manipulated a federal subcontract designated for a business owned and operated by a service disabled veteran, announced Carla B. Freedman, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, and Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington.