May 19, 2021

Former Air Force Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing More Than $1.1 Million in Government Funds

Eddie Ray Johnson, Jr., age 60, of Brandywine, Maryland, pleaded guilty on May 14, 2021 , to the federal charge of theft of government property, in connection with a scheme to use his government-issued travel credit card to obtain more than $1 .1 million in cash advances.

May 19, 2021

Manager of Pain Clinic, Her Boyfriend, and Customers Facing Federal Charges for a Drug Distribution Conspiracy

A criminal complaint has been filed charging the manager of a pain clinic, her boyfriend, and several customers with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, including oxycodone and oxymorphone.

May 18, 2021

Former Chesapeake OB/GYN Sentenced to 59 Years in Prison

A former Chesapeake doctor was sentenced today to 59 years in prison after a jury convicted him on 52 counts of health care fraud and other charges arising from his performance of irreversible hysterectomies, improper sterilizations, and other medically unnecessary surgeries and procedures on his patients over a decade.

May 18, 2021

Owner of Company Providing Prosthetics and Orthotics Materials to Walter Reed National Military Center Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges in Maryland For Paying Gratuities

Bruce Thomas, age 53, of Germantown Maryland, pleaded guilty late on May 14, 2021, to paying gratuities to a public official in exchange for official acts. Thomas is the owner and operator of Pinnacle Orthopedic Services, Inc., also located in Germantown.

May 13, 2021

Pensacola Compounding Pharmacy Owner Sentenced To Federal Prison For $4.8 Million Tricare Fraud And Money Laundering Conspiracies

Andrew E. Fisher, 35, of Gulf Breeze, was sentenced yesterday to 24 months in federal prison after a jury found him guilty last year of conspiring to use his pharmacy to defraud TRICARE, a federal health care program for uniformed service members, retirees, and their families, and conspiring to launder the funds generated by the fraud. Fisher was also ordered to pay over $4.8 million in restitution to TRI CARE and forfeit an over $3.8 million money judgment. The sentence was announced today by Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

May 12, 2021

Defense Contractor Employee and O.C. Man Arrested on Complaint Alleging Theft and Sale of Government-Owned Technical Orders

Law enforcement today arrested an employee of a Department of Defense contractor on a criminal complaint alleging he unlawfully sold United States Air Force technical data to an Orange County man who then illegally resold the data to customers.

May 10, 2021

University of Miami to Pay $22 Million to Settle Claims Involving Medically Unnecessary Laboratory Tests and Fraudulent Billing Practices

The University of Miami (UM) has agreed to pay $22 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by ordering medically unnecessary laboratory tests, and submitting false claims through its laboratory and off campus hospital based facilities ("Hospital Facilities").

May 7, 2021

Jury Convicts Iranian National for Illegally Exporting Military Sensitive Items

In San Antonio, a federal jury convicted Mehrdad Ansari, a 39-year-old Iranian citizen and a resident of the United Arab Emirates and Germany, for scheming to obtain military sensitive parts for Iran in violation of the Iranian Trade Embargo. These parts had dual-use military and civilian capability and could be used in such systems as nuclear weapons, missile guidance and development, secure tactical radio communications, offensive electronic warfare, military electronic countermeasures (radio jamming), and radar warning and surveillance systems.

May 4, 2021

Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Agrees to Pay $12.6 Million to Resolve Allegations it Provided Kickbacks Through Donations to a Third-Party Charity

Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that lncyte Corporation, headquartered in Delaware, has agreed to pay $12.6 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by using a foundation as a conduit to pay the copays of Medicare and TRICARE patients taking lncyte's drug Jakafi. TRICARE is the health care program for uniformed service members, retirees, and their families.

April 29, 2021

Tungsten Heavy Powder of San Diego Agrees to Pay $5.6 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

Tungsten Heavy Powder, Inc. (THP) has agreed to pay $5,641,114 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by falsely certifying that it sourced product materials in the United States for items it manufactured under a contract with the government of Israel that was funded by the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agreement Agency (DSCA).