April 18, 2023

International Business Organizations Convicted of Criminal Conspiracy to Violate Iranian Sanctions

Two international business organizations pleaded guilty and were sentenced today in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for their participation in a criminal conspiracy to violate U.S. export laws and sanctions by sending U.S.-origin goods to Iran.

April 14, 2023

Adobe Inc. Agrees to Pay $3 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations Involving Federal Software Sales

Adobe Inc. has agreed to pay $3 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it made payments in violation of the Anti-Kickback Act in return for influence over the sale of Adobe software to the federal government.

April 14, 2023

Man Sentenced for Bribery Schemes Involving Millions of Dollars in U.S.-Funded Military Contracts and Visa Fraud

A Georgia man was sentenced today to three years and 10 months in prison for his roles in two bribery conspiracies -one related to a U.S. military contracts fraud scheme and one related to a Department of State visa fraud scheme.

April 14, 2023

Government Contractors Indicted in San Antonio for Wire Fraud, Money Laundering

A federal grand jury in San Antonio returned an indictment last week charging four members of a San Antonio family with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering.

April 14, 2023

Los Angeles Businessman, Utah Fuel Plant Operators and Employees Sentenced to Prison for Billion-Dollar Biofuel Tax Fraud Scheme

Five individuals were sentenced this week to prison for their roles in a $1 billion biofuel tax conspiracy: Lev Asian Dermen, aka Levon Termendzhyan, 56, was sentenced to 40 years; Jacob Kingston, 46, was sentenced to 18 years; Isaiah Kingston, 42, was sentenced to 12 years; Rachel Kingston, 67, was sentenced to seven years; and Sally Kingston, 45,

April 5, 2023

Three Men Indicted for Multimillion-Dollar Accounting Fraud Scheme at U.S. Navy Shipbuilder

A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging three Alabama men with orchestrating an accounting fraud scheme at Austal USA LLC, a Mobile-based shipbuilder that constructs vessels for the U.S. Navy, including the Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS).

April 5, 2023

Kentuckiana Physician and Nurse Practitioner Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances, Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud, Health Care Fraud, and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering

A local physician and an advanced practice registered nurse were sentenced yesterday on conspiracy to unlawfully distribute and dispense controlled substances, conspiracy to commit health care fraud, health care fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering charges.

April 5, 2023

Texas Laboratory Agrees to Pay $5.9 Million to Settle Allegations of Kickbacks to Third Party Marketers and Unnecessary Drug Tests

Genotox Laboratories Ltd., of Austin, Texas, has agreed to pay at least $5.9 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it paid volume-based commissions to third party marketers in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute and submitted claims to federal health care programs for unnecessary drug tests.

April 5, 2023

Owings Mills Man Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Federal Prison for Transporting and Smuggling Firearms and Ammunition from the United States to Assist Separatists Fighting Against the Government of Cameroon

U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett today sentenced Wilson Nuyila Tita, age 47, of Owings Mills, Maryland, to 63 months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for conspiracy, for transporting firearms with obliterated serial numbers, and for smuggling firearms and ammunition from the United States to Nigeria.

April 5, 2023

Maryland Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud the Government

A Maryland woman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to her role in a conspiracy to defraud the government of thousands of dollars from 2014 to 2018.