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DOJ: Owners of 1st Adult N Pediatric Healthcare Pled Guilty 2025-09-08

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Two former owners of 1st Adult N Pediatric Healthcare pled guilty today to conspiring with others to commit federal healthcare fraud.Kafomdi “Josephine” Okocha, 49, and Samuel Okocha,...

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DOJ: Owners of Northern Arizona Businesses Arrested for Employment Practices 2025-07-16

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Yesterday, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and other law enforcement agencies executed federal search warrants at five Colt Grill restaurants and 12 residences in two states af...

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DOJ: Owners of Construction Company Charged with Defrauding the City of New York in Connection with Over $13.5 Million of Public School Repairs 2025-06-27

Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, a complaint was filed charging Dalip Singh and Gurnirmal Singh, the owners of TEMCO Construction NY, Inc., with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a scheme...

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DOJ: Owners of Florida Labor-Staffing Companies Sentenced for Tax and Immigration Fraud and Money Laundering 2025-01-27

Two Ukrainian nationals who were extradited from Thailand to the United States in September 2024 were sentenced today on charges related to labor-staffing companies they operated in Florida. Oleg Oliy...

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DOJ: Owners of Florida labor-staffing companies sentenced for tax and immigration fraud and money laundering 2025-01-27

Defendants prosecuted as part of Operation RoomKeyMIAMI – Two Ukrainian nationals who were extradited from the Kingdom of Thailand to the United States in September 2024 were sentenced today on charge...

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DOJ: Owners of Clark County automotive repair and performance shop sentenced to home confinement, probation for conspiracy and violations of Clean Air Act 2024-11-05

Tacoma – The owners of two Clark County automotive businesses were sentenced yesterday afternoon for conspiracy and felony violations of the federal Clean Air Act for tampering with diesel trucks’ emi...

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DOJ: Owners of Florida Labor-Staffing Companies Make Initial Appearance on Tax and Immigration Fraud and Money Laundering Charges 2024-09-24

Two Ukrainian nationals made their initial appearance yesterday on a superseding indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Miami charging them with crimes related to labor-staffing companies they...

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DOJ: Owners of Florida Labor-Staffing Companies Make Initial Appearance on Tax and Immigration Fraud and Money Laundering Charges 2024-09-24

Ukrainian Nationals Extradited from ThailandMIAMI - Two Ukrainian nationals made their initial appearance yesterday on a superseding indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Miami charging them ...

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DOJ: Owners of Local Real Estate Investment Company Indicted in Federal Court for Fraud 2024-08-27

PORTLAND, Ore.—An indictment was unsealed in federal court today charging the owners of a local real estate investment company with defrauding individual investors and commercial lenders out of more t...

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DOJ: Owners of “Empire Market” Charged in Chicago With Operating $430 Million Dark Web Marketplace 2024-06-14

CHICAGO — Two men have been charged in federal court in Chicago with operating “Empire Market,” a dark web marketplace that enabled users to anonymously buy and sell more than $430 million in illegal ...

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DOJ: Owners of Local Debt Consolidation Service Indicted in Federal Court, Additional Victims Sought 2024-04-11

PORTLAND, Ore.—The owners of ConsoliDebt Solutions, LLC, a debt consolidation service that operated in Oregon and other locations between April 2019 and April 2024, have been indicted in federal court...

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DOJ: Owners of China-Based Company Charged with Conspiracy to Send Trade Secrets Belonging to Leading U.S.-Based Electric Vehicle Company 2024-03-19

Klaus Pflugbeil, 58, a Canadian national and resident of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), was arrested today in Nassau County, New York, for conspiring with co-defendant Yilong Shao, 47, of Ningb...

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DOJ: Owners of China-Based Company Charged With Conspiracy to Send Trade Secrets Belonging to Leading U.S.-Based Electric Vehicle Company 2024-03-19

A complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Klaus Pflugbeil, a resident of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC” or “China”) and Canadian national, and Yilong Shao, a Chin...

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DOJ: Owners and Operators of illicit marijuana business sentenced to federal prison for violations of federal and state law 2024-02-13

Seattle – A father and son from Seattle were each sentenced today to 30 months in prison for their scheme to violate the state’s marijuana production regulations and produce and sell marijuana on the ...

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DOJ: Owners of Brooklyn Plumbing Company Indicted for Evading Taxes on More Than $10 Million in Income 2023-12-06

An indictment was unsealed earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Alexander Figliolia, Jr., and Kenneth Sutherland, the owners of Liberty Water & Sewer (Liberty Water), a Brooklyn-based p...

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DOJ: Owners of timeshare resale company sentenced to federal prison for defrauding over 8,000 victims out of $18 million 2023-10-18

ATLANTA – Jess Kinmont and John P. Wenz, Jr. have been sentenced for operating a timeshare resale scam business that affected more than 8,000 victims nationwide, many of them elderly. The victims lost...

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DOJ: Owners of Mobile Phlebotomy Company Each Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison for Medicare Fraud 2023-10-03

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gabriella Santibanez, 59, and her sister Lisa Hazard, 55, both of Temecula, were sentenced Monday to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay over $7.5 million in restitution for he...

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DOJ: Owners of Military Contracting Companies Sentenced for Bid Rigging in Texas 2023-08-23

Two military contractors were sentenced today in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Texarkana Division, for their roles in a bid-rigging scheme involving the maintenance and re...

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DOJ: Owners of Mental Health Counseling Services Company Plead Guilty to Employment Tax Crime 2023-08-18

An Oklahoma man and a Virginia man pleaded guilty, in separate cases, to willfully failing to pay over employment taxes. According to court documents and statements made in court, Stephen Christopher ...

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DOJ: Owners of Freight Forwarding Company Sentenced to Prison for Exporting Stolen Outboard Engines to Mexico 2023-05-24

MIAMI – Today, two Miami residents, Carlos Orlando Ledesma, 57, and Nadia Esperanza Ledesma, 46, were sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to export nearly 600 stolen outboard engines to Mexico ...

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DOJ: Owners of San Diego Restaurants Charged with COVID-Relief Fraud and Money Laundering 2023-05-24

NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY — May 23, 2023 SAN DIEGO—A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging San Diego restaurant owners with fraud and money laundering in connection with an alleged scheme ...

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DOJ: Owners & Operators Of Mid-State Restaurants Plead Guilty In Scheme To Harbor Undocumented Workers 2023-05-10

NASHVILLE – Five persons charged last year in an undocumented worker harboring scheme connected to eight mid-state restaurants, have pleaded guilty, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Thomas J. Jaworski. ...

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DOJ: Owners of Freight Forwarding Company Plead Guilty to Exporting Stolen Outboard Engines to Mexico 2023-03-13

MIAMI – Two Miami residents, Carlos Orlando Ledesma, 57, and Nadia Esperanza Ledesma, 46, have pled guilty to conspiring to export nearly 600 stolen outboard engines to Mexico through a Miami-based fr...

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DOJ: Owners of Mobile Phlebotomy Company Plead Guilty to $ 7 Million Medicare Fraud 2023-01-23

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gabriella Santibanez, 58, and her sister Lisa Hazard, 54, both of Temecula, California, pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to commit over $7 million in health care fraud, U.S. At...

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DOJ: Owners of Skilled Nursing Facilities Agree to Settle Americans with Disabilities Act Complaint 2022-07-08

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The United States Attorney’s Office announced a settlement agreement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with the owners of Carrington Place of the Tappahannock (CPOT), w...

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DOJ: Owners and Operators of Online Cryptocurrency Companies Indicted for Defrauding Investors 2022-03-08

An 11-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Dwayne Golden, Gregory Aggesen, and Marquis Demacking Egerton, the owners and operators of the web-based virtual currenc...

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DOJ: Owners and Employees of Summit Contracting, Inc., Indicted on Fraud and Conspiracy Charges 2022-02-01

United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on February 1, 2022, a federal grand jury returned a ten-count indictment against Chad M. Schampers (age:...

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DOJ: Owners of Bergen County Company Admit $3 Million Mail Fraud Scheme 2021-12-20

NEWARK, N.J. – Two owners of a Bergen County company today admitted their roles in a scheme to deprive the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) of over $3 million in revenue through fraudulently altering postag...

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DOJ: Owners of Imaging Product Companies Pay $220,000 to Resolve Allegations of Fraud Against Federal Government Agencies 2021-11-16

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Jimmy A. Meron, owner of WOW Imaging Products LLC (WOW) and part owner of Time Enterprises LLC (Time), has paid $100,000 to resolve allegations of knowingly overcharging federal a...

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DOJ: Owners of Several Chicago-Area Convenience Stores Charged With Defrauding Low-Income Food Program for Women and Children 2021-11-12

CHICAGO — The owners of several Chicago-area convenience stores have been charged in federal court with scheming to defraud a low-income food program for women and children. A 16-count indictment retu...

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DOJ: Former Owners of Two Illicit Massage Parlors Charged with COVID-Relief Fraud 2021-09-14

BOSTON – Two former owners of massage parlors have been charged in connection with filing for and obtaining fraudulent pandemic-related loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (C...

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DOJ: Owners of Florida Teacher Certification Exam Preparation Company Plead Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy and Conspiracy to Commit Theft of Trade Secre 2021-08-10

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA –Kathleen M. Jasper, 42, and Jeremy M. Jasper, 40, both of Estero, Florida, pled guilty today to racketeering (RICO) conspiracy and conspiracy to commit theft of trade secrets. Ja...

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DOJ: Former Owners of Hillsborough Compounding Pharmacy Pay $1,082,991.94 to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations 2021-08-09

GREENSBORO, N.C. - The owners of a now-closed compounding pharmacy have paid $1,082,991.94 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for payment to the ...

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DOJ: Owners of Underground, International Financial Institutions Sentenced for Operating Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business 2021-06-04

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Daniel Silva (619) 546-9713 and Mark W. Pletcher (619) 546-9714 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – June 3, 2021 SAN DIEGO –Lei Zhang of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced in federal court ...

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DOJ: Owners and manager of Ridgefield, Washington, automotive shop indicted for conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act 2021-05-13

Seattle – A federal grand jury today charged three southwest Washington residents and two corporations with a conspiracy that involved removing federally-required pollution control hardware from diese...

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DOJ: Owners and Former Employee of Heath Care company Facing Federal Charges for Allegedly Paying Kickbacks to Homeless Patients and Fraudulently Billing M 2021-04-02

Baltimore, Maryland – A federal criminal complaint has been filed charging Julius Bakari and his wife Mboutchock Kabiwa a/k/a Eugenie Bakari, both age 43, of Silver Spring, Maryland, with health care ...

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DOJ: Former Owners of Telemarketing Company Agree to Pay At Least $4 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations 2021-03-16

Two Florida men have agreed collectively to pay at least $4 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by engaging in schemes to generate prescriptions for compounded drugs...

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DOJ: Former Owners of Telemarketing Company Agree to Pay At Least $4 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations 2021-03-16

WASHINGTON – Two Florida men have agreed collectively to pay at least $4 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by engaging in schemes to generate prescriptions for com...

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DOJ: Owners of Westfield Transport Indicted on Federal Charges 2021-02-26

BOSTON – Two West Springfield men were charged in federal court in Springfield in connection with falsifying driving logs, instructing others to do so and making a false statement to investigators. Th...

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DOJ: Owners of Foreign Currency Exchange Investment Company Indicted for $129 Million Wire Fraud and Conspiracy 2021-02-12

DENVER -- United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that a federal grand jury has indicted Michael Shawn Stewart, 57, of Scottsdale, Arizona, and Bryant Edwin Sewall, 54, previously of Little Elm...

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DOJ: Former Owners of Therakos, Inc. Pay $11.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations of Promotion of Drug-Device System for Unapproved Uses to Pe 2020-11-19

PHILADELPHIA, PA – United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) subsidiary Medical Device Business Services, Inc. (“MDBS”) agreed to pay $10 million to settle all...

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DOJ: Owners of Philadelphia Cheesesteak Restaurant Indicted for Tax Evasion 2020-07-24

A federal grand jury in Philadelphia returned an indictment that was unsealed today, charging the owners of a popular cheesesteak restaurant with conspiracy to defraud the IRS, tax evasion, and aiding...

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DOJ: Owners of Groveland Companies Sentenced for Defrauding Government Contracting Programs 2020-06-17

BOSTON – Three men were sentenced today in federal court in Boston for conspiracy to defraud the United States and mail fraud in connection with a scheme to obtain government contracts. Frank Apicella...

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DOJ: Owners of Texas and Mississippi Laboratories Admit Roles in Kickback Scheme Related to Genetic Testing 2020-06-02

NEWARK, N.J. – The owners of two clinical laboratories in Texas and Mississippi today admitted their roles in a scheme to pay kickbacks in exchange for referrals of patient DNA samples and genetic tes...

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DOJ: Owners of Greensboro Temporary Staffing Firms Plead Guilty to Employment Tax Fraud 2020-02-05

Two Greensboro, North Carolina, business owners pleaded guilty today to failing to pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney Genera...

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DOJ: Owners of Greensboro Temporary Staffing Firms Plead Guilty to Employment Tax Fraud 2020-02-05

WASHINGTON – Two Greensboro, North Carolina, business owners pleaded guilty today to failing to pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Principal Deputy Assistant At...

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DOJ: Owners of Underground, International Financial Institutions Plead Guilty to Operating Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business 2020-02-03

SAN DIEGO – Bing Han and Lei Zhang pleaded guilty in federal court today for operating unlicensed money transmitting businesses. Their guilty pleas are believed to be the first in the United States f...

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DOJ: Owners of Groveland Companies Charged for Defrauding Government Contracting Programs 2020-01-10

BOSTON – Three men were charged today in federal court in Boston with conspiracy to defraud the United States and mail fraud in connection with a scheme to obtain government contracts. Frank Apicella,...

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DOJ: Owners of Upper Darby Tax Preparation Service Sentenced to Prison for Scheme to Create False Tax Returns 2020-01-08

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Omar Faruq, 37, and Omar Ali, 36, both of Pennsauken, New Jersey, were sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Nit...

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DOJ: Owners of popular Thai restaurant group sentenced to prison for using “zapper” software to cheat on state and federal taxes 2019-12-05

Seattle – A Kent, Washington, couple were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to prison terms for their use of a tax zapper software to hide cash sales and reduce the taxes owed at their...

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DOJ: Owners of Greensboro Temporary Staffing Firms Indicted for Employment Tax Fraud 2019-10-29

A federal grand jury indicted two Greensboro, North Carolina, women yesterday with conspiring to defraud the United States and for failing to pay over employment taxes, announced Principal Deputy Assi...

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DOJ: Owners of Greensboro Temporary Staffing Firms Indicted for Employment Tax Fraud 2019-10-29

WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury indicted two Greensboro, North Carolina, women yesterday with conspiring to defraud the United States and for failing to pay over employment taxes, announced Principa...

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DOJ: Owners of Suburban Youth Counseling Center Indicted on Fraud Charges for Allegedly Defrauding Illinois Medicaid out of $4 Million 2019-08-28

CHICAGO — The owners of a suburban Chicago youth counseling center defrauded Illinois Medicaid out of approximately $4 million through a fraudulent billing scheme, according to an indictment returned ...

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DOJ: Owners of EMS Company Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison for $3.6M Health Care Fraud Scheme 2019-08-21

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Owners of Tritan EMS were sentenced in U.S. District Court for crimes related to a $3.6 million health care fraud scheme. Jeralyn R. Dougherty, 67, of Dublin, was sentenced Friday to ...

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DOJ: Owners of Popular Thai Restaurant Group Plead Guilty in Scheme to use ‘Tax Zapper’ Software to Hide Cash Income and Reduce State & Federal Taxes 2019-08-15

Two owners of the popular ‘Bai Tong’ restaurant chain pleaded guilty Wednesday, August 14 in U.S. District Court in Seattle to a multi-year scheme to hide cash sales and reduce the taxes owed at the r...

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DOJ: Owners of Los Angeles Home Health Agency Sentenced to Prison for Role in Health Care Fraud that Defrauded Medicare 2019-06-11

Two owners and operators of a Los Angeles, California, home health agency were sentenced to 120 and 78 months in prison yesterday for their roles in a scheme to bill Medicare for various items and ser...

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DOJ: Owners of Los Angeles Home Health Agency Sentenced to Prison for Role in Health Care Fraud that Defrauded Medicare 2019-06-11

LOS ANGELES – Two owners and operators of a home health agency were sentenced to 10 years and 6½ years in federal prison on Monday for their roles in a scheme to bill Medicare for various items and se...

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DOJ: Former Owners of T-Mobile Retail Store Arrested on Federal Charges Alleging $25 Million Scheme to Illicitly Unlock Cell Phones 2019-06-10

LOS ANGELES – Two men who formerly owned a T-Mobile retail store in Eagle Rock were arrested this morning on federal charges that allege a scheme to use stolen T-Mobile employee credentials to illegal...

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DOJ: Owners of Tucson Home Health Care Business Sentenced to Prison for Medicare Fraud Scheme 2019-05-17

TUCSON, Ariz. – On May 15, 2019, Stephen Allen Lamont, 61, and Elvia Lorena Lamont, 51, were sentenced by Senior United States District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson for their involvement in a Medicare fra...

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DOJ: Owners of Home Healthcare Company Sentenced for Tax Fraud 2019-05-10

BOSTON – The co-owners of a Boston-area home healthcare company were sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for underreporting income to the IRS resulting in over $1 million in losses. Hannah ...

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DOJ: Owners of Northwest’s Largest Electronics Recycling Firm Sentenced to Prison for Wire Fraud Conspiracy 2019-04-23

The owners and Chief Executive Officers of Total Reclaim, the Northwest’s largest recycler of electronic waste, were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 28 months in prison and three ...

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DOJ: Owners of South Carolina Company Plead Guilty To Conspiring With Employees Of One Of The Nation's Largest Private Companies Relating to Extensive 2019-03-27

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The two owners of a South Carolina-based company and a manager at one of the country’s largest private companies (“Victim Company”) appeared in federal court today and pleaded guilty...

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DOJ: Owners of Home Healthcare Company Plead Guilty to Tax Fraud 2018-11-21

BOSTON – The co-owners of a Boston-area home healthcare company pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston yesterday for underreporting income to the IRS resulting in over $1 million in losses. Hannah ...

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DOJ: Owners of Home Healthcare Company Plead Guilty to Tax Fraud 2018-11-20

The co-owners of a Boston-area home healthcare company pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday for tax crimes resulting in over $1 million in losses, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney Ge...

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DOJ: Owners of Northwest’s Largest Electronics Recycling Firm Plead Guilty to Wire Fraud Conspiracy 2018-11-16

The owners and Chief Executive Officers of Total Reclaim, the Northwest’s largest recycler of electronic waste, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to conspiracy to commit wire frau...

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DOJ: Owners of currency exchange business that made $600 million convicted of fraud 2018-10-10

ATLANTA – The co-owners and chief operating officer of one of the largest Iraqi dinar exchangers in the United States were convicted by a federal jury following a five-week trial. Tyson Rhame, James S...

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DOJ: Owners of Pennsylvania Based Internet Floral Company Sentenced to Prison for Tax Fraud 2018-08-21

A Pennsylvania couple that owned and operated an internet floral business were sentenced to prison today for failing to pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and for filing f...

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DOJ: Owners of Peabody Pizza Shop Sentenced for Federal Tax Charges 2018-08-15

BOSTON – The current and former owners of Giovanni’s Roast Beef & Pizza in Peabody were sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with skimming cash receipts from Giovanni’s and failing...

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DOJ: Owners of Five Chicago-Area Restaurants Charged in Federal Investigation Targeting Underreporting of Gross Receipts 2018-08-09

CHICAGO — The owners of five Chicago-area restaurants are facing criminal tax charges as part of a federal investigation into the underreporting of gross receipts. The charges allege that the restaura...

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DOJ: Owners of Tech Support Scams in South Florida and Costa Rica Charged With Federal Fraud Offenses 2018-06-04

Federal fraud charges were filed this week against owners of two businesses that allegedly conducted an international tech support scam, Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern Distri...

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DOJ: Owners of Sponsor Organization and Catering Company Charged in Connection with Multi-Million Dollar Scheme to Defraud Food Program for Underprivileged 2018-04-27

Sandra Ruballo, 46, of Davie, and Carlos Andres Montoya, 47, of Miramar, have been charged by criminal complaint with participating in a conspiracy to defraud the federally funded Child Care Food Prog...

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DOJ: Owners of Virginia Subcontracting Firm Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion 2018-04-25

A Virginia husband and wife were each sentenced today for tax evasion and conspiring to structure currency transactions, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of t...

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DOJ: Owners of Maryland Auto Parts Company Indicted for Tax Fraud 2018-04-17

A federal grand jury sitting in Greenbelt, Maryland, returned an indictment, which was unseal today, charging a married couple with conspiracy to defraud the United States and four counts of filing fa...

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DOJ: Owners of Pennsylvania Based Internet Florist Convicted of Tax Crimes 2018-02-16

A Pennsylvania couple that owned and operated an internet floral business was convicted yesterday of failing to pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and of filing fraudulent...

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DOJ: Owners of Oklahoma City Diabetic Supply Company Charged with Medicaid Fraud 2017-12-18

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – A federal grand jury has charged EUNJA VASQUEZ, 55, and LAWRENCE VASQUEZ, 61, of Edmond, Oklahoma, with Medicaid fraud, announced Mark A. Yancey, U.S. Attorney for the Wester...

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DOJ: Former Owners of Sleep Study Clinics in Northern Virginia and Maryland Charged With Health Care Fraud and Tax Evasion 2017-12-06

An indictment was unsealed today charging two individuals with leading a multi-million dollar health care fraud and tax evasion scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice ...

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DOJ: Owners of Peabody Pizza Shop Plead Guilty to Federal Tax Charges 2017-11-30

BOSTON – The owners of Giovanni’s Roast Beef & Pizza in Peabody pleaded guilty yesterday to skimming cash receipts from Giovanni’s and failing to report the cash on their tax returns, thereby avoiding...

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DOJ: Owners of New York Flower Business Plead Guilty to Obstructing the IRS 2017-06-23

The co-owners of a Great Neck, New York flower business, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York to corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the internal r...

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DOJ: Owners of Biofuel Company Indicted on Conspiracy and False Statement Charges 2017-05-04

A Pennsylvania biofuel producer and two of its officers have been indicted on conspiracy and false statements charges for participating in a scheme that generated over $10 million in U.S. Environmenta...

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DOJ: Owners of Two Los Angeles-Area Drug Wholesale Companies Arrested in $20 Million Federal ‘Structuring’ Conspiracy 2017-04-12

LOS ANGELES – The owners of two local drug wholesale companies were among four defendants taken into custody this morning on federal “structuring” charges that allege they made millions of dollars in ...

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DOJ: Owners of Peabody Pizza Shop Charged with Obstructing a Federal Criminal Investigation 2017-03-23

BOSTON – The owners of Giovanni’s Roast Beef & Pizza in Peabody, Mass., were arrested yesterday and charged in U.S. District Court in Boston with obstruction of justice for removing items from a safe ...

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DOJ: Owners of Property on Which Big Blue Sportsmen’s Club Operated Plead Guilty to Conspiracy Charges 2017-03-21

Abingdon, VIRGINIA – The 10,000 square-foot facility known as the Big Blue Sportsman’s Club in McDowell, Kentucky, which has hosted cockfights for more than 20 years, will be razed following the guilt...

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DOJ: Owners of West L.A. Pharmacy Found Guilty in Sweeping Scheme to Illegally Distribute Prescription Narcotics 2017-01-24

LOS ANGELES – Two brothers who owned a West Los Angeles pharmacy were found guilty by a federal jury today of operating a years-long narcotic drug trafficking, money laundering and tax fraud conspirac...

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DOJ: Owners of Biofuel Company Plead Guilty to Conspiracy and Fraud Charges 2016-10-12

The owners of an Indiana biofuel producer pleaded guilty to conspiracy, fraud and false statements for participating in a scheme that generated over $60 million in fraudulent tax credits and U.S. Envi...

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DOJ: Owners of Home Health Care Agency Sentenced to Prison for Taking Part in $80 Million Medicaid Fraud 2016-06-01

Defendants Used Money to Finance a Lavish Lifestyle Florence Bikundi, 53, and her husband, Michael D. Bikundi Sr. 63, of Mitchellville, Maryland, and the owners of Global Healthcare Inc., a home care ...

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DOJ: Owners of Home Health Care Agency Sentenced to Prison For Taking Part in $80 Million Medicaid Fraud 2016-06-01

WASHINGTON –Florence Bikundi and her husband, Michael D. Bikundi, Sr., the owners of Global Healthcare, Inc., a home care agency, were sentenced today to prison terms for health care fraud, money laun...

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DOJ: Owners of Worcester Payroll Company Sentenced for Tax Evasion and Fraud 2016-05-11

BOSTON – The co-owners and former owner of a payroll company in Worcester were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Worcester for defrauding the IRS and tax evasion. One of the co-owners was also...

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DOJ: Owners of Boston-Area Fried Chicken Restaurant Charged in Tax Fraud Scheme 2016-04-29

BOSTON – Three men who operated two Boston-area fried chicken restaurants have been charged with conspiring to file false tax returns as part of a long-running scheme to avoid paying payroll and incom...

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DOJ: Owners of Tax Preparation Business Get Multi-Year Prison Sentences for Filing Bogus Tax Returns for Prison Inmates 2016-04-15

The owners of a tax preparation business that filed fraudulent tax returns on behalf of inmates at various New Jersey prisons were each sentenced today to multi-year prison sentences, announced Acting...

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DOJ: Owners of Virginia Beach Cake Shop Plead Guilty to Money Laundering, Drug and Tax Charges 2016-04-04

NORFOLK, Va. – Vernon Michael Norvell, 43, and his wife, Cheron Johnson, 31, of Portsmouth, both pleaded guilty today to various drug, tax, and money laundering crimes. Norvell pleaded guilty to consp...

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DOJ: Owners of Saul Farms Plead Guilty 2016-03-30

BOISE - Bernard Saul, 58, of Bliss, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and money laundering, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Bernard Saul waived his right to indictment and pleaded guil...

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DOJ: Owners of Nick’s Roast Beef Charged with Skimming Nearly $6 Million in Cash 2015-12-14

BOSTON – The two owners of Nick’s Famous Roast Beef in Beverly, and the wife of one of the owners, were charged in an indictment unsealed today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with skim...

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DOJ: Owners of Home Health Care Agency Found Guilty Of Taking Part in $80 Million Medicaid Fraud 2015-11-16

WASHINGTON –Florence Bikundi, and her husband, Michael Bikundi, the owners of Global Healthcare, Inc., a home care agency, have been found guilty by a jury of health care fraud, money laundering, and ...

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DOJ: Owners of Danbury Flooring Company Plead Guilty to Federal Tax Charges 2015-10-29

Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and William P. Offord, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, today announced that DAVID BENINCA...

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DOJ: Owners of Worcester Payroll Company Plead Guilty to Tax Evasion and Fraud 2015-09-02

BOSTON – The co-owners and former owner of a payroll company in Worcester pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Worcester to defrauding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and tax evasion. One of th...

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DOJ: Owners and Chiropractor Indicted in Alleged Nationwide Worker’s Compensation Fraud Scheme 2015-07-10

HOUSTON – The owners and others associated with Team Work Ready (TWR) have been charged in a conspiracy involving health care fraud and money laundering, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along...

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DOJ: Owners of Chinese Restaurants in Rio Rancho and Santa Fe Sentenced to Probation for Harboring Illegal Aliens and Violating Minimum and Overtime Wage L 2015-07-01

ALBUQUERQUE – Wen Ping Chen, 30, of Rio Rancho, N.M., and his brother Wen Qiu Chen, 31, of Santa Fe, N.M., were each sentenced this afternoon to two years of probation for harboring illegal aliens and...

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DOJ: Owners of Orlando Health Care Clinic Plead Guilty to Engaging in $2.5 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme 2015-06-24

Husband and wife owners of an Orlando health care clinic pleaded guilty today to engaging in a $2.5 million health care fraud scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Depar...

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DOJ: Former Owners and Employees of Hampton Pipe and Tobacco Arrested 2015-03-18

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The former owner of Hampton Pipe and Tobacco, Jayson Mickle, along with nine others, were arrested yesterday and charged in a multi-count indictment relating to the distribution of...

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DOJ: Owners & Managers Of Former Salvage Operations At Former Textile Plant In Tennesee Sentenced To Prison For Conspiracy Associated With Illegal Asbe 2015-03-18

January 22, 2015 Conspirators Ordered to Pay $10.3 Million in Restitution GREENEVILLE, Tenn. –U.S. District Judge J. Ronnie Greer sentenced five people to prison terms in federal court in Greeneville,...

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DOJ: Owners of Safari Company Indicted for Illegal Rhino Hunts 2015-03-12

Out of Africa Charged with Wildlife Crimes, Fraud and Money Laundering Montgomery, Alabama - The owners of Out of Africa Adventurous Safaris were charged with conspiracy to sell illegal rhinoceros hun...

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DOJ: Owners and Operators of Crime Riddled Motels Plead Guilty; Forfeit Properties, Car and more than $265,000 2015-03-09

The final two owners and managers of crime infested motels in Tukwila, Washington pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to maintain drug involved premises, announced U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan. In the...

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DOJ: Owners of Tax Preparation Business Convicted on All Counts 2015-02-06

The owners of a tax preparation business that filed fraudulent tax returns on behalf of inmates at various New Jersey prisons were convicted at trial today of conspiracy, mail fraud and making false c...

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DOJ: Owners of Chinese Restaurants in Rio Rancho and Santa Fe Charged With Harboring Illegal Aliens 2015-01-26

ALBUQUERQUE – Wen Ping Chen, 28, and his brother Wen Qiu Chen, 30, made their initial appearances in federal court this morning on criminal complaints charging them with conspiracy and harboring illeg...

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DOJ: Owners of Chinese Restaurants in Rio Rancho and Santa Fe Plead Guilty to Harboring Illegal Aliens and Violating Minimum and Overtime Wage Laws 2015-01-26

ALBUQUERQUE – Wen Ping Chen, 29, and his brother Wen Qiu Chen, 31, each pled guilty this morning to harboring an illegal alien and violating the federal minimum and overtime wage laws. Ping Chen and Q...

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DOJ: Owners & Managers of Former Salvage Operations at Former Textile Plant in Tennessee Sentenced to Prison for Conspiracy Associated with Illegal Asb 2015-01-22

U.S. District Judge Ronnie Greer sentenced five people to prison terms in federal court in Greeneville, Tennessee, late yesterday for conspiring to commit Clean Air Act offenses in connection with the...

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DOJ: Owners of Orlando Health Care Clinic Charged with $3 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme 2014-12-03

Charges have been unsealed against husband and wife owners of an Orlando health care clinic for their roles in a fraud scheme that resulted in the submission of more than $3 million in allegedly fraud...

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DOJ: Owners of Safari Company Indicted for Illegal Rhino Hunts 2014-10-23

The owners of Out of Africa Adventurous Safaris were charged with conspiracy to sell illegal rhinoceros hunts in South Africa in order to defraud American hunters, money laundering and secretly traffi...

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DOJ: Owners of Cadillac Ranch Restaurants and Associated Accountant Sentenced for Tax Charges 2014-10-23

A certified public accountant (CPA) from Dayton, Ohio, was sentenced today to serve 12 months and one day in prison to be followed by one year of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Edmund A. Sa...

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DOJ: Owners of Two Houston-Area Home Health Care Companies, Doctor, and Hospital Employee Sentenced for Their Roles in $3 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme 2014-09-02

Owners of two home health agencies, a doctor, and a hospital employee who sold patient information were all sentenced today for their roles in an $3 million Medicare fraud scheme. Assistant Attorney G...

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DOJ: Owners of Los Angeles Ambulance Company Sentenced for
Medicare Fraud Scheme 2014-05-06

The owners of Alpha Ambulance Inc. (Alpha), a now-defunct Los Angeles-area ambulance transportation company, have been sentenced in connection with a Medicare fraud scheme.Acting Assistant Attorney Ge...

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DOJ: Owners and Supervisor of Ambulance Transportation Company Plead Guilty in Los Angeles for Role in Ambulance Fraud Scheme 2013-10-29

The owners and supervisor of Alpha Ambulance Inc. (Alpha), a now-defunct Los Angeles-area ambulance transportation company, have pleaded guilty in connection with an ambulance fraud scheme. Acting Ass...

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DOJ: Owners of Home Health Companies and Patient Recruiter Plead Guilty in Miami for Role in $20 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme 2013-09-05

The owners and operators of several Miami home health care agencies and a patient recruiter pleaded guilty today in connection with a health care fraud scheme involving defunct home health care compan...

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DOJ: Owners of Miami Home Health Companies Sentenced to Prison
in $48 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme 2013-02-27

The owners and operators of two Miami health care agencies were sentenced to nine years and more than four years in prison today, respectively, and ordered to pay millions in restitution for their par...

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DOJ: Former Owners of Los Angeles-Area Medical Equipment Wholesaler Plead Guilty to Conspiring with Customers
to Defraud Medicare 2013-02-26

Two former owners of a Los Angeles-area medical equipment wholesale supply company pleaded guilty today to conspiring with their customers to defraud Medicare. The pleas were announced by Assistant At...

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DOJ: Owners of Two Miami Home Health Companies Plead Guilty in $48 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme 2012-12-19

The owners and operators of two Miami health care agencies pleaded guilty today for their participation in a $48 million home health Medicare fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A...

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DOJ: Former Owners of Los Angeles DME Wholesale Company Arrested
and Charged with Participating in $16.6 Million
Medicare Fraud Scheme 2012-10-11

WASHINGTON – The former owners of a durable medical equipment (DME) wholesale company located in Ontario, Calif., were arrested late yesterday at Los Angeles International Airport in connection with a...

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DOJ: Owners and Employees of Houston Mental Health Companyand Patient Recruiters Charged for Alleged Roles in$97 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme 2012-07-26

A superseding indictment was unsealed today charging two owners of a Houston mental health care company, Spectrum Care P.A., some of its employees and the owners of Houston group care homes for their ...

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DOJ: Owners of Houston Mental Health Company and Assisted Living Facility Indicted for Alleged Roles in $90 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme 2011-12-14

WASHINGTON – Two owners of a Houston mental health care company, Spectrum Care P.A., and the owner of a Houston assisted living facility were arrested today on charges related to their alleged partici...

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DOJ: Owners of Houston Health Care Company Sentenced to Prison for Medicare Fraud 2011-12-06

WASHINGTON – Two owners of a Houston durable medical equipment (DME) company were each sentenced to prison today for their roles in a Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FB...

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DOJ: Former Owners of Florida Airline Fuel Supply and Indiana Flight Management Services Companies Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring to Defraud Ryan Inter 2011-10-28

WASHINGTON – A former owner and operator of a Florida-based airline fuel supply service company and a former owner and operator of an Indiana-based flight management services company were sentenced to...

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DOJ: Owners of Fraudulent Lakeland, Florida, Physical Therapy Company Sentenced to 42 and 46 Months in Prison 2011-10-13

WASHINGTON – Miami-area residents Angel Gonzalez and Jorge Zamora, who were the owners and operators of a fraudulent physical therapy company in Lakeland, Fla., were sentenced yesterday and today to 4...

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DOJ: Former Owners of Florida Airline Fuel Supply and Indiana Flight Management Services Companies Plead Guilty in Schemes to Defraud Ryan International Ai 2011-08-12

WASHINGTON – A former owner and operator of a Florida-based airline fuel supply service company and a former owner and operator of an Indiana-based flight management services company pleaded guilty to...

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DOJ: Owners of Houston Health Care Company Plead Guilty to
Medicare Fraud 2011-06-22

WASHINGTON – Two owners of a Houston health care company pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme to defraud Medicare of more than $800,000, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human...

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DOJ: Owners of “Super Soda Center Stores” in Maryland and Delaware Settle Allegations of Underground Storage Tank Violations 2010-08-02

PHILADELPHIA The United States has settled alleged violations of federal and state underground storage tank (UST) regulations at 17 gas stations in Delaware and Maryland formerly owned by Duncan Petro...

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DOJ: Owners of Connecticut Bar Indicted on Tax Charges 2010-04-22

John G. Pinone, Jr., of Glastonbury, Conn., made his initial appearance in district court today on conspiracy and tax charges, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. In M...

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DOJ: Owners of Los Angeles-area Medical Equipment Company
Sentenced to Prison for Medicare Fraud 2010-02-01

The owners and operators of a Los Angeles-area durable medical equipment (DME) company were sentenced to prison today in connection with an approximately $1 million power wheelchair fraud scheme, anno...

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