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US Department Of Justice: Florida Man Sentenced For $1.3 Million Securities Fraud Scheme Date 14/05/2021 A Florida man was sentenced today to more than four years in prison for operating an investment scheme in which he used investor funds to repay other investors and misappropriated funds for himself. David C. Coggins, 42, of Miami, pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud on March 2, 2021. According to court documents, Coggins solicited investors to his investment fund between 201...

A Florida man was sentenced today to more than six years in prison for fraudulently obtaining approximately $3.9 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and using those funds, in part, to purchase a $318,000 Lamborghini luxury car for himself. David T. Hines, of Miami, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud on Feb. 10. According to court documents, Hines submitted multiple PPP applications to a PPP-participating lender, claiming to have had dozens of employees and millions of doll...

<p><span>A federal grand jury in Colorado returned an indictment that was unsealed Tuesday charging an Illinois woman and a Georgia man with running a Ponzi scheme that raised approximately $650 million from investors across the country.</span></p>

Share: The White Collar Defense & Special Investigation Practice of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continued its strategic expansion with the addition in Houston of Vernon Lewis as a shareholder. HOUSTON (PRWEB) May 11, 2021 The White Collar Defense & Special Investigation Practice of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continued its strategic expansion with the addition in Houston of Vernon Lewis as a shareholder. Vernon served in the United States Attorneys Office, Southern Distr...

Greenberg Traurig Boston Adds Linda M. Ricci, Former Assistant U.S. Attorney and Chief of Narcotics and Money Laundering Unit, to White Collar Practice Share Article Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to expand its White Collar Defense & Special Investigations Practice, this time adding Linda M. Ricci as a shareholder in Boston. Ricci draws from more than 15 years of experience working at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, where she served as Chief of ...

Details Written by Justice Department Sioux Falls, South Dakota - Neurosurgeon Wilson Asfora, M.D. of Sioux Falls, and two medical device distributorships that he owns, Medical Designs LLC and Sicage LLC, have agreed to pay $4.4 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations relating to illegal payments to Asfora to induce the use of certain medical devices, in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute, as well as claims for medically unnecessary surgeries. Medical Designs a...

Details Written by Justice Department Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - A pharmaceutical company headquartered in Delaware has agreed to pay $12.6 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks. Today’s settlement resolves allegations that, from November 2011 through December 2014, Incyte Corporation purportedly used an independent foundation as a conduit to pay the copays of certain federal beneficiaries taking Incyte’s drug Jakaf...

Three Florida Men Charged in $46 Million Health Care Fraud, Kickback, and Money Laundering Conspiracy Details Written by DOJ Miami, Florida - Three telemarketing company owners were charged for their alleged participation in a $47 million health care fraud, kickback, and money laundering scheme involving the referral of medically unnecessary cancer genetic tests to labs in exchange for kickbacks. An indictment, unsealed Monday, charges Christian McKeon, 35, and Athan...

Hoover doctor and her husband sentenced to federal prison for illegally dispensing opioids AL.com 3 hrs ago Carol Robinson, al.com An Alabama doctor and her husband have been sentenced to federal prison for prescribing and dispensing controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the course of professional practice. The Department of Justice on Wednesday announced the sentencings of Dr. Elizabeth Korcz, 48, and Matthew Korcz, 27, both of Hoover. Elizabe...

From The Tribune staff reports WASHINGTON – An Alabama doctor and her husband were sentenced Tuesday to 52 and 30 months in prison, respectively, for prescribing and dispensing controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the course of professional practice. Elizabeth Korcz, M.D., 48, and Matthew Korcz, 47, both of Hoover, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and dispense a controlled substance on Dec. 16, 2020. According to court documents, the defendants adm...