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<p><span>The former chief of Antigua’s Financial Services Regulatory Commission (FSRC) was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for his role in connection with a $7 billion Ponzi scheme involving the Stanford International Bank (SIB).</span></p>

California Hospice Administrator Sentenced for Role in Hospice Fraud Scheme Details Written by Imperial Valley News Los Angeles, California - The administrator of a Southern California hospice was sentenced Thursday to 30 months in prison for his role in a multimillion dollar hospice fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicholas L. McQuaid of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Assistant Director in Charge Kristi K. Johnson of the FBI’s Los An...

Federal Contractor Agrees to Pay More Than $6 Million to Settle Overbilling Allegations Details Written by Justice Department Baltimore, Maryland - Virginia-based Information Innovators Inc. (Triple-I) has agreed to pay the United States $6.05 million to resolve allegations that a predecessor company, Creative Computing Solutions Inc. (CCSi), violated the False Claims Act by knowingly overbilling the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for work performed by CC...

80-year-old pleads guilty in hospice fraud scheme, will pay $2.2M Mica Soellner © Provided by Washington Examiner An 80-year-old administrator of a Southern California hospice was sentenced to 30 months in prison over his role in a multimillion-dollar hospice fraud scheme. Antonio Olivera of Norwalk, a city just outside of Los Angeles, was ordered to pay about $2.2 million in restitution fees, pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud in November 20...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: As we approach the one-year anniversary of passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, we are getting a better sense of how the government will address fraud arising out of this legislation. Between March 27, 2020, and August 8, 2020, financial institutions approved more than $5.2 million potentially forgivable loans through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), disbursing upwards of $525 billion guarant...

Health your username February 16, 2021 On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that two Texas men were charged with allegedly participating in a darknet drug distribution conspiracy. Kevin Ombisi and Eric Russell Jr. of Katy, Texas, were arrested Thursday and charged in the Western District of Tennessee, each with one count of conspiracy and Ombisi with an extra charge of unlawful distribution of controlled substances. The men allegedly utilized a darknet marketplace and messaging ...

Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, Feb. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Michael K. Atkinson, the former Inspector General of the U.S. Intelligence Community, is joining Crowell & Moring as a partner, expanding the firms white collar, internal investigations, and national security capabilities. Michael K. Atkinson As the former presidentially appointed and Senate confirmed chief watchdog of the nations 17 intelligence agencies, Atkinson led dozens of high-profile investigations, includi...

What DOJs 1st PPP Fraud Settlement Can Teach Borrowers By Alexander Canizares and Andrew Smetana Law360 is providing free access to its coronavirus coverage to make sure all members of the legal community have accurate information in this time of uncertainty and change. Use the form below to sign up for any of our weekly newsletters. Signing up for any of our section newsletters will opt you in to the weekly Coronavirus briefing. Sign up for our Banking newsletter You must correct...

Brings Two Decades of Justice Department and Intelligence Agency Experience Washington—February 17, 2021: Michael K. Atkinson, the former Inspector General of the U.S. Intelligence Community, is joining Crowell & Moring as a partner, expanding the firm’s white collar, internal investigations, and national security capabilities. As the former presidentially appointed and Senate confirmed chief watchdog of the nation’s 17 intelligence agencies, Atkinson led dozens of high-profile investigat...

By U.S. Attorneys Office for the District of Northern West Virginia issued the following announcement on Feb. 10. U.S. Attorney Bill Powell, of the Northern District of West Virginia, has announced his resignation effective midnight on February 28, 2021.   Powell, a graduate of Salem College and West Virginia University College of Law, had previously served as the Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in Jefferson County, West Virginia. He has also held positions as a Member of Jackson Kell...