Brian-Damien Morgan | Page 2

A man from New York has pleaded guilty to taking advantage of vulnerable seniors to benefit financially. Victor Anthony Valdez of the Bronx, New York, entered the guilty plea in...

Two individuals have been given a prison sentence concerning a $8.5M TRICARE fraud scheme. Brian Carpenter and Jerry Lee Hawrylak, both from Texas, are the focus of an investigation into...

A man from California has been apprehended for intending to ship thousands of dollars worth of ammunition and firearms to North Korea. The smuggling breaches the existing restrictions on Asian...

The federal government has fined an Oklahoma farm owner and retail employer $72k for breaching employment regulations for twenty staff. The Sod farm operator and landscaping retailer Rob’s Sod Inc....

A recent report has shown that $10.8 billion was spent across the incredibly popular Black Friday sales events. Adobe Analytics carried out the report, which shows that the total amount...

Cleaners of a Sioux City pork processing plant have been fined for hiring child employees to work night shifts and for other regulatory breaches. Qvest LLC (Qvest), based in Guymon,...

According to recent data, Thanksgiving online sales are up 4% compared to last year. Reuters reported that Salesforce Inc. created the data report, which showed that retailers are experiencing a...

Nine individuals have been charged in a $20M multistate money laundering conspiracy that spanned the nation. The accused have been named as part of court action after an indictment was...

A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to dog fighting crimes, which could result in a $250,000 fine and a five-year prison sentence. The man in question, John D. Murphy, pleaded...

The state of Wisconsin has been given a $4.3 million grant to tackle the health and economic ravages of an ongoing opioid crisis. The funds were released to the Great...

A Michigan woman has been convicted of $1.4 million Medicare kickback fraud. Mary Smettler-Bolton, 71, of Oakland County, was convicted of illegal activities related to the federal healthcare scheme. According...

Dell Technologies Inc. and Dell Federal Systems L.P. (collectively Dell) and Iron Bow Technologies LLC (Iron Bow) are set to pay millions of dollars to settle allegations they both overcharged...

A pharmaceutical company has been instructed to pay $47 million to resolve false federal health care claims allegations. QOL Medical LLC (QOL), alongside co-owner and CEO Frederick E. Cooper, has...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found four California care homes breaching labor laws and shortchanging staff of $863K. The government employment watchdogs recovered $863,860 in back...

The Justice Department and four Attorneys General have blocked UnitedHealth Group Incorporated's $3.3 billion acquisition of Amedisys Inc. The Attorneys General of Maryland, Illinois, New Jersey, and New York joined...

European Central Bank policymakers have warned that a potential trade war is on the horizon due to incoming US protectionist policies. The news is part of a Reuters report on...

An Indiana care home has been the subject of a labor investigation after denying healthcare workers overtime for $86K. Staff who looked after vulnerable elderly and disabled patients were told...

Telefónica Venezolana C.A. Telefónica Venezolana) has been instructed to pay $85.2 million to avoid foreign bribe allegations. The news comes as part of a Justice Department investigation into the company...

Two brothers have been convicted of Medicare, Medicaid, and Private Insurer Fraud related to prescription medication claims. Raad Kouza, a pharmacist, and Ramis Kouzza collectively caused Medicare, Medicaid, and Blue...

Mississippi District Attorney Mayor and Council member were charged with bribery and corruption. Hinds County District Attorney Jody E. Owens II, Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, and former...

Lyft Inc. (Lyft), the vehicle-for-hire and transportation service, has been fined $2.1 million for misleading drivers about their potential earnings. The news was announced as part of a joint resolution...

The US Department of Labor has recovered $877K in wages and benefits for employees of New York City federal contractors. Discover Electric Inc., EMG Industrial Chimney Inc., and QNCC Electrical...

A Virginia company has been charged for illegally exporting million-dollar technology to Russia and gaining from the proceeds. The company in the Eastern District Court of Virginia's crosshairs is Eleview...

The Justice Department is instructing Medisca Inc. to pay $21.75 million to resolve allegations that it established false and inflated Average Wholesale Prices (AWPs) for two ingredients used in compound...

Two men have been sentenced for their part in a scheme to launder hundreds of thousands of dollars internationally. According to a Justice Department report on the case, Li Pei...

Six men have been charged in a case involving an attempt to defraud the United States government and the Department of Defense (DoD). The defendants have been accused of rigging...

A Florida defense contractor faces a prison sentence after being found guilty of multiple charges, including an attempt to defraud the United States. The person in question, Yuksel Senbol, was...

Department of Labor's Wage and Hour division has recovered over $1 billion in back wages and damages since 2021. The Department of Labor announced the news as part of a...

A Venezuelan television news network owner has been charged by a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida for his role in a $1.2 billion scheme to launder...

The decision of a U.S. federal court saw the permanent banning of two Dallas-area physicians after they were found complicit in the illegal distribution and prescription of controlled substances. Cesar...