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Mescalero Apache Man Sentenced for Assaulting a Federal Officer
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 09 December 2018 09 December 2018
Las Cruces, New Mexico - Gerald Castillo, Jr., 30, an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Nation who resides in Ruidoso, New Mexico, was sentenced Monday afternoon in federal court in Las Cruces, to three years probation and ordered to pay a $1,000 fine for assaulting a federal officer.
Pharmacy Owner Sentenced to Almost Four Years in Prison for Role in $2.5 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
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- Published: 09 December 2018 09 December 2018
Miami, Florida - An owner of a now-defunct Miami pharmacy was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for his participation in a scheme that caused Medicare to pay $2.5 million in false and fraudulent claims for prescription drugs that were never purchased.
Endorsement enforcement: Deceptive diabetes claims challenged
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- Written by Lesley Fair - FTC Lesley Fair - FTC
- Published: 08 December 2018 08 December 2018
Washington, DC - Archeologists report that the first mention of diabetes was in a papyrus excavated from an Egyptian tomb. Roll the scroll out a bit and it wouldn’t surprise us to find an ad (in hieroglyphics, of course) for a pill or potion promising a miracle treatment.
Drug Maker Actelion Agrees to Pay $360 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Liability
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- Written by DOJ DOJ
- Published: 09 December 2018 09 December 2018
San Francisco, California - Pharmaceutical company Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. (Actelion), based in South San Francisco, has agreed to pay $360 million to resolve claims that it illegally used a foundation as a conduit to pay the copays of thousands of Medicare patients taking Actelion’s pulmonary arterial hypertension drugs, in violation of the False Claims Act, the Justice Department announced today.
Young, hip farmers: Coming to a city near you
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- Written by Kayla Zacharias Kayla Zacharias
- Published: 08 December 2018 08 December 2018
West Lafayette, Indiana - If you’ve been to your neighborhood farmers market or seen a small “local” section pop up in your grocery store, you may have noticed a trend: People want to know where their food is coming from, and the agricultural industry is responding. The number of farmers markets in the U.S. has skyrocketed in recent years, but with an aging population of farmers, who’s supporting this growth?