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Today’s farms are cutting-edge. Why aren’t the pesticides?
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- Written by Joseph Paul Joseph Paul
- Published: 20 June 2019 20 June 2019
West Lafayette, Indiana - Today’s farms are constantly innovating, relying on cutting edge technology and bioengineering to control pests. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, however, has struggled to keep pace, becoming rooted in a game of regulatory “whack-a-mole”: When one chemical pesticide withers, another one sprouts up.
United States Files False Claims Act Complaint Against Two Compounding Pharmacies and Their Owner
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- Written by DOJ DOJ
- Published: 18 June 2019 18 June 2019
Jacksonville, Florida - The Department of Justice announced Friday that the United States has filed a complaint in intervention against Smart Pharmacy Inc., and SP2 LLC, two compounding pharmacies located in Jacksonville, Florida. The complaint alleges that the pharmacies improperly included the drug aripiprazole, an atypical antipsychotic drug, in compounded pain creams in order to boost the pharmacies’ reimbursement for the prescriptions and that the pharmacies routinely waived patient copayment obligations.
South Florida Pill Mill Owner Sentenced to Prison for Role in $2.2 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
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- Written by DOJ DOJ
- Published: 18 June 2019 18 June 2019
Miami, Florida - The owner of a pain clinic and a pharmacy in South Florida was sentenced to 78 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a $2.2 million Medicare fraud scheme.
Ohio Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Trying to Join ISIS
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 18 June 2019 18 June 2019
Cincinnati, Ohio - A Dayton, Ohio man was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court to 180 months in prison and 25 years of supervised release for attempting, and conspiring, to join the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, U.S. Attorney Benjamin C. Glassman for the Southern District of Ohio and Special Agent in Charge Todd A. Wickerham of the FBI’s Cincinnati Division made the announcement.
Participants in Hospital Development Project Resolve Alleged Liability for Improperly Obtaining Government-Insured Loan
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- Written by Justice Department Justice Department
- Published: 17 June 2019 17 June 2019
Washington, DC - Pacific Medical Buildings LLC (PMB), PMB Lakeway LLC, RD Development Partners LLC, Lakeway Management LLC, J&L Rush Family Partnership LP, Jeff Rush, and Brad Daniel have agreed to pay the United States $1.1 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by improperly helping to obtain a loan insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and receiving impermissible distributions of project funds for the development of Lakeway Regional Medical Center in Lakeway, Texas, the Department of Justice Wednesday announced.