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Apollo cuts DISH customer access to local stations in 10 markets
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- Published: 19 January 2020 19 January 2020
Englewood, Colorado - International private equity firm, Apollo Global Management, tonight blacked out DISH customers’ access to local channels in 10 markets, across nine states. Earlier this week, an Illinois court issued a temporary restraining order against Apollo, blocking it from blacking out 14 stations it acquired from Cox Media Group less than a month ago.
Jury Finds Attorney and Client Guilty of Conspiring to Defraud the IRS
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- Published: 19 January 2020 19 January 2020
Abilene, Texas - A federal jury convicted a Texas attorney John O. Green and his client Thomas Selgas Wednesday for conspiring to defraud the United States, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. The jury also convicted Selgas of tax evasion. Selgas’s wife, Michelle Selgas, was acquitted of conspiring to defraud the United States and tax evasion.
Two Individuals Sentenced in Connection with Work on Behalf of Iran
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- Published: 19 January 2020 19 January 2020
Washington, DC - Ahmadreza Mohammadi-Doostdar, 39, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen, and Majid Ghorbani, 60, an Iranian citizen and resident of California, have been sentenced to prison terms of 38 months and 30 months, respectively, for their criminal convictions relating to their conduct conducting surveillance of and collecting identifying information about American citizens and U.S. nationals who are members of the group Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK).
Doctor Found Guilty for Role in $325 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme Involving False Diagnoses of Life-Long Diseases
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- Written by Justice Department Justice Department
- Published: 19 January 2020 19 January 2020
Houston, Texas - A federal jury found a Texas rheumatologist guilty Wednesday for his role in a $325 million health care fraud scheme in which he falsely diagnosed patients with life-long diseases and treated them with toxic medications on the basis of that false diagnosis.
Resmed Corp. to Pay the United States $37.5 Million for Allegedly Causing False Claims Related to the Sale of Equipment for Sleep Apnea and Other Sleep-Related Disorders
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- Published: 19 January 2020 19 January 2020
San Diego, California - ResMed Corp., a manufacturer of durable medical equipment (DME) based in San Diego, California, has agreed to pay more than $37.5 million to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations for paying kickbacks to DME suppliers, sleep labs and other health care providers, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday.