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Home Health Agency and Former Owner to Pay $5.8 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
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- Published: 21 November 2020 21 November 2020
Tampa, Florida - Doctor’s Choice Home Care, Inc. and its former owners, Timothy Beach and Stuart Christensen, have agreed to pay $5.15 million to resolve allegations that the home health agency provided improper financial inducements to referring physicians through sham medical director agreements and bonuses to physicians’ spouses who were Doctor’s Choice employees, the Department of Justice announced Friday.
Orlando Cordia Hall Executed for 1994 Kidnapping and Murder of 16-Year-Old Girl
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- Published: 21 November 2020 21 November 2020
Terre Haute, Indiana - Thursday, Orlando Cordia Hall was executed at U.S. Penitentiary Terre Haute in accordance with the capital sentence unanimously recommended by a federal jury and imposed by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in 1996. Hall was pronounced dead at 11:47 p.m. EST.
Seven MS-13 Gang Members Indicted in Violent Crime and Drug Distribution Conspiracy
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- Published: 21 November 2020 21 November 2020
Nashville, Tennessee - A federal grand jury in Nashville, Tennessee, returned a 16-count superseding indictment Wednesday, charging seven MS-13 gang members with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana and serious firearm-related offenses, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
American Contractor Sentenced to Prison for Theft of Government Equipment on U.S. Military Base in Afghanistan
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- Published: 21 November 2020 21 November 2020
Norfolk, Virginia - An American military contractor was sentenced Thursday to more than three years in prison for his role in a theft ring on a military installation in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
CVS Pharmacy Launch Awareness Program to Combat Gift Card Fraud
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- Published: 21 November 2020 21 November 2020
Yuma, Arizona - The Arizona Attorney General’s Office and CVS Pharmacy are launching a new consumer fraud awareness program today to combat gift card scams in Arizona, especially during the holiday season. Every year, consumers lose millions of dollars in scams involving gift cards and/or reloadable cards.
Attorney General Brnovich Leads $113 Million Multistate Settlement with Apple Over iPhone Throttling
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- Published: 21 November 2020 21 November 2020
Phoenix, Arizona - Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced a $113 million multistate settlement with Apple, Inc. regarding Apple’s 2016 decision to throttle consumers’ iPhone speeds to address unexpected shutdowns in some iPhones. General Brnovich, along with Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge and Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill, led the investigation of Apple by more than 30 states.
Former School District Secretary Indicted for Stealing School District Funds
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- Published: 21 November 2020 21 November 2020
Joseph City, Arizona - Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced that based upon an investigation performed by the Office of the Auditor General, a State Grand Jury indicted Tonnie Rae Pugh, a former attendance secretary for the Joseph City Unified School District. Pugh is accused of stealing $40,436 in District funds.