Security News in Brief: Huawei CFO Wanzhou Meng Admits to Misleading Global Financial Institution

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

The Chief Financial Officer of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Wanzhou Meng, 49, of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), appeared today in federal district court in Brooklyn, entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) and was arraigned on charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, bank fraud and wire fraud.

Security News in Brief: Individual Charged with Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl, Heroin, and Marihuana

Source: United States Department of Justice News

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On September 22, 2021, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a four-count indictment charging Israel Hernández with Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The United States Postal Inspection Service was in charge of the investigation of the case.

Defense News in Brief: Profiles in Professionalism: Senior Chief Master-at-Arms Ivan Delgado

Source: United States Navy

NORFOLK – When Senior Chief Master-at-Arms Ivan Delgado joined the Navy Reserve in July, 2000, he was primarily looking for something supplementary to his full-time job, offering him a little extra income and a retirement plan. He had no idea the decision would bring him so much more. Looking back at his 21-year Reserve career, the Mesquite, Texas, native recalls spending eleven of those years on active duty supporting missions all over the world.

Security News in Brief: United States Files Suit Against Tampa Doctor For Allegedly Taking Kickback Payments In Return For Fraudulent Fentanyl Spray Prescriptions

Source: United States Department of Justice News

Tampa, Florida – The United States has filed a civil lawsuit against Dr. Edward Lubin, a pain management doctor practicing in Tampa, alleging that he issued patients medically unnecessary prescriptions for Subsys, a fentanyl-based spray manufactured by Insys Therapeutics, Inc., and used to treat breakthrough cancer pain.

Security News in Brief: Dominican National Sentenced for Trafficking Fentanyl, Health Care Fraud, ID Theft, Misuse of a Social Security Number

Source: United States Department of Justice News

PROVIDENCE – A Dominican national who operated a drug stash house and arranged for the sale of fentanyl on multiple occasions, and who used the stolen identity and Social Security number of another person to gain Rhode Island Medicaid benefits and Rhode Island driver’s licenses and permits, was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison, announced Acting United States Attorney Richard B. Myrus.