Source: United States Department of Justice News
Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that George Utley (56, Oklahoma City, OK) has pleaded guilty to receiving stolen government property (Department of Labor disability benefit payments). Utley faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. He has also agreed to a forfeiture money judgment of $732,459.46, representing the value of the stolen funds. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
Source: United States Navy
The Navy Exchange Service Command’s (NEXCOM) NEXT gen Scholars Program offers qualified students the opportunity to win $2,500, $1,500, $1,000 or $500 each quarter for earning good grades in school. The next drawing is at the end of March 2022.
Source: United States Navy
The Navy’s only operational floating dry dock, Dynamic (AFDL 6), changed command Jan. 28 when Lt. Cmdr. Alden Argante relived Lt. Cmdr. Gaston Hatfield Jr. during a ceremony at Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center on Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia.
Source: United States Department of Justice News
TULSA, Okla. – Dr. Mark Stephen Wilson agreed to pay the United States $342,750 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that he accepted illegal kickback payments from Brookhaven Specialty Pharmacy LLC, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. Wilson is an orthopedic surgeon in Tulsa and Oklahoma City and focuses on pain management and rehabilitation. From February 2014 through September 2016, Wilson was alleged to have knowingly accepted significant payments from Brookhaven Specialty Pharmacy LLC in exchange for recommending and prescribing pain creams that were compounded and produced by the pharmacy.
Source: United States Department of Justice News
Three men were sentenced yesterday in the Middle District of North Carolina for fraudulently seeking over $2.7 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.