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Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
A Florida man pleaded guilty yesterday in the Southern District of Florida for his role in a $73 million conspiracy to defraud Medicare by paying kickbacks to a telemedicine company to arrange for doctors to authorize medically unnecessary genetic testing. The scheme exploited temporary amendments to telehealth restrictions enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic that were intended to ensure access to care for Medicare beneficiaries.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
A Justice Department report released today found that San Luis Obispo County (California) Jail violated the rights of prisoners by, among other things, failing to provide adequate medical care and subjecting some prisoners to excessive uses of force. The report calls upon the jail to make changes to address the constitutional violations found during an investigation. The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California conducted the investigation.
Source: United States Department of Justice News
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Raj Parekh, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA), announced today new district-wide Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN) initiatives, to include federal prosecutors specifically assigned to coordinate PSN efforts in each of the district’s four geographic Divisions, as part of the district’s ongoing violent crime reduction efforts. The coordinators will work with local, state, and federal partners to help devise and execute enforcement strategies; prioritize community outreach and engagement; support community violence intervention strategies; and measure the effectiveness of these collective efforts. This new initiative arises from the Justice Department’s recently announced Comprehensive Strategy to Reduce Violent Crime.
Source: United States Department of Justice News
Seattle – A former Netflix software engineer, and his brother pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to securities fraud for their roles in an insider trading ring that generated more than $1 million in illegal proceeds, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman.
Source: United States Department of Justice News
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA — On August 27, 2021, a Council Bluffs man, John Allen Lindeman, Jr., age 26, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 78 months in prison for Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm. His term of imprisonment is to be followed by three years of supervised release.