http://www.justice.gov/criminal/pr/ Criminal Division News en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 14:58:42 -0400 http://www.justice.gov/images/usdoj_rssicon.gifhttp://www.justice.gov7574webmaster@usdoj.gov (Web Master) 1440 http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/May/13-crm-586.html Attorney Mitchell J. Stein, 53, of Hidden Hills, Calif., was convicted by a jury in the Southern District of Florida for his role in operating a five-year, multimillion-dollar market manipulation and fraud scheme. OPA Press Releases http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/May/13-crm-586.html Tue, 21 May 2013 13:38:43 EDT http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/May/13-crm-579.html A Texas Army National Guard captain has been charged for his alleged role in a bribery and wire fraud scheme and two former soldiers in the Texas Army National Guard were sentenced for their roles in a separate scheme to defraud the National Guard Bureau and its contractor. OPA Press Releases http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/May/13-crm-579.html Fri, 17 May 2013 15:11:11 EDT http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/May/13-crm-578.html Indian national Kaushik Jayantibhai Thakkar and Brazilian national Fabiano Augusto Amorim were each sentenced today to serve 36 months in prison for their roles in smuggling undocumented migrants to the United States for private financial gain. OPA Press Releases http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/May/13-crm-578.html Fri, 17 May 2013 14:44:17 EDT http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/May/13-crm-576.html A former stock broker was sentenced to prison today for his role in an extensive pump-and-dump stock manipulation scheme. OPA Press Releases http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/May/13-crm-576.html Thu, 16 May 2013 18:41:14 EDT http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/May/13-crm-569.html An Oregon man has been charged with allegedly orchestrating a $50 million securities fraud scheme OPA Press Releases http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/May/13-crm-569.html Thu, 16 May 2013 11:41:43 EDT http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/May/13-crm-561.html A federal inmate was sentenced today to life in prison for the violent murder of a fellow inmate in Pennsylvania’s Allenwood Correctional Complex OPA Press Releases http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/May/13-crm-561.html Wed, 15 May 2013 14:10:23 EDT http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/May/13-crm-557.html A federal grand jury in Nevada today returned an indictment against a former construction company owner for evading federal income and employment taxes. OPA Press Releases http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/May/13-crm-557.html Tue, 14 May 2013 18:17:01 EDT http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/May/13-crm-554.html A Detroit-area physician pleaded guilty today to making fraudulent referrals for home health care as part of a $1.6 million home health care fraud scheme. OPA Press Releases http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/May/13-crm-554.html Tue, 14 May 2013 16:12:20 EDT http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/May/13-crm-553.html Attorney General Eric Holder and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that a nationwide takedown by Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in eight cities has resulted in charges against 89 individuals, including doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals, for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $223 million in false billings. OPA Press Releases http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/May/13-crm-553.html Tue, 14 May 2013 12:14:33 EDT http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/May/13-crm-552.html A former program coordinator at the defunct health provider Health Care Solutions Network Inc. (HCSN) was sentenced in Miami to 70 months in prison today for her role in a $63 million fraud scheme. OPA Press Releases http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/May/13-crm-552.html Tue, 14 May 2013 11:30:27 EDT