Imperial Valley News Center
Doctor Sentenced to more than 11 Years in Prison for $8.9 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
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Detroit, Michigan - A Detroit-area doctor was sentenced to 135 months in prison Thursday for her role in a scheme involving approximately $8.9 million in fraudulent Medicare claims for home health care and other physician services that were procured through the payment of kickbacks, were not medically necessary, were not actually provided or, in some instances, were provided by the defendant, who was not a licensed physician during the relevant time period.
University of California plays crucial role for agriculture
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- Written by Tim Hearden - Western Farm Press
Riverside, California - In recent years, I’ve had the good fortune to visit and work with some of California’s most successful trade schools and career-technical education programs.
FDA-Approved Drug Epidiolex Placed in Schedule V of Controlled Substances Act
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Washington, DC - The Department of Justice and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Thursday announced that Epidiolex, the newly approved medication by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), is being placed in schedule V of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), the least restrictive schedule of the CSA.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras Agrees to Pay More Than $850 Million for FCPA Violations
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Washington, DC - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (Petrobras), a Brazilian state-owned and state-controlled energy company, entered into agreements with U.S. and Brazilian authorities and agreed to pay a combined total of $853.2 million in penalties to resolve the U.S. government’s investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in connection with Petrobras’s role in facilitating payments to politicians and political parties in Brazil, as well as a related Brazilian investigation.
Seafood Processor Pleads Guilty to Selling Foreign Crab Meat Falsely Labeled as Blue Crab From USA
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Arlington, Virginia - James R. Casey of Poquoson, Virginia, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Newport News, Virginia, on charges that he led a lucrative conspiracy to falsely label millions of dollars worth of foreign crab meat as “Product of USA,” announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey H. Wood of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division and G. Zachary Terwilliger, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Chinese National Arrested for Allegedly Acting Within the United States as an Illegal Agent of the People’s Republic of China
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Chicago, Illinois - Ji Chaoqun, 27, a Chinese citizen residing in Chicago, was arrested in Chicago today for allegedly acting within the United States as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China.
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