Imperial Valley News Center
Post Acute Medical Agrees to Pay More Than $13 Million to Settle Allegations of Kickbacks and Improper Physician Relationships
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Washington, DC - Post Acute Medical, LLC, a Pennsylvania-based operator of long‑term care and rehabilitation hospitals across the country, and certain affiliated entities through which the company operates its facilities (collectively, “PAM”), have agreed to pay the United States, Texas, and Louisiana a total of $13,168,000 to resolve claims that they violated the False Claims Act, and the Texas and Louisiana false claims statutes, by knowingly submitting claims to the Medicare and Medicaid programs that resulted from violations of the Anti‑Kickback Statute and the Physician Self‑Referral Law, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.
Royal Bank of Scotland Agrees to Pay $4.9 Billion for Financial Crisis-Era Misconduct
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Boston, Massachusetts - The Justice Department announced Tuesday a $4.9 billion settlement with The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (RBS) resolving federal civil claims that RBS misled investors in the underwriting and issuing of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) between 2005 and 2008. The penalty is the largest imposed by the Justice Department for financial crisis-era misconduct at a single entity under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, which authorizes the federal government to seek civil penalties against financial institutions that violate various predicate criminal offenses, including wire and mail fraud.
Washington State Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in Connection with Reveton Ransomware
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Seattle, Washington - A former Microsoft employee was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with the spread of a particular type of ransomware commonly referred to as Reveton.
Justice Department Secures Denaturalization of Guardian Convicted of Sexual Abuse of A Minor
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Elizabeth City, North Carolina - Chief Judge James C. Dever III of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina entered an order that revoked the naturalized U.S. citizenship of a child sex offender; restrained and enjoined him from claiming any rights, privileges, or advantages of U.S. citizenship; and ordered him to immediately surrender and deliver his Certificate of Naturalization and any other indicia of U.S. citizenship to federal authorities.
2020 Census Citizenship Question Is Unconstitutional
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Sacramento, California - California Attorney General Xavier Becerra Friday applauded U.S. District Court Judge Richard Seeborg’s decision to deny the Trump Administration’s motion to dismiss California’s lawsuit to keep a citizenship question off of the 2020 Census.
Border Patrol Arrests Previously Deported Sex Offenders
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El Centro, California - U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro Sector Border Patrol arrested two previously deported sex offenders in separate incidents over the weekend.
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