Imperial Valley News Center
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Remarks at the Kennedy Center Honors
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Washington, DC - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Remarks at the Kennedy Center Honors:
FBI Statement Regarding an Ongoing OIG Investigation of Employee Conduct
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Washington, DC - The matter is an ongoing investigation by the Office of Inspector General (OIG), consistent with well-established processes designed to objectively, thoroughly, and fairly determine the facts regarding potential wrongdoing.
Former DOJ Attorney Pleads Guilty To Obstruction Of Justice And Interstate Transportation Of Stolen Property
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San Francisco, California - Jeffrey Wertkin pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of obstruction of justice and one count of transportation of stolen property, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch; Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, Fraud Detection Office Special Agent in Charge Lewe Sessions; and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The guilty plea was accepted by the Honorable Maxine M. Chesney, U.S. District Judge, following the filing of the charges in a criminal information earlier this month.
Former Employees of Southern California Ambulance Company and Dialysis Center Plead Guilty to Medicare Fraud
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Los Angeles, California - A former employee of a Southern California ambulance company and a former employee of a Los Angeles dialysis treatment center both pleaded guilty Tuesday to fraud charges for their roles in a fraud scheme that resulted in more than $6.6 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare. Three other individuals charged in the case previously pleaded guilty.
Canadian Hacker Who Conspired With And Aided Russian FSB Officers Pleads Guilty
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San Francisco, California - Karim Baratov, a/k/a “Kay,” a/k/a/Karim Taloverov, a/k/a Karim Akehmet Tokbergenov, pled guilty Tuesday to charges returned by a grand jury in the Northern District of California in February 2017. The guilty plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch; Acting Assistant Attorney General Dana J. Boente of the U.S. Justice Department’s National Security Division; Executive Assistant Director Paul Abbate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Criminal, Cyber, Response and Services Branch; and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
CVC Heart Center to Pay $1.2 M to Settle Allegations of Billing Health Care Programs for Medically Unnecessary Nuclear Stress Tests
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Fresno, California - Cardiovascular Consultants Heart Center (CVC Heart Center), a cardiology clinic with offices in Fresno and Clovis, and its shareholder physicians - Dr. Kevin Boran, Dr. Michael Gen, Dr. Rohit Sundrani, Dr. Donald Gregory, and Dr. William Hanks - will pay $1.2 million to resolve federal and state False Claims Act allegations that they improperly performed and billed federal and state health care programs for medically unnecessary cardiovascular diagnostic procedures, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
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