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Executive Office for Immigration Review Announces Case Completion Numbers for Fiscal Year 2019
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Washington, DC - The Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) Thursday announced the agency’s case completion numbers topped 275,000 cases for fiscal year 2019 (FY19), the second highest number of case completions in EOIR’s history. This number marks an increase of roughly 80,000 case completions from fiscal year 2018 (FY18), the same year that EOIR established case completion goals for immigration judges in response to years of declining or stagnant productivity. The FY19 numbers are nearly double the number of completed cases from just three years ago.
Genetic Testing Company and Three Principals Agree to Pay $42.6 Million to Resolve Kickback and Medical Necessity Claims
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New Orleans, Louisiana - The Justice Department announced Wednesday that UTC Laboratories Inc. (RenRX) has agreed to pay $41.6 million, and its three principals, Tarun Jolly M.D., Patrick Ridgeway, and Barry Griffith, have agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks in exchange for laboratory referrals for pharmacogenetic testing and for furnishing and billing for tests that were not medically necessary. RenRX, a laboratory company headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, also agreed to a twenty-five year period of exclusion from participation in any federal health care program.
Defense Intelligence Agency Employee Arrested for Leaking Classified Information to Journalists
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Washington, DC - An employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) was arrested Wednesday on charges related to his alleged disclosure of classified national defense information (NDI) to two journalists in 2018 and 2019.
Governor Newsom Takes Final Action of 2019 Legislative Season
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Sacramento, California - Governor Gavin Newsom took his final actions of the 2019 legislative season today and thanked the Legislature for their work and accomplishment on enacting 870 bills in the following statement:
California Real Estate Developer Convicted of Making Conduit Contributions in Two U.S. Congressional Campaigns
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Oakland, California - Tuesday, a federal jury found an Oakland-area real estate developer guilty for funneling tens of thousands of dollars through straw donors into two consecutive congressional campaigns for a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Eric Michael Swalwell Jr. a democrat.
Man Pleads Guilty to Advertising Videos and Images of Children Being Sexually Abused
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Washington, DC - A Washington, D.C., man pleaded guilty Tuesday to advertising child pornography.
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