A federal jury in Miami convicted a Florida nurse practitioner yesterday for her role in a scheme to defraud Medicare by submitting more than $200 million in false and fraudulent claims for expensive genetic testing and medical equipment that the Medicare beneficiaries did not need. According to court documents andContinue Reading
Sergey Karpushkin, 46, of Miami, a resident of the United States and a citizen of Belarus, pleaded guilty today to engaging in a scheme to violate U.S. sanctions and commit money laundering by conducting transactions for the purchase and acquisition of metal products valued at over $139 million from companiesContinue Reading
Two Florida businessmen, David Aaron and Russell Ultes, were sentenced today to 18 months and nine months in prison, respectively, for a scheme to evade over $1.1 million in income taxes. According to court documents and statements made in court, Aaron and Ultes were co-owners of Marlin Construction GroupContinue Reading
A Florida man was sentenced today to 60 years in prison for sexually abusing a child while traveling in Fiji. According to court documents, Jason R. Moore, 43, of Milton, sexually abused a child on multiple occasions during trips to Fiji in 2013 and 2016. In late 2022, Moore wasContinue Reading
A Maryland man was sentenced yesterday to 28 years in prison for racketeering conspiracy, including murder, related to his participation in the La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang. According to court documents, from at least August 2018 through July 2021, Brayan Alexander Torres, aka Spooky, 29, of Adelphi, was the “FirstContinue Reading
A Michigan man was sentenced to one year and a day in prison for assaulting and strangling his spouse at their off-base residence outside of U.S. Army Garrison Japan in Sagamihara, Japan. According to court documents, on July 19, 2021, Robert Hammock, 39, of Detroit, and his spouse got into anContinue Reading
A federal jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted a Florida woman yesterday for paying kickbacks in exchange for Medicare patient referrals. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Nelly Anderson, 58, of Bay Harbor Islands, was the owner of Dial 4 Care, a business that providedContinue Reading
In a lawsuit filed yesterday on behalf of brave survivor Linda Ridgway-Whitedeer, the former actress says that disgraced actor and comedian Bill Cosby used the guise of an audition arranged through the William Morris Agency to sexually assault her. “Bill Cosby is more than a serial rapist – he’s aContinue Reading
A federal jury in Detroit found a Michigan man guilty of evading federal income taxes and obstructing the IRS, among other charges. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Ryan Richmond, of Bloomfield, owned and operated the marijuana dispensary Relief Choices, LLC in Warren, Michigan. From 2011 throughContinue Reading
A Florida man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the United States, filing a false tax return and to aiding and assisting the preparation of a false tax return. According to court documents and statements made in court, Rafael Ramos, of Orlando, recruited clients and prepared tax returns onContinue Reading