A tech company executive in Washington State is now facing Federal felony charges over allegations by investigators that he attempted to obtain more than $5.5 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans for which he was not legally eligible. The 48-year-old man...
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Month: July 2020
Penalties for drug possession depend on specific charge
The criminal charge of drug possession in Florida may be brought against a person for the act of physically possessing a controlled substance. In many cases, the person is in possession of the substance for personal use and not for distribution. Possession of a...
Drug Company Pleads Guilty To Federal Felonies In Connection With Opioid-Addiction Drug
A Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical corporation and several associated entities pled guilty to making false statements in relation to an opioid-addiction drug it allegedly claimed was safer to use than it actually was. According to prosecutors, the defendant...
Venezuelan Brothers Face OFAC Designation Due To Alleged Assistance To Maduro Regime
Last week the Federal government announced sanctions against a pair of Venezuelan brothers it accuses of assisting the Maduro regime retain its hold on power. According to the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the two brothers...
Three Polk County Defendants Charged In Relation To Triple Homicide Near Frostproof
A trio of Polk County twentysomethings are facing murder charges on allegations that they are responsible for the deaths of three people killed near Frostproof late last week. A 26-year-old man, his 27-year-old girlfriend, and his 21-year-old brother are all accused...
Suspect In Fatal Hit-And-Run Accident In Keystone Turns Himself In
A man allegedly involved in a deadly hit-and-run incident in Keystone has begun speaking with investigators about the crash that killed a motorcyclist. Investigators say the suspect was driving his truck on Gunn Highway on Friday evening with a boat in tow when he...
OFAC Designates Five Entities For Alleged Support Of Russian Financier Of Destabilization Of Sudan
The Federal government announced more sanctions last week against a Russian Federation financier already in its crosshairs for his alleged support of crackdowns against democracy protests in Sudan. On Wednesday, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign...
Washington, D.C. Man Facing Federal Fraud Charges In Alleged PPP Scam
A Washington, D.C. man is facing Federal fraud charges on allegations that he submitted false information to a bank in an effort at fraudulently obtaining Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan.The 40-year-old man allegedly submitted a number of fake and fraudulent...
Georgia Hospital To Pay $122 Million To Settle Claims Of Fraud Against Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE
A Georgia-based healthcare firm has agreed to pay the government $122 million to settle claims that it billed Medicare, Medicaide, and TRICARE for unnecessary treatments and allegedly paying illegal financial inducements to beneficiaries of those programs....
Ft. Lauderdale Man Allegedly Used Fraudulently Obtained PPP Loans To Defraud Medicare
A Broward County man is facing Federal fraud charges after investigators say he used Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans to enable an attempt to defraud Medicare. Per investigators, the 37-year-old man submitted multiple applications for PPP loans to local banks...
