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Penalties for drug possession depend on specific charge

On Behalf of | Jul 30, 2020 |

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 controlled substance may be charged as a felony in Florida with exceptions for prescribed medical marijuana and some other circumstances. Bath salts and spice have been added to the list of banned substances in Florida. Possession with intent to sell includes all of the elements of a drug possession charge along with the additional...

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Drug Company Pleads Guilty To Federal Felonies In Connection With Opioid-Addiction Drug

On Behalf of | Jul 30, 2020 |

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 attempted to convince MassHealth, the state's Medicaid program, to expand its coverage to include the drug on the basis of evidence that tended to show the drug was among the safest of buprenorphine drugs then available in the state. Per investigators, the defendant offered evidence that the drug had the lowest rate of accidental...

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Venezuelan Brothers Face OFAC Designation Due To Alleged Assistance To Maduro Regime

On Behalf of | Jul 29, 2020 |

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 are associated with both Nicolas Maduro and his son, both of whom are under several previously-issued sanctions. They say the two brothers distribute assets on behalf of the Maduro family throughout the globe. OFAC says the brothers were hired by Maduro for this duty, and they use different front companies to carry it out. One...

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Three Polk County Defendants Charged In Relation To Triple Homicide Near Frostproof

On Behalf of | Jul 27, 2020 |

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 of the fatal beating and shooting of three male victims ranging in age from 23 to 30 years. According to authorities, tips from a crime-reporting hotline alerted them to the 26-year-old suspect, claiming that he has a violent temper. They say the event to kick off the fatal encounter was earlier that evening, when the two groups...

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Suspect In Fatal Hit-And-Run Accident In Keystone Turns Himself In

On Behalf of | Jul 24, 2020 |

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 approached the intersection with Tarpon Springs Road. As the man piloted the vehicle through a left-hand turn onto Tarpon Springs Road, it allegedly did so right into the path of a motorcyclist heading south on Gunn Highway. The motorcyclist was traveling too fast to stop, and investigators say it collided with the rear of the...

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OFAC Designates Five Entities For Alleged Support Of Russian Financier Of Destabilization Of Sudan

On Behalf of | Jul 23, 2020 |

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 Assets Control (OFAC) revealed the new sanctions, which target entities related to the Russian financier located in Sudan, Hong Kong, and Thailand. OFAC says these targeted entities has helped him evade sanctions placed upon him previously. Per OFAC, the Russian financier of a Russian troll farm designated by them in 2018. He's also...

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Washington, D.C. Man Facing Federal Fraud Charges In Alleged PPP Scam

On Behalf of | Jul 22, 2020 |

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 documents to the bank asking for a pair of loans totaling over $40,000. They say he asked for the loans to help a construction firm he owned.Per investigators, the loans were supported by fraudulent 1099-MISCs that purported to show payments of tens of thousands of dollars. However, they say the social security numbers used on...

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Georgia Hospital To Pay $122 Million To Settle Claims Of Fraud Against Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE

On Behalf of | Jul 21, 2020 |

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. Investigators say that, between early 2006 and the end of 2018 the company admitted for treatment beneficiaries of government healthcare programs whose treatments would not ordinarily be billable to those programs. They are also accused of not properly discharging patients in their care who no longer needed it. The Georgia firm allegedly...

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Ft. Lauderdale Man Allegedly Used Fraudulently Obtained PPP Loans To Defraud Medicare

On Behalf of | Jul 17, 2020 |

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 and financial institutions earlier this year under the name of a durable medical equipment firm. They say the firm routinely submitted false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for DMEs that were either unnecessary, ineligible for reimbursement through Medicare, or not properly delivered to the beneficiary. The defendant was the...

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Oklahoma Orthopedic Hospital And Codefendants Agree To Pay $72.3 Million To Resolve Medicare Fraud Claims

On Behalf of | Jul 16, 2020 |

An Oklahoma orthopedic hospital and several related individuals and entities have agreed to pay the Federal and state governments $72.3 million to settle claims that it defrauded Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE while violating the False Claims Act by allegedly paying illicit kickbacks.Federal investigators say the defendants were engaged in a multi-layered conspiracy for several years. From 2006 through 2018, the hospital defendants allegedly gave its physician group and two individual physicians cheap or free office space, above-market compensation for services, preferential access to...

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