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Tampa Man Faces Felony Murder Charges After Argument Allegedly Leads To Murder

On Behalf of Brunvand, Wise & Farinella Law Group | Jul 31, 2018 | Criminal Charges

A Tampa man who allegedly gunned down another individual in the street last week was apprehended after a cooperative effort between the Tampa Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Service.According to investigators, Sergio Rashad Green and Glennis Leon Mays became embroiled in an argument last Wednesday at dusk. Though authorities did not specify the nature of the argument the duo were arguing about, what is absolutely clear is that one party did not survive the argument.Per investigators, Mays produced a firearm and shot Green. The 27-year-old Green was attended to by emergency personnel,...

New York Medical Device Manufacturer Pays Justice Department $12.5 Million To Settle False Medicare And Medicade Claims Allegations

On Behalf of Brunvand, Wise & Farinella Law Group | Jul 27, 2018 | Government Fraud

A New York state medical device manufacturer has agreed to pay the federal government $12.5 million to settle claims made against it that it led medical providers to make false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and other state-based health care programs. The Justice Department says AngioDynamics, Inc. led health care providers to make the erroneous claims in connection with the use of two medical devices marketed by the firm, namely LC Bead and the Perforator Vein Ablation Kit (PVAK). From the spring of 2006 to the winter of 2011, AngioDynamics allegedly marketed the LC Bead as a drug-delivery...

OFAC Freezes Assets Of Six Libyans Accused Of Leading Human Smuggling Rings

On Behalf of Brunvand, Wise & Farinella Law Group | Jul 26, 2018 | OFAC

U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) last month sanctioned six men who authorities say operated a brutal human smuggling ring in war-torn Libya.Ermias Ghermay, Musab Abu Grein, Abd al-Rahman Milad, Mohamed Koshlaf, Abd al-Razzak Fitwi, and Ahmed Dabbashi all stand accused by the U.S. government of being involved at the highest level of an international ring of human smuggling. Per the government, migrant smuggling is an exceedingly financially rewarding pursuit in Libya, and it plays havoc with the society of a country in transition after the overthrow of...

Jacksonville Wound Care Provider To Pay Up To $22.51 Million To Settle Fraudulent Medicare Billing Allegations

On Behalf of Brunvand, Wise & Farinella Law Group | Jul 20, 2018 | Government Fraud

A Jacksonville wound-care provider has agreed to pay up to $22.51 million in fines to settle federal charges that it fraudulently billed Medicare for medically-unnecessary treatments.Per Justice Department investigators, Healogics, Inc. submitted false claims to Medicare from 2010 through 2015 relating to hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy, a service that it provides regularly at almost 700 wound-care centers throughout the country.Investigators say Healogics ordered scores of treatments for individuals in cases where the procedure was either unnecessary or unreasonable. The procedure is...

Drug Warrant Yields Dozens of Cannabis Plants, Hundreds of Pounds Of Cannabis In Brooksville Home

On Behalf of Brunvand, Wise & Farinella Law Group | Jul 19, 2018 | Drug Charges

Deputies from the Hernando County Sheriff's Office say the execution of a warrant last week yielded a large quantity of cannabis plants and harvested cannabis prepared for distribution at a Brooksville home.Details were scarce, but the Sheriff's Office says it executed a warrant at the home of Victor Manuel Gonzalez on July 10. The warrant was issued in relation to allegations of illegal activity occurring at the residence.Per the arresting deputies, Gonzalez's home contained 52 living cannabis plants and 346 pounds of cannabis. The 50-year-old was booked into the Hernando County Jail on...

Vero Beach Man’s Legal Loophole Fails To Prevent DUI Arrest

On Behalf of Brunvand, Wise & Farinella Law Group | Jul 16, 2018 | Dui

A Vero Beach man thought he had discovered a loophole to the state of Florida's DUI laws last week. Sadly, the law enforcement personnel he soon encountered were not quite as convinced as he at the legal reasoning he employed, leading to his arrest.Indian River County Sheriff's Office deputies say they received word from witnesses on June 27 of an erratically-driven vehicle in Vero Beach. Per the witnesses, a vehicle in a drive-through at a prominent fast-food chain repeatedly bumped the car in front of it, prompting the driver of the receiving vehicle to report the situation.Upon their...

Home Florida Largo Man Arrested, Charged With Murder For Alleged Fatal Beating In June Largo Man Arrested, Charged With Murder For Alleged Fatal Beating In June

On Behalf of Brunvand, Wise & Farinella Law Group | Jul 10, 2018 | Criminal Charges

A Largo man authorities say fatally beat his neighbor last month was arrested last week and charged with his murder.Largo police say they were summoned to a local mobile home park on June 9 to respond to the report of an unconscious man. Upon their arrival, officers say they discovered Richard Lariviere, who was bleeding and not conscious at the time of his discovery.He was taken via ambulance to Bayfront Health St. Petersburg for treatment. Investigators say his injuries were grievous and, sixteen days later, proved to be mortal. Hospital officials pronounced him dead on June 25.Lariviere's...

Three Texas Medical Professionals Convicted in Alleged $12.3 MM Medicare Fraud Case

On Behalf of Brunvand, Wise & Farinella Law Group | Jul 5, 2018 | Government Fraud

A trio of Texas medical professionals were convicted by a federal jury of charges relating to a home health care fraud scheme in which federal prosecutors say they were involved.Kelly Robinett, M.D., Kingsley Nwanguma, and Joy Ogwuegbu were convicted after a five-day trial in a Dallas courtroom last month upon evidence submitted by investigators that the three certified patients for medically unnecessary home health services, then billing Medicare for such services.Per investigators, the group billed the government for several million dollars of fraudulent charges, then falsified medical...

St. Pete Man Arrested for DUI Manslaughter in Death of Motorcyclist

On Behalf of Brunvand, Wise & Farinella Law Group | Jul 4, 2018 | Dui

A St. Petersburg man is facing drunk driving and homicide charges after authorities say he was intoxicated when he struck and killed a motorcyclist.Pinellas County prosecutors say Dylan Charles Baron was driving southbound on Fourth Street N late on June 25 when he encountered a 2016 BMW motorcycle at the intersection of Gandy Boulevard. Michael P. Majchrowski, who was astride the motorcycle at the time, was crossing the intersection after entering it when the green light showed on the traffic signal.Per authorities, Baron's 2014 Chevrolet Cruze did not slow in obedience to the red light...

Georgia Man Surrenders to Hamilton County Authorities on Murder Charges Relating to Hernando County Park Ranger

On Behalf of Brunvand, Wise & Farinella Law Group | Jul 3, 2018 | Criminal Charges

Although there remains a question of jurisdiction, the boyfriend of a Hernando County park ranger whose body was discovered afloat in a waterway in Georgia will face charges related to her death.Per authorities, Mitzi Marie Babb was last seen on June 19, leading to a search by the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office two days later. They say the search ended on June 29 with the discovery of her remains floating in a waterway in Camden County in southeastern Georgia.As police were searching for Babb, authorities in Peach County, Georgia issued a warrant for the arrest of Jeffrey Michael Morrison...