Jun 25, 2024 | Election Law
On June 17, 2024, the Georgia Ethics Commission entered a final order against Georgia state Representative Carl Gilliard (D-Savannah) finding that he had “improperly utilized approximately $30,000.00 in campaign contributions,” which Rep. Gilliard acknowledged. He...
Jun 18, 2024 | White Collar Crime
The DOJ just announced that Kathleen Breault, a midwife at Sage-Femme Midwifery PLLC (Sage-Femme), has pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States and its departments and agencies. Breault’s guilty plea came after she admitted her role in a scheme that...
Jun 18, 2024 | Trademark Enforcement, Trademark Protection
As of April 2024, Virginia Beach icons Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, of the production team the Neptunes, were locked in a legal battle. Rolling Stone magazine reports that Chad Hugo has accused his long-time friend and collaborator, Pharrell Williams, of...
Jun 13, 2024 | False Claims Act
Richard Hall, former owner of Rxpress Pharmacy and Xpress Compounding, was sentenced to four years and four months in prison for his role in an illegal kickback scheme that involved the submission of false claims to TRICARE and the U.S. Department of Labor, which...
Jun 13, 2024 | federal investigations
On May 31, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced two convictions in an alleged “wide-ranging scheme” involving the use of stolen identities and fraudulent tax returns used to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of $111 million. The government claims that...
