Feb 17, 2023 | White Collar Crime
On March 16, 2022, a federal grand jury in Knoxville, Tennessee, returned an indictment charging two individuals and four companies with participating in a conspiracy to fix prices of DVDs and Blu-Ray Discs sold on the Amazon Marketplace. On February 13, the...
Feb 14, 2023 | Government Affairs, Government Contract
On February 9, 2023, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Rachel Krause denied a motion filed by the Georgia First Amendment Foundation (GFAF) to unseal the record of the protest proceedings concerning Georgia’s application process for awarding licenses to companies...
Feb 14, 2023 | White Collar Crime
On February 7, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that twenty-three individuals were charged for their alleged participation in a large Medicare fraud scheme. The alleged scheme involved patient recruiters, physicians, at least one lab, and two...
Feb 7, 2023 | Criminal Matters, Government Investigations
On February 3, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the conviction of Sixto Jorge Díaz Colón, of San Juan, for extortion and obstruction of justice related to his involvement in “a scheme to obtain money in exchange for preventing the release of chat messages...
Feb 7, 2023 | White Collar Crime
Individuals and businesses doing business with or submitting claims to the U.S. Government may face False Claims Act (“FCA”) culpability for several reasons – including keeping overpayments, or as in a recent case, retaining PPP loan funds. 31 U.S.C. 3729(a)(1)(G). ...
