Jun 6, 2022 | SEC Investigations
On May 31, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it had charged SCWorx Corp. and its former Chief Executive Officer with making false and misleading statements about SCWorx’s plans to distribute COVID-19 rapid test kits in April 2020. The SEC alleges...
Jun 6, 2022 | Health Care Fraud
On May 31, the Department of Justice announced a federal jury convicted Hieu “Tom” Truong, a pharmacist in Houston, Texas, for unlawfully distributing controlled substances. According to court documents, Truong was the pharmacist-in-charge of S&S Pharmacy in...
Jun 6, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On June 1, the Department of Justice announced a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Pawel Bartoszek, a Lake Grove, New York businessman, with filing false business and individual tax returns with the IRS. Bartoszek owned and operated Mega State Inc., a...
Jun 6, 2022 | Government Investigations
According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), law enforcement arrested Kateline Lavache of Hampton, GA on June 1, on criminal charges related to her alleged scheme to defraud Medicare. Lavache is accused of prescribing medically unnecessary durable medical equipment...
Jun 6, 2022 | Election Law
In 2021, the Georgia legislature, in a bill signed by Governor Brian Kemp, established a type of political action committee (PAC) that can accept and spend unlimited funds in support of a candidate. This new type of PAC was called a leadership committee and would be...
