Dec 21, 2022 | Criminal Matters, Government Investigations
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Christopher Parris was sentenced to over 20 years (244 months) in prison for his involvement in a COVID-19 scheme and a multi-year Ponzi scheme. COVID-19 Fraud Scheme. Mr. Parris’ COVID-19 scheme was unlike the...
Dec 21, 2022 | White Collar Crime
The DOJ announced that five former school administrators were sentenced for their roles in an elaborate federal financial aid scheme. Sandra Anderson, Yolanda Brown Thomas, Kristina Parker, Erica Montgomery, and Leo Frank Thomas (Defendants) previously pleaded guilty...
Dec 14, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On December 12, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Jonas Purisch, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced to three years in prison for not paying over more than $2 million in payroll taxes to the IRS on behalf of his companies’ employees. Purisch purportedly...
Dec 14, 2022 | False Claims Act
The DOJ announced that Hua Huang, an employee of NY Elm Pharmacy Inc., and Huiling Wu, owner and employee of 888 Pharmacy Inc., were arrested for their roles in several schemes to defraud Medicare and Medicaid. Huang and Wu are alleged to have paid illegal kickbacks...
Dec 14, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On Wednesday, December 7, 2022, U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg refused to dismiss a $400 million healthcare kickback case due to alleged speedy trial violations. Judge Totenberg explained that several factors played into the nearly six-year pendency of the case,...
Dec 14, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On December 7, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that a father and son were sentenced to prison for their roles in defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). According to the government, Izzat Freitekh and his son, Tarik Freitekh, submitted...
Dec 14, 2022 | Fraud Investigations, Government Investigations
The DOJ just announced that Paul Andrecola, a New Jersey business owner, was sentenced to 5 years in prison for selling $2.7 million worth of unregistered pesticides. Andrecola was previously charged with one count of knowingly distributing or selling an unregistered...
Dec 13, 2022 | Civil Matters
In 1996, Darrell Lee Clark and Cain Joshua Storey were accused of murder in the shooting death of their friend 15-year-old Brian Bowling. Despite evidence that Bowling had unintentionally shot himself, Storey was charged with murder and Clark was alleged to be a...
Dec 7, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On Thursday, December 1, 2022, a former counselor for the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency (GVRA) was sentenced to five years in federal prison for stealing more than $1.3 million in funding from the GVRA that was intended to help state residents with...
Dec 7, 2022 | federal investigations
On December 1, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release announcing the sentencing of two facility owners who were convicted for their role in an $18 million healthcare fraud scheme. According to the government, Tea Kaganovich and Ramazi Mitaishvil,...
