Apr 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Department of Justice just announced that California man, Robert Benlevi, was convicted by a federal jury of bank fraud, false statements to a financial institution, and money laundering for his role in a $27 million Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) fraud...
Mar 31, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On March 23, a federal jury in Fort Worth, Texas acquitted a former Boeing test pilot of charges for wire fraud stemming from his work on the Boeing 737 Max. In 2018 and 2019, system failures on the jets led to two fatal crashes and the deaths of 346 people. In...
Mar 30, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On November 8, 2021, Chilivis Grubman reported on the conviction of two clinic operators and brothers, Jonathan and Daniel Markovich. Jonathan Markovich owned and operated Second Chance Detox LLC, an inpatient detox and residential facility, and WAR Network LLC, a...
Mar 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
On March 24, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the operators of ADB Services Inc., a Key West Labor Staffing Company, pleaded guilty to tax conspiracy and immigration charges related to the operation of their business. Former City of Key West Police Officer...
Mar 30, 2022 | Election Law
Stacey Abrams, the unopposed Democratic candidate for governor in Georgia, has filed a federal lawsuit seeking permission to utilize her leadership committee, a type of political committee available to the Republican and Democratic nominees for governor that may raise...
Mar 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
The government is cracking down on tax fraud. On March 24, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the district court accepted a Michigan man’s guilty plea for filing a false individual income tax return with the IRS. According to court documents, Steven A. Mills...
Mar 30, 2022 | Health Care
On March 24, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that James Pierre, a doctor in Houston, was convicted for unlawfully prescribing more than one million hydrocodone and carisoprodol pills. This opioid combination is widely known as a “Las Vegas Cocktail.” ...
Mar 24, 2022 | Data Breach, DOJ, Fraud Investigations
On March 18, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced that Kevin Kirton, a computer consultant, had been sentenced to six years and nine months in prison and was ordered to pay restitution of over $600,000. Kirton pled guilty...
Mar 24, 2022 | COVID-19 Related Law, Fraud Investigations
On March 18, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a guilty plea by Mr. Gurgen Israyelyan for the theft of government property associated with COVID-19 relief funds. Mr. Israyelyan owned or controlled several entities, including Saint Christopher Hospice,...
Mar 18, 2022 | Cyber Law, DOJ, Fraud Investigations
On March 8, the Department of Justice announced that it had reached a settlement with a defense contractor resolving allegations that the contractor had violated the False Claims Act by failing to take sufficient steps to safeguard sensitive information from...
