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...
Mar 16, 2022 | Data Breach, Health Care
Protenus, a healthcare compliance analytics company that offers privacy monitoring and drug diversion surveillance technology, has become a reliable source for healthcare and privacy professionals. Since 2016, Protenus has published an annual report, the “Breach...
Mar 16, 2022 | Election Law
Around the country, state legislatures have been crafting new voting maps following release of the 2020 Census data to recalibrate districts with the appropriate number or proportion of residents for each district. Many newly created maps were swiftly challenged by...
Mar 16, 2022 | Election Law
In March, the Georgia General Assembly passed and Governor Kemp signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 120, titled the “Ethics in Government Act of 2021.” This bill ushered in a number of meaningful changes and additions to the campaign finance and ethics laws already in...
