Apr 12, 2022 | White Collar Crime
The Department of Justice just announced that an Illinois man, Devontae Stokes, admitted to fraudulently obtaining unemployment insurance benefits (“UIB”) while incarcerated at a New Jersey federal correctional institution. According to court documents, from April...
Apr 5, 2022 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud, White Collar Crime
On April 1, 2022, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a Missouri based non-profit, Preferred Family Healthcare (“PFH”), admitted to the misuse and misappropriation of federal funds designated for healthcare services. PFH received most of its funding from...
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 10, 2022 | COVID-19 Related Law, Fraud Investigations, White Collar Crime
On March 10, the Department of Justice announced the appointment of a chief prosecutor to oversee enforcement efforts stemming from fraud against COVID-19 pandemic relief funds. Associate Deputy Attorney General Kevin Chambers has been named the Director for COVID-19...
Feb 28, 2022 | White Collar Crime
Since 2020, Chilivis Grubman attorneys have monitored and written about indictments, guilty verdicts, and prison sentences related to COVID-19 relief programs. In September 2020, CG attorneys wrote about then Attorney General Bill Barr’s instruction to the DOJ to...