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Compliance News

Florida Pharmacy Owners Sentenced in Tennessee for Multimillion-Dollar Nationwide Telemedicine Pharmacy Fraud Scheme

By US Department of Justice, News on Wednesday, May 18, 2022.

A federal judge in Greeneville, Tennessee, sentenced two Florida men for their roles in a multimillion-dollar health care fraud scheme.

Seven South Korean Companies Agree to Pay Approximately $3.1 Million to Settle Civil False Claims Act Allegations for Bid Rigging on U.S. Department of Defense Contracts

By US Department of Justice, News on Wednesday, May 18, 2022.

Seven South Korea-based companies have agreed to pay $3.1 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by engaging in a bid-rigging conspiracy that targeted U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) contracts for construction and engineering work on U.S. military bases in South Korea. The seven companies are Korea Engineering Consultants Corporation; Yul Lim Construction Co. Ltd.; Shin Woo Construction & Industrial Co. Ltd.; Seongbo Const. Ind. Co. Ltd.; Wooseok Construction Co. Ltd.; Yuil Engineering and Construction Co.; and Seokwang Development Co. Ltd. The companies have agreed to each pay an equal share of the settlement amount.

Former Executive of Pesticide Manufacturing Company Pleads Guilty to Making and Using False Document

By US Department of Justice, News on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.

Christopher James Davis, of Venice, California, pleaded guilty in federal court in Mobile, Alabama, to one count of falsifying and using a document to obtain approval from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to manufacture a pesticide.

Justice Department Files False Claims Act Complaint Against Medical Device Manufacturer and its Owner for Training Providers to Improperly Reuse Disposable Items

By US Department of Justice, News on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.

The United States has filed a lawsuit against The Prometheus Group (Prometheus), a New Hampshire manufacturer of pelvic muscle therapeutic systems and related rectal probes, and Richard Poore, its president and sole owner.

Michele Landis on Digital Accessibility [Podcast]

By The Compliance & Ethics Blog on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.

In this podcast, Michelle Landis, co-founder of Accessible360, explains that the challenges start with organizations not even realizing that the ADA sets numerous requirements that organizations must comply with.

SEC Charges Allianz Global Investors and Three Former Senior Portfolio Managers with Multibillion Dollar Securities Fraud

By SEC Press Releases on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today charged Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC (AGI US) and three former senior portfolio managers with a massive fraudulent scheme that concealed the immense downside risks of a complex options trading strategy they called "Structured Alpha."

Justice Department Files Complaint and Proposed Consent Decree to Ensure Safety of Abbott Laboratories' Infant Formula

By US Department of Justice, News on Monday, May 16, 2022.

The United States has filed a complaint and a proposed consent decree that, if entered by a federal court in the Western District of Michigan, would allow Abbott Laboratories (Abbott) to resume manufacturing powdered infant formula at its Sturgis, Michigan, facility but also would require the company to take specific measures designed to increase safety and ensure compliance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Good Manufacturing Practice Requirements.

Orthotic Brace Suppliers Convicted in $6.5 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

By US Department of Justice, News on Monday, May 16, 2022.

A federal jury in Dallas, Texas, convicted the owners and operators of four orthotic brace suppliers in Texas and Arkansas today for a $6.5 million illegal kickback scheme, including violations of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute.

SEC Obtains Emergency Relief to Halt Pre-IPO Stock Fraud Scheme by Unregistered Broker-Dealer

By SEC Press Releases on Monday, May 16, 2022.

Defendants, including persons barred from the brokerage industry, allegedly sold shares they didn't own, and pocketed more than $75 million.

Grain Milling Company Charged with OSHA Crimes for Causing Worker Deaths

By US Department of Justice, News on Friday, May 13, 2022.

A federal grand jury in Madison, Wisconsin, returned an indictment charging a corn milling company, a company vice president, two environmental coordinators and three additional supervisors with crimes related to worker safety, fraud, air pollution and obstruction of justice, the Department of Justice announced.

Woman Convicted of Laundering Over $750,000 from Health Care Fraud Scheme

By US Department of Justice, News on Friday, May 13, 2022.

A federal jury convicted a Florida woman today for laundering approximately $786,000 in money stolen from Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurers as part of a sprawling health care fraud scheme in Miami.

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