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Dec 11, 2012
Pfizer Inc. will pay $55 million plus interest to resolve allegations that Wyeth LLC illegally introduced and caused the introduction into interstate commerce of a misbranded drug, Protonix, between February 2000 and June 2001. Wyeth manufactured and promoted Protonix tablets.…
Dec 11, 2012
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Eleven defendants have been indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges related to a drugtrafficking conspiracy that resulted in the deaths of three persons during a recent home invasion in Independence, Mo. Kevin M. Finley,…
Dec 10, 2012
WASHINGTON The Department of Justice has forfeited cash and properties worth more than $11 million related to fraud proceeds located in the United States in connection with the conviction by Australian prosecutors of Rachel Cowen. Cowen was convicted in Melbourne,…
Dec 10, 2012
WASHINGTON A Las Vegas man has been sentenced to 37 months in prison for operating a foreclosure rescue scam that defrauded distressed homeowners who were struggling to pay their mortgages. Alex P. Soria, 65, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge…
Dec 9, 2012
WASHINGTON Standard Chartered Bank, a financial institution headquartered in London, has agreed to forfeit $227 million to the Justice Department for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The bank has agreed to the forfeiture as part…
Dec 5, 2012
Healthpoint Ltd. and DFB Pharmaceuticals will pay up to $48 million to resolve allegations that Healthpoint caused false claims to be submitted to Medicare and Medicaid for an unapproved drug, Xenaderm, which was ineligible for reimbursement by those programs. Under…
Nov 29, 2012
WASHINGTON The public is being alerted to a recall being conducted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Canadian Establishment 720, Aliya's Foods Limited, for approximately 4,865 pounds of frozen butter chicken and rice products imported from Canada that…
Nov 25, 2012
WASHINGTON -- NASA, the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and their international partners have selected two veteran spacefarers for a one-year mission aboard the International Space Station in 2015. This mission will include collecting scientific data important to future human…
Nov 25, 2012
The Israel Missile Defense Organization and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency completed the first phase of the development of the David Sling Weapon System (DSWS) by conducting a successful interception test. This test included for the first time a successful…
Nov 20, 2012
by Pacific Air Forces Public Affairs Pacific Air Forces Public Affairs JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, Hawaii (AFNS) -- On July 22, a U.S. Air Force pilot assigned to Misawa Air Base, Japan, had to eject from an F-16 Fighting…
Nov 19, 2012
CLEVELANDThree men were sentenced to prison for their roles in a conspiracy to use explosives to destroy a bridge near Cleveland. Douglas L. Wright, 27, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 11 ½ years in prison, followed by a lifetime of…
Nov 19, 2012
Two Health Care Professionals Pleaded Guilty This Week for Roles in Multi-State Scheme WASHINGTON A registered nurse pleaded guilty today and a former program coordinator pleaded guilty yesterday in connection with a health care fraud scheme involving defunct health provider…