WASHINGTON Eight individuals and a Miami-based corporation were convicted by a federal jury for their participation in a Medicare fraud scheme involving the submission of more than $50 million in fraudulent billings to Medicare. Antonio Macli, the owner of Biscayne…

Declaration will Provide Financial Assistance for Local Recovery, Mitigation Efforts PHOENIX Governor Jan Brewer has issued a Declaration of Emergency in response to monsoon-related flooding in the Gladiator Fire burn area in Yavapai County. The Gladiator Fire began in the…

WASHINGTON Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman was resentenced today to serve 78 months in prison for his role in bribery, conspiracy, fraud and obstruction of justice charges involving former HealthSouth CEO Richard M. Scrushy. At a hearing today in Montgomery,…

BEAUMONT, Texas A 33-year-old Port Arthur, Texas man has been convicted in a carjacking case as a result of Operation Time Machine in the Eastern District of Texas. Luan Van Nguyen, aka, Kevin Nguyen, was found guilty by a jury…

San Diego U.S. Border Patrol agents seized a total of 105.47 pounds of methamphetamine worth an estimated $2,109,400 yesterday in two separate events. At approximately 11:30 a.m., agents encountered a 37-year-old male United States citizen driving a 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer…

LOS ANGELES - A Mexican businessman has plead guilty in federal court to conspiring with the owners of a Los Angeles area toy wholesaler to launder thousands of narco dollars for drug trafficking organizations in Mexico. Luis Ernesto Flores Rivera,…

Settlement Requires PokerStars to Forfeit $547 Million and Full Tilt to Forfeit Virtually All Its Assets; Funds to be Made Available for Compensation to U.S. and Foreign Victims The United States has entered into settlement agreements with PokerStars and Full…

WASHINGTON The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the state of Michigan and its chief elections officials to help ensure that military service members, their family members and U.S. citizens living overseas have the opportunity to participate fully in…

WASHINGTON Two former high-ranking employees of facilities operations at New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH) pleaded guilty today to an indictment charging them with conspiring to defraud NYPH. Former vice president of facilities operations, Santo Saglimbeni, and former director of facilities…

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS) -- The commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command announced that the C-130 Modular Airborne Fire-Fighting System fleet will resume operations today in support of the National Interagency Fire Center…

(State Capitol, Phoenix)Determined to protect the rights of Arizona residents and strengthen the states economy, Senate President Steve Pierce (R-Prescott) and State Senator Gail Griffin (R-Hereford) joined the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, Arizona Cattle Growers Association, and Friends of…

Allegedly Charged for Unnecessary Testing and Inflated Billing for Urgent Care Medical Services NextCare Inc., an Arizona-based company, has agreed to pay $10 million to settle federal and state allegations that it submitted false claims. NextCare is an owner of…