Cinnaminson, NJ- After stashing over $21 million in untaxed revenue in Israeli bank accounts, Masud Sarshar, a Los Angeles retailer, has been charged with “one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and one count of corruptly endeavoring to impair and impede the due administration of the internal
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Cinnaminson, NJ- Contracted by the U.S. Government for freight housing and maritime transport, respectively, Jacintoport International LLC and Seaboard Marine Ltd have agreed to pay $1.075 million jointly for False Claims allegations. Jacintoport, a warehousing and stevedoring firm, and Seaboard Marine, a cargo shipping company, were purchase by
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Cinnaminson, NJ- The U.S. Government has now filed a civil suit under the False Claims Act against former Louis Berger International CEO Derish M. Wolf and CFO Salvatore J. Pepe. While Wolff already faces a year in confinement following confession to a criminal procurement suit, the new civil
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Cinnaminson, NJ- Chilean airline LATAM has agreed to pay a $12.75 million fine as part of a DPA in its FCPA investigation. The private group operated a shell company that provided faulty contracts, which were virtually bribes, to Argentine officials, in turn leading to their neighboring country’s contracting of
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Cinnaminson, NJ- Acclarent Inc, a Califonia-based medical devise manufacturer, has paid $18 million to settle DOJ False Claims case. The Johnson and Johnson subsidiary wrongfully marketed their sinus spacer devise to be used with certain post-surgical medicines, a combination not cleared by the FDA, but profitable due to their common
Read more →Cinnaminson, NJ- In a CartelCapers piece written by Robert Connolly (shown below), Microsoft is reported to have won a SCA case against the DOJ for their attempts to seize documents from an Irish email server. The Stored Communication Act (SCA) is a 1986-signed law that protects private email data and
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Cinnaminson, NJ- Philip Esformes, 47, the owner of over 30 assisted living facilities, has been charged along with Odette Barcha, 49, and Arnado Cormouze, 56, in a billion-dollar Medicare Fraud scheme. Esformes and his cohorts would take advantage of the nursing homes’ residents’ Medicare ties by admitting them
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Cinnaminson, NJ- In a trial featuring over 10 confirmed felonies, a Nevada man, Anton Paul Drago, 65, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. The fraudster was convicted in March for counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, submitting false claims to the VA, lying
Read more →Cinnaminson, NJ- Netherlands-based drilling company SMB Offshore NV has reached a $342 million settlement with state-owned Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Brazilian Petroleum SA) following a near-complete investigation into corruption allegations. Though at the time of the settlement no conclusive evidence was found, Brazilian investigators did find “red flags” in the Dutch
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Cinnaminson, NJ- Feeling the oncoming wave of eager bidders and publicity-hungry corporations, Brazil has decided to institute a procurement fraud initiative in preparation for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Reeling from a messy 2014 World Cup contracting process of excessive contracts, inflated bids, and construction disasters, the Brazil government has
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