Tag: 2013

  • Chesapeake Appalachia LLC, Clean Water Act Violations, West Virginia 2023

    Chesapeake Appalachia LLC, Clean Water Act Violations, West Virginia 2023

    Chesapeake Appalachia LLC, a subsidiary of Chesapeake Energy, the nation’s second largest natural gas producer, will pay a civil penalty of $3.2 million for violating the Clean Water Act (CWA) in West Virginia, authorities announced today. The company will also spend an EPA-estimated $6.5 million to restore 27 sites damaged by unauthorized discharges of fill…

  • Zhifei Li, Rhino Smuggling, New Jersey 2013

    Zhifei Li, Rhino Smuggling, New Jersey 2013

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  • Sharon Iglehart, Medicare Fraud, Texas 2013

    Sharon Iglehart, Medicare Fraud, Texas 2013

    A Houston doctor has been arrested on charges related to her alleged participation in a $158 million Medicare fraud scheme involving false claims for mental health treatment. Sharon Iglehart, 56, of Houston, was charged in an indictment, filed in the Southern District of Texas and unsealed today, with one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare…

  • Bruce R. Edwards, Fair Housing Discrimination, New Hampshire 2024

    Bruce R. Edwards, Fair Housing Discrimination, New Hampshire 2024

    Crime Journal: Bruce R. Edwards, a Jaffrey, New Hampshire landlord, was sued by the federal government for violating the Fair Housing Act. Edwards is facing allegations of discriminating against families with children at his rental properties. According to court documents, Edwards, as Trustee of the Bruce R. Edwards Revocable Trust of 2004 and in his…

  • Edia Antoine, Bribery, Texas 2014

    Edia Antoine, Bribery, Texas 2014

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  • Elizabeth Monteagudo, Home Health Medicare Fraud, Florida 2013

    Elizabeth Monteagudo, Home Health Medicare Fraud, Florida 2013

    A Florida woman has been sentenced to 70 months in prison for her role in a $48 million home health Medicare fraud scheme. Elizabeth Monteagudo, 33, of Miami, was sentenced on for her participation in the scheme, which involved recruiting patients for Miami health care companies and soliciting and receiving kickbacks and bribes from the…

  • Roger Dies, Violating Federal Environmental Laws and Obstructing a Grand Jury Investigation, Louisiana 2015

    Roger Dies, Violating Federal Environmental Laws and Obstructing a Grand Jury Investigation, Louisiana 2015

    BATON ROUGE, LA – Roger Dies, 55, of Zachary, Louisiana, was sentenced to probation and hefty financial penalties after pleading guilty to violating federal environmental laws and obstructing a grand jury investigation, the Department of Justice announced. The case, stemming from an investigation into widespread compliance issues with environmental regulations, highlights a pattern of deceit…

  • Michael Moshe Shimshoni, Failure to disclose lead-based paint hazards, Florida 2014

    Michael Moshe Shimshoni, Failure to disclose lead-based paint hazards, Florida 2014

    St. Petersburg, FL – A Florida landlord has been penalized for failing to disclose known lead-based paint hazards to a tenant, a violation of federal law designed to protect vulnerable populations. Michael Moshe Shimshoni, 56, of Tierra Verde, pleaded guilty in August 2014 and was sentenced in November of the same year, bringing a close…

  • Matthew Adegbite, Tax Preparer Fraud, Georgia 2023

    Matthew Adegbite, Tax Preparer Fraud, Georgia 2023

    A federal court in Atlanta has dealt a devastating blow to a notorious tax scammer, shutting down Matthew Adegbite’s operation and preventing him from preparing federal income tax returns for others. The permanent injunction order was signed today by Judge Clarence Cooper of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Adegbite, the…

  • Jackson Charged with Violent Crime, Maryland, 2013

    Jackson Charged with Violent Crime, Maryland, 2013

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