FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending July 6, 2012
- Boston: GlaxoSmithKline to Plead Guilty and Pay $3 Billion to Resolve
Fraud Allegations and Failure to Report Safety Data
The resolution is
the largest health care fraud settlement in U.S. history and the largest payment
ever by a drug company. Full Story
- New York: Full Tilt Poker CEO Arrested at John F. Kennedy International
Airport
Raymond Bitar was charged with gambling, bank fraud, and
money laundering offenses in connection with the operation of Full Tilt Poker.
As a result of Bitar’s alleged fraud, Full Tilt Poker was unable to pay the
approximately $350 million it owed to players in the U.S. and around the world.
Full Story
- Cleveland: Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking of a
MinorAnthony C. Willoughby was sentenced after a jury previously
found him guilty of forcing a 16-year-old girl to engage in commercial sex acts.
Full Story
- San Antonio: Father and Son Charged in HSI Agent Shooting
Alvarado and Arnoldo Alvarado were arrested and charged with the
assault of a Homeland Security Investigations special agent. Full Story
- Miami: Licensed Psychological Associate Pleads Guilty to Participating in
a Medicare Fraud SchemeSerena Joslin pled guilty to her role in a
health care fraud scheme that resulted in the submission of more than $63
million in fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid in Miami and
Hendersonville, North Carolina. Full Story
- Washington: Man Pleads Guilty to Producing Child
PornographyJason Laposay pled guilty to one count of production of
child pornography with a minor under the age of 12. Laposay faces a mandatory
minimum penalty of 15 years in prison. Full Story
- Los Angeles: Three Plead Guilty in $41 Million Ponzi
Scheme
Alan G. Flesher, Wayne D. Flesher, and Nancy Carol Khalial
pled guilty to federal fraud charges, admitting that they participated in an
investment scheme that victimized hundreds of investors across the country. Full Story
- Phoenix: HSI Special Agent Sentenced for Obstruction and Other Federal
Violations
Jovana Deas was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison
for fraud and related activity in connection with computers. Full Story
- Pittsburgh: Seventeen Charged in Cocaine Trafficking
ConspiracyThirteen Pennsylvania residents and four Ohio residents
were indicted for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute
five kilograms or more of cocaine. Full Story
- Newark: Brooklyn Rabbi Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Money
Laundering Conspiracy
Mordchai Fish was sentenced for conspiring to
launder money he believed was criminal proceeds. Full Story
