News from March 2023
Florida man sentenced to nine years in federal prison for his role in international health care fraud scheme
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: ATLANTA - Nagaindra Srivastav has been sentenced on conspiracy and kickback charges for his role in selling fraudulent doctors’ orders to his co-conspirators who used the orders to obtain more than $48 million in fraudulent payments from Medicare.
Repeat offender ordered to prison after re-entering the country…for the 6th time
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 35-year-old from Mexico has been ordered to federal prison for illegal re-entry after deportation, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Jury Convicts Ionia Man of Meth Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Ionia, Mo., man was convicted at trial today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Pettis County, Mo.
Jefferson County Man Sentenced for Mailing Threatening Letters
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jesse Bartlett a/k/a the “Chinese Zodiac Killer," age 46, of LaFargeville, New York, was sentenced today to 16 months in prison for mailing threatening letters.
Federal Search Warrants Executed
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On Thursday, March 30, 2023, federal search warrants were executed at the following locations in Des Moines.
Chairman Jordan Raises Alarm on Potential IRS Weaponization Against American Journalist
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Daniel Werfel and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen raising concerns related to the IRS’s unannounced and unprompted field visit to the residence of Matthew Taibbi, ...
Justice Department Recovers Over $53M in Profits Obtained from Corruption in the Nigerian Oil Industry
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: The Justice Department announced today the final resolution of two civil cases seeking the forfeiture of various luxury assets that were the proceeds of foreign corruption offenses and were laundered in and through the United States.