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ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF LOUISIANA: Department Of Justice Makes $850 Million Available To Help Public Safety Agencies Address Covid-19 Pandemic
The Department of Justice announced on April 1, 2020 that it is making $850 million available to help public safety agencies respond to the challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19.
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New Orleans attorney permanently disbarred after federal fraud conviction
NEW ORLEANS — Suspended New Orleans attorney Louella P. Givens-Harding has been permanently disbarred following a Jan. 14 Louisiana Supreme Court attorney disciplinary proceeding over her 2017 federal health care fraud conviction.
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ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF LOUISIANA: Genetic Testing Company and Three Principals Agree To Pay $42.6 Million to Resolve Kickback and Medical Necessity Claims
The Justice Department announced today that UTC Laboratories, Inc. (RenRX) has agreed to pay $41.6 million, and its three principals, Tarun Jolly, M.D., Patrick Ridgeway, and Barry Griffith, have agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks in exchange for laboratory referrals for pharmacogenetic testing and for furnishing and billing for tests that were not medically necessary
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ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF LOUISIANA: Former Investigator with District Attorney’s Office for the 22nd Judicial District Sentenced to 3 Years Probation after Pleading Guilty to Making False Statements to Federal Authorities
U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that JEFFERY B. MONTALBANO, age 58, a resident of Mandeville, Louisiana, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Susie Morgan to three years of probation after previously pleading guilty to making false statements to federal authorities, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ' 1001(a)(2).
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Entergy welcomes U.S. attorney as new ethics and compliance head
Kenneth Polite, who was the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana until he resigned on March 24, will now head an ethics office with Entergy, a private sector energy company.
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New Orleans man facing up to 20 years in jail for false Deepwater Horizon claims
NEW ORLEANS — Kevin Richard, 26, of New Orleans recently pled guilty to engaging in mail fraud, admitting to submitting a fraudulent application for disaster assistance money in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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Gulf of Mexico oil producer fined $4 million for violating federal regulations
NEW ORLEANS — After pleading guilty to violating offshore oil production safety and environmental regulations, a district court judge sentenced Energy Resource Technology GOM (ERT) to three years of probation, and ordered the company to pay a $4 million fine and a $200,000 community service payment last week.