Leader of Transnational Money-Laundering Network Pleads Guilty to Aiding Drug-Trafficking Organizations, While Co-Conspirator is Sentenced
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Arlington, Virginia - A Chinese national and naturalized U.S. citizen pleaded guilty Monday to his involvement in a conspiracy to launder at least $30 million in drug proceeds on behalf of foreign drug-trafficking organizations. Another Chinese national was sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in the same conspiracy.
Former Laborers International Union of North America Chief of Staff Convicted of Health Care Fraud
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Washington, DC - A federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia convicted an Arkansas man for fraudulently arranging for a labor union to provide health plan coverage to his girlfriend, who was never a union employee.
Mail-Order Diabetic Testing Supplier Arriva and Parent Company Alere Agree to Pay $160 Million to Resolve Alleged False Claims to Medicare
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Nashville, Tennessee - Arriva Medical LLC (Arriva), at one point the nation’s largest Medicare mail-order diabetic testing supplier, and its parent, Alere Inc. (Alere), have agreed to pay $160 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act.
COVID-19 and the Coming Flu Season
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Rochester, Minnesota - As COVID-19 vaccinations become more widespread throughout the U.S., many people are hoping to pack up their masks, put the pandemic behind them, and move on. But viruses rarely disappear completely, and the likelihood of COVID-19 simply going away is slim. With that in mind, Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory in Mayo Clinic’s Division of Clinical Microbiology, considers the prospects for COVID-19 this fall as the traditional influenza season ramps up. He also discusses advances in testing that have been developed over the last 16 months as a result of the pandemic, and re-emphasizes the crucial role of vaccines.
Former Chief Financial Officer of Publicly Traded Company Convicted of Securities and Accounting Fraud
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin - A federal jury in the Eastern District of Wisconsin on Thursday convicted the former chief financial officer of Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. (Roadrunner), a publicly traded trucking and logistics company formerly headquartered in Cudahy, Wisconsin, on four counts of violating federal securities laws for his role in a complex securities and accounting fraud scheme.
New study: Imperial County agriculture harvests $4.364 billion for local economy, more than 20,000 jobs
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El Centro, California - Imperial County agriculture pumped $4.364 billion into the local economy in 2019 and supported more than 20,000 jobs, Agricultural Commissioner Carlos Ortiz announced today as he released the most comprehensive economic analysis to date of a key county industry.
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