La periodista Aitana Vargas gana dos premios del Club de Prensa de Los Ángeles
"El impacto comunitario de la policía predictiva", difundido por Investor News, se alza con un galardón
La corresponsal Aitana Vargas recibió anoche dos galardones del Club de Prensa de Los Ángeles (LA Press Club) en una gala que premió los mejores trabajos periodísticos del sur de California y que contó con la presencia de grandes personalidades del mundo del periodismo...
Hadari Oshri’s Gaya Ventures site claims she’s joined forces with convicted businessman Orlando Birbragher in new biz venture
AN IMPORTANT NOTE: On June 22, 2021, Hadari Oshri –Marc Lubaszka’s business partner– filed a civil harassment restraining order (CHRO) against Investor News reporter Aitana Vargas to stop the publication of her investigative series “A Special Report: The Harrowing Impunity of White-Collar crime,” and any subsequent installments or future media coverage. On August 3, 2021, Vargas filed an anti-SLAPP...
Consulting Companies to Pay $11.3M for Failing to Comply with Cybersecurity Requirements in Federally Funded Contract
Guidehouse Inc., headquartered in McLean, Virginia, has paid $7,600,000 and Nan McKay and Associates (Nan McKay), headquartered in El Cajon, California, has paid $3,700,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by failing to meet cybersecurity requirements in contracts intended to ensure a secure environment for low-income New Yorkers to apply online for federal rental assistance...
Tacoma Company Pleads Guilty and Sentenced for False Declarations on Timber Imports
Tip the Scale LLC, of Tacoma, Washington, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today for making false declarations regarding the species and harvest location of timber used in wooden cabinets and vanities.
Tip the Scale, doing business as L & D Kitchen and Bath, is an importer and seller of various home goods including wooden kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities. According...
La corresponsal Aitana Vargas recibe cuatro nominaciones del LA Press Club
Vargas aspira a un premio como Periodista del Año
Phoenix (AZ) – El LA Press Club (Club de Prensa de Los Ángeles) dio a conocer hoy la lista de finalistas de la edición número 66 de los premios que otorga anualmente a los mejores trabajos periodísticos del sur de California.
Los nominados fueron elegidos entre más de 2.300 trabajos y, entre...
Doctor Convicted for $5.4M Medicare Fraud Scheme
A federal jury convicted a New Jersey doctor last week for causing the submission of over $5.4 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare for orthotic braces ordered through a telemarketing scheme.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Adarsh Gupta, M.D., 51, of Sewell, signed thousands of prescriptions for orthotic braces for over 2,900 Medicare beneficiaries whom he...
CA doubles down on war against illegal sale of tobacco products to youth
Attorney General Announces New Funding Available for Local Governments Through the 2024-2025 Tobacco Grant Program
OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced that the California Department of Justice is now accepting proposals for the 2024-2025 Tobacco Grant Program. The program aims to reduce the illegal sale of tobacco products by providing approximately $28.5 million in grant funding to eligible local agencies. Local public...
Laboratory Owners Charged in $36M COVID-19 Testing Fraud Scheme
An indictment was unsealed this week in the Southern District of Florida charging three men for their alleged roles in an approximately $36 million health care fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering scheme that involved submitting false and fraudulent claims for COVID-19 testing to health care benefit programs, including Medicare and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) COVID-19...
False social media statements get former Alfi CEO in trouble
Washington D.C. — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Paul A. Pereira, the former CEO and co-founder of Alfi, Inc., with making materially false and misleading statements on social media about the company’s financial and performance metrics in an attempt to boost the now defunct company’s stock price.
According to the SEC's complaint, while serving as the CEO of...