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Federal Tipoffs Involving New Jersey Newsletter for 2024-04-14 ( 10 items )  
DEA-New Jersey Division: Drug Manufacturer to Pay $2.25 Million to Settle Substances Act Allegations (10)
NEWARK, New Jersey, April 12 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Division issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: A pharmaceutical manufacturer agreed to pay $2.25 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), DEA New Jersey Field Division Special Agent in Charge Cheryl Ortiz and U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. The manufacturer, Novel Laboratories Inc. (Novel), a subsidiary of Lupin more PR

Drug Manufacturer to Pay $2.25 Million to Settle Substances Act Allegations (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: NEWARK, N.J. - A pharmaceutical manufacturer agreed to pay $2.25 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), DEA New Jersey Field Division Special Agent in Charge Cheryl Ortiz and U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today The manufacturer, Novel Laboratories Inc. (Novel), a subsidiary of Lup more PR

GSA Announces $23.8 Million for Projects to Improve Federal Facilities and Benefit Local Communities as Part of President Biden's Investing in America Agenda (10)
NEWARK, New Jersey, April 11 -- The General Services Administration issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Today, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced $23.8 million for 13 projects at federal buildings across 10 states through GSA's Good Neighbor Program, as part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda. Funded through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)-the largest climate investment in history-the projects will promote improvements to federal facilities more PR

HHS IG Audit: 'N.J. Significantly Improved Its Oversight of Medicaid Adult Partial Care Services Except for Those Provided Using Telehealth During COVID-19 Public Health Emergency' (10)
WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The Health and Human Services Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. A-02-22-01007) on March 28, 2024, entitled "New Jersey Significantly Improved Its Oversight of Medicaid Adult Partial Care Services Except for Those Provided Using Telehealth During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency" filed under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Here are excerpts: * * * Report in Brief Why OIG Did This Audit During a prior audit of Medicaid adult pa more PR

N.C. U.S. Attorney: Two Men Indicted for Laundering Millions of Dollars in Fraud Proceeds and Operating Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business (10)
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, April 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: A newly-unsealed criminal indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Charlotte charges Olumide Olorunfunmi, 41, of Arlington, Texas, and Samson Amos, 52, of Burlington, New Jersey, with money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business and concealment money laundering, announced Dena J. K more PR

N.J. U.S. Attorney: Drug Manufacturer to Pay $2.25 Million to Settle Controlled Substances Act Allegations (10)
NEWARK, New Jersey, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: A pharmaceutical manufacturer agreed to pay $2.25 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced today. The manufacturer, Novel Laboratories Inc. (Novel), a subsidiary of Lupin Inc., also reached an administrative resolution with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) more PR

N.J. U.S. Attorney: Justice Department's Procurement Collusion Strike Force Continues Strategic Growth, Adds Four National Partners (10)
NEWARK, New Jersey, April 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that the Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF) is adding four new national partners, for a total of 38 agencies and offices committed to deterring, detecting, investigating, and prosecuting antitrust crimes and related schemes that target government procurement, grants, and program funding at all levels of  more PR

N.J. U.S. Attorney: Matawan Cardiologist Admits Defrauding Health Insurance Companies of More Than $1.9 Million Through Health Care Fraud Scheme (10)
TRENTON, New Jersey, April 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: The owner and sole medical provider of a New Jersey medical practice admitted his role in a health care fraud scheme causing over $1.9 million in insurance reimbursements for false claims, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Dr. Fazal Panezai, 76, of Morganville, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Georgette Castn more PR

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. Approves Supplemented Special Financial Assistance Program Application (10)
WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: * * * UFCW Local 152 Plan Averts Insolvency and Reduction of Benefits Through Receipt of Special Financial Assistance * * * The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 152 Retail Meat Pension Plan (UFCW Local 152  more PR

Wash. U.S. Attorney: New Jersey Man Indicted for Nationwide Scheme to Tamper With Diesel Pollution Control Systems in Violation of the Clean Air Act (10)
TACOMA, Washington, April 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: A 43-year-old Columbia, New Jersey man was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with conspiracy and thirteen counts of violating the Clean Air Act for his scheme to interfere with pollution control software on diesel trucks, announced U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Jonathan Achtemeier entered pleas of not guilty to all counts. Trial i more PR