The Department of Justice said today that two more pharmaceutical companies – Astellas Pharma US Inc. (Astellas) and Amgen Inc. (Amgen) – have agreed to pay a total of $124.75 million to resolve allegations that they each violated the False Claims Act by illegally paying the Medicare copays for their own products, through purportedly independent foundations […]

By Danny R. Johnson – Washington, DC Correspondent WASHINGTON, DC – The release this past Thursday of a redacted version of the original Robert Mueller Special Counsel Report by Attorney General William Barr has concluded he can neither charge nor clear President Donald Trump. Only Congress can now resolve the allegations against him, which sets […]

SACRAMENTO–Senator Scott Wilk, R- Santa Clarita, announced Monday that Senate Bill 153 (SB 153), a measure to ensure California is well positioned to begin the cultivation of industrial hemp, unanimously cleared the Senate Committee on Agriculture. “I am very pleased to see SB 153 moving with bipartisan support. Industrial hemp is a natural fit for […]

A Wisconsin woman pleaded guilty Monday to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, federal prosecutors said.   Waheba Issa Dais, 46, pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to provide material support to ISIS, based upon her conduct in support of the […]

An Indian national has been extradited to the United States from Singapore to face charges related to his role as an operator of a call center network that targeted U.S victims.  The massive India-based telephone impersonation fraud and money laundering conspiracy defrauded thousands of U.S. residents out of hundreds of millions of dollars. Hitesh Madhubhai […]

SAN FRANCISCO–The Coast Guard rescued two people from a sinking boat approximately three miles off the coast of Año Nuevo State Park, Thursday. The owner of the 57-foot Chris-craft, Never Say Never, contacted Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders at approximately 5:30 p.m., reporting that his boat was taking on water. The command center watchstanders […]

SANTA ANA–Laguna Hills man has been arrested on federal charges alleging he oversaw a scheme that smuggled counterfeit Apple and Samsung cell phone components from China that were sold in the United States, generating tens of millions of dollars in revenue. Chan Hung Le, 44, was arrested Tuesday morning by special agents with U.S. Immigration […]

Julian Assange, 47, the founder of WikiLeaks, was arrested Friday in the United Kingdom pursuant to the U.S./UK Extradition Treaty, in connection with a federal charge of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for agreeing to break a password to a classified U.S. government computer. According to court documents unsealed, the charge relates to Assange’s alleged […]

The former associate general counsel and assistant secretary of SeaWorld Entertainment Incorporated (SeaWorld), a publicly traded amusement park corporation headquartered in Orlando, Florida, pleaded guilty Tuesday for his role in an insider-trading scheme, federal prosecutors said. Paul Powers, 60, of Winter Park, Florida, pleaded guilty to one count of insider trading before U.S. Magistrate Judge […]

A federal grand jury in Abingdon, Virginia, has indicted Indivior Incorporated (formerly known as Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals Inc.) and Indivior PLC (Indivior) for engaging in an illicit nationwide scheme to increase prescriptions of Suboxone Film, an opioid drug used in the treatment of opioid addiction, the Department of Justice said. According to the indictment, Indivior […]