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Brownsville Mother and Daughter-in-Law Guilty in Health Care Fraud Scheme
McALLEN, TX—Felicitas Velez Alanis, 51, and her daughter-in-law, Erika Ortega Alanis, 27, both of Brownsville, Texas, have entered pleas of guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. Felicitas Alanis owned and operated Vel-Ala Inc.—a Texas corporation which did business as Nisi Medical Equipment and Supplies in and around Brownsville, Harlingen and elsewhere in South Texas.
Austin, Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Bankruptcy Fraud and Identity Theft in Connection with Nationwide Foreclosure Rescue Scheme
WASHINGTON—An Austin, Texas, man pleaded guilty today in the Western District of Texas for his role in operating a foreclosure rescue scam in Southern California and elsewhere that charged distressed homeowners fees in exchange for fraudulently postponing foreclosure sales. The guilty plea was announced by Assistant Attorney General Lanny A.
Six Plead Guilty in 3000+ Pound Marijuana Case
HOUSTON—A total of six men have entered guilty pleas in a case involving the smuggling of more than a ton of marijuana concealed in pallets of watermelons, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Humberto Reyes, 51, of Houston, and Victor Pena, 30, of Roma, Texas, entered their pleas today to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana before United States District Judge David Hittner, while Orlando Ramirez, 41, Lauro Cisneros, 27, both of Roma, Texas; Leonel Pena, 34, of Houston; and Roel Reyna, 47, of Rio Grande City, Texas, pleaded guilty last Friday.
Former DME Company Owner Lands in Federal Prison for 12 Years
HOUSTON—Benjamin Essien, the former owner of durable medical equipment (DME) companies Logic World Medical and Roben Medical in Houston, has been sentenced to 145 months in federal prison for defrauding the Texas Medicaid program, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. During sentencing this morning, U.S.
Ten South Texas Residents Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Aflac
McALLEN, TX—Ten south Texas residents have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a scheme to defraud the American Family Life Assurance Company (Aflac) by filing false injury claims under Aflac’s Accident-Only Insurance Plan, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. A total of 36 persons were charged in mid-June 2011 in a number of indictments for their roles in a scheme to defraud Aflac of millions of dollars by filing thousands of false injury claims.
Bruce Beutler, MD, U Chicago graduate, to receive 2011 Nobel Prize in Medicine
October 3, 2011 Bruce A. Beutler, MD, a 1981 graduate of the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine, is among three winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine for 2011.
Nearly 40 Members and Associates of Bandido Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Charged in Three Districts for Alleged Drug and Firearm Offenses
WASHINGTON—Nearly 40 members and associates of the Bandido Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (BOMG) were arrested yesterday and today on various firearms and drug-related charges in three judicial districts as part of a coordinated law enforcement effort, announced the Department of Justice and the FBI. Twenty-eight individuals were charged in the Northern District of Texas in six complaints unsealed today in Dallas with conspiracy to possess and to distribute heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine.
‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ Chuck Norris Becomes Actual Texas Ranger
Chuck Norris cracked skulls for years as a Texas ranger on television, and now Texas wants to make it official, minus the cracking skulls part. Gov.
Court rejects TX teen’s Web music case
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court has turned down an appeal from a Texas teenager who got in trouble for downloading music without paying. Whitney Harper acknowledged she used file-sharing networks to download and share three dozen songs.
Tony Parker Files His Own Divorce Papers in Texas
Looks like the Eva Longoria and Tony Parker divorce is turning into a battle. TMZ.com reports the basketball star filed his own divorce papers in Texas on Friday–in response to the papers Longoria filed earlier this week in Los Angeles.
