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Federal Tipoffs Involving Connecticut Newsletter for Sunday February 07, 2021 ( 6 items )  

Conn. U.S. Attorney: Connecticut Behavioral Health Clinician Group Pays $100K to Settle False Claims Allegations
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, John H. Durham, issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2021: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that NEIL QUATRANO, and his business, BEHAVIORAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments and will pay more than $100,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the federal and state False Claim  more

Conn. U.S. Attorney: Danielson Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding U.S. Postal Service
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, John H. Durham, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2021: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Matthew Modafferi, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Postal Service, Office of Inspector General, announced that ABILIO PEDROSO, 41, of Danielson, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden to theft of governmen  more

Conn. U.S. Attorney: Healthcare Company, Lab Pay $845K to Resolve Federal, State False Claims Act Allegations
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, John H. Durham, issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2021: U.S. Attorney John H. Durham and Special Agent in Charge Phillip Coyne of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General, today announced that SECON OF NEW ENGLAND, LLC, d/b/a SECON LABORATORIES, and STERLING HEALTHCARE OPCO, LLC, d/b/a CORDANT HEALTH SOLUTIONS (collectively, "Cordant") have entered into a civi  more

Conn. U.S. Attorney: Man Admits Operating Lottery Scam That Defrauded Connecticut Victim of Nearly $1.2 Million
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, John H. Durham, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2021: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that STIEVE FERNANDEZ, 35, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to a conspiracy charge stemming from a lottery scam  more

Defense Contract Management Agency Aircraft Propulsion Operations - Pratt & Whitney Converts Garbage Into Gold
EAST HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 3 -- The Defense Contract Management Agency issued the following news: The watchful eyes of Defense Contract Management Agency Aircraft Propulsion Operations - Pratt & Whitney employees have prevented millions of dollars-worth of parts from being thrown out as scrap. An agency technical review of jet engine components that were presented as scrap found that the material could be returned to service, saving the government $6 million. Ronald Buonanducci, quality  more

FBI New Haven and Yale University Police Department Announce 2021 Introduction to the Future Law Enforcement Youth Academy
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation New Haven Field Office issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2021: The New Haven FBI Field Office and Yale University Police Department are proud to announce the 2021 Introduction to the Future Law Enforcement Youth Academy (FLEYA). Two of the nation's most notable and iconic institutions will conduct a full day law enforcement and legal training seminar for selected youth from the state of Connecticu  more