OAKLAND, California, Dec. 19 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: California Attorney General Bonta joined a bipartisan multistate coalition of attorneys general in an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court defending states' rights to enforce state consumer financial protection laws against both state and national banks. In the brief filed in Cantero v. Bank of America, the coalition urges the Supreme Court to overturn a Second Circuit Court of Appeals dec  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The secretary of the Navy and chief of naval operations announced the following assignments: Rear Adm. (lower half) Amy N. Bauernschmidt is assigned as deputy commander, Seventh Fleet, Yokosuka, Japan. Rear Adm. (lower half) Walter D. Brafford is assigned as commander, Naval Medical Forces Support Command, with additional duties as Chief of the Dental Corps, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Rear Adm. (lower half  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 18, 2023: The Justice Department announced today a collection of cases against fraud networks that steal money from consumers and use deceptive tactics to conceal illicit activity from financial institutions, thereby allowing that illicit activity to continue. The cases include two civil actions unsealed in the past week seeking temporary restraining orders and the appointment of receivers to stop de  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 18 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today joined a coalition of 19 Attorneys General urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to affirm that the Fearless Foundation, a private charity that provides grants, training, and mentorship to individuals and companies that have been historically denied access to capital and precluded from full participation in social and   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Dec. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on Dec. 18, 2023: BioTelemetry Inc. and its subsidiary, LifeWatch Services Inc., headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, and Rosemont, Illinois, respectively (collectively LifeWatch), have agreed to pay more than $14.7 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting claims to federal health care programs for a higher level  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: BioTelemetry, Inc. and its subsidiary, LifeWatch Services, Inc., headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania and Rosemont, Illinois, respectively, have agreed to pay $14,734,628 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act when LifeWatch, through its marketing and enrollment process for remote cardiac monitoring services, knowingly submi  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois issued the following news release on Dec. 18, 2023: Two men have been indicted on a federal racketeering charge for allegedly murdering a man to maintain and increase their positions in a violent Chicago street gang. DIONTAE HARPER, 24, and AMONTI MCCLURE, 21, both of Chicago, are charged with one count of murder in aid of racketeering, according to an indictment returned in U.S. District Court   more

QUINCY, Illinois, Dec. 18 -- The Illinois National Guard issued the following news: Vietnam Veterans from the Illinois Army National Guard's 126th Supply and Services Co., presented the modern 126th Quartermaster Co. with a plaque with the 180 names of the Soldiers who served in Vietnam with the Illinois Army National Guard's 126th Supply and Services Co. of Quincy, Illinois, as part of the unit's family holiday party on Dec. 17. The plaque will hang for perpetuity in the Illinois Army Nationa  more