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Federal Tipoffs Involving Kentucky Newsletter for Saturday June 29, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Ky. U.S. Attorney Announces Participation in Coordinated National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, June 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: Today, U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett announced criminal charges against six defendants in connection with schemes to defraud health care benefit programs and misuse of controlled substances in the Western District of Kentucky. The charges filed in federal court are part of the Justice Department's 2024 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement  more

U.S. Marshals Arrest Escaped Inmate in Covington, Kentucky
COVINGTON, Kentucky, June 28 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Marshals Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Marshals Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST), and U.S Marshals Central Kentucky Fugitive Task Force, arrested Fugitive Tylee Thompson on June 27, 2024. Tylee Thompson was wanted by the Henderson County Sheriff's Office for Escape and Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer. Thompson escaped on January 26, 2024, from a jail facility after he assaul  more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: National Enforcement Action Results in 193 Individuals Charged, Including 2 in West Virginia, for Over $2.75 Billion in False Claims and Controlled Substance Abuse Schemes
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: United States Attorney Will Thompson announced criminal charges today against a Logan County physician and a Kentucky registered nurse in connection with separate alleged controlled substance abuse schemes. The charges filed in federal court are part of the Justice Department's 2024 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action. "I  more