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News Tipoffs - Indiana Editors Newsletter for Tuesday July 02, 2024 ( 8 items )  

Calif. U.S. Attorney: National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action Results in 193 Defendants Charged and Over $2.75 Billion in False Claims
SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California issued the following news release on July 1, 2024: Today, Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Yelovich, Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California, announced criminal charges against four defendants in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud federal health care benefit programs including Medicare and Medicaid. The charges   more

Culp, Aylesworth: Newly Released Data Shows Indiana is Losing Farmland
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, July 2 (TNSres) -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: Results of a new study by the Indiana State Department of Agriculture found that the state lost nearly 2% or 345,682 acres of farmland between 2010 and 2022 primarily due to residential home building around cities and suburban areas, according to State Reps. Kendell Culp (R-Rensselaer) and Michael Aylesworth (R-Hebron). In 2023, Culp authored a new law charging the ISDA with determining h  more

FAA: Investing in America - Biden-Harris Administration Announces Major Airport Investments Amid Record-Breaking Air Travel Season
WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release on July 1, 2024: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is announcing a seventh round of Airport Infrastructure Grants (AIG) totaling $289 million to 129 airports across 40 states, improving the safety and efficiency of air travel. The projects are funded under President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's AIG program, part of t  more

Justice Dept.: Home Health Providers to Pay $4.5M to Resolve Alleged False Claims Act Liability for Providing Kickbacks to Assisted Living Facilities, Doctors
WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Guardian Health Care Inc., Gem City Home Care LLC and Care Connection of Cincinnati LLC, home health agencies operating in Texas, Ohio and Indiana, along with their owner Evolution Health LLC (together, the Companies), have agreed to pay $4,496,330 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly providing illegal kickbacks to assisted living facilities and physicians in exchange f  more

Man Cited by Police After TSA Intercepts Loaded Gun at Reagan National Airport
ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: An Indiana man was cited by police after Transportation Security Administration officers intercepted a loaded firearm and switchblade among the man's carry-on items at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport today, Friday, June 28. The firearm was loaded with four bullets. The man told officials that he forgot that he had his loaded gun with him.  more

Statement of Ind. U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers on the Passing of Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Goodloe Jr.
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, July 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana issued the following news release: Zachary A. Myers, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, issued the following statement on the death of former Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Goodloe Jr.: Mr. Charles Goodloe, Jr., was a native of Greenfield, Indiana, and earned his undergraduate and law degrees at Indiana University. He joined the U.S. Attorney's office in 1971 as a la  more

U.S. Marshals Find 200 Missing Children Across the Nation During 'Operation We Will Find You 2'
WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Marshals Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), along with federal, state, and local agencies in seven federal judicial districts and geographical locations across the U.S., led a six-week national operation that resulted in finding 200 critically missing children, which includes endangered runaways and those abducted by noncustodial persons. Operation We Will Find You 2 (OWWFY2), the second-of-it  more

U.S. Marshals Find 200 Missing Children Across the Nation During Operation We Will Find You 2
WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), along with federal, state, and local agencies in seven federal judicial districts and geographical locations across the United States, led a six-week national operation that resulted in finding 200 critically missing children, which includes endangered runaways and those abducted by noncustodial persons. Operation We Will Find You 2 (OWWFY2), the second-of-its-kind nationwi  more