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Federal Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Wednesday September 11, 2024 ( 3 items )  

ERO Boston arrests Brazilian fugitive wanted for murder in home country
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston apprehended a Brazilian fugitive wanted by authorities to face murder charges in his home country. Officers from ERO Boston arrested the unlawfully present 54-year-old Brazilian national Aug. 29 in Worcester, Massachusetts. "This Brazilian fugitive fled justice in his home country and attempted to hide out in   more

Litigation: SEC Charges Biopharmaceutical Company Employee With Insider Trading
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:24-civ-12316; D. Mass filed Sept. 10, 2024) involving Dishant Gupta: * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged New Jersey resident Dishant Gupta with insider trading ahead of an announcement that Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., Gupta's employer, had agreed to acquire Epizyme, Inc. According to the SEC's complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of M  more

Mass. U.S. Attorney: Four Charged in $1 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: One Massachusetts resident has been indicted, and two Massachusetts residents and one New York resident have agreed to plead guilty, in connection with a scheme to defraud various health insurance companies by submitting false claims seeking reimbursement for over $1 million of bogus medical expenses purportedly incurred during international travel. Henry Ezeo  more