HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that John H. Johnson and his wife, Paula Z. Johnson, both age 62, of Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, were sentenced on September 17, 2024, by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner, for committing fraud. John Johnson received a sentence of 97 months in prison, f  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that a medical device distributor, Azon Medical, LLC ("Azon"), has agreed to pay $1,019,307.86 to resolve liability under the False Claims Act for allegedly causing improper billing of "P-Stim" devices, in this case branded as "AnSiStim." From approximately September 1, 2016, through October 26,  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Oksana Kredens, 60, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by United States District Judge Kelley Brisbon Hodge to 20 months in prison for her participation in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud. In addition to her term of incarceration, Kredens was ordered to serve a three-year   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Secret Service issued the following news release: Communications gaps and a lack of diligence by U.S. Secret Service personnel preceded the July 13 attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, according to a summary of the agency's mission assurance investigation released Friday. The findings of the investigation have prompted the Secret Service to move into the accountability phase of this   more