BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: First Psychiatric Planners, Inc. d/b/a Bournewood Health Systems and Bournewood Hospital (Bournewood) has agreed to pay at least $5.5 million and up to $6.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the federal and Massachusetts False Claims Acts. According to court documents, Bournewood provided free sober housing to substance use recovery patients enrolle  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A Florida company, and two individuals associated with the company, have been charged and agreed to plead guilty to charges associated with shipping facemasks that were misbranded as N95 respirators, and price gouging hospitals, during the earliest phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. JDM Supply LLC (JDM) has been charged with one count of conspiracy to introduce mis  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: In 2016, a massive seafood fraud case shook New Bedford, Massachusetts. It was perpetrated by Carlos Rafael, known locally as "The Codfather." He eventually admitted to more than two dozen criminal charges. With IRS agents disguised as Russian mobsters and duffle bags of cash in international smuggling, the details of this case make for more than just a good story. The case of The Codfather exe  more