WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: A California physician pleaded guilty today in Los Angeles to criminal health care fraud, arising from her false home health certifications and related fraudulent billings to Medicare. According to court documents, Lilit Gagikovna Baltaian, 61, of Porter Ranch, was a physician licensed to practice in California and an enrolled Medicare provider. From approximately January 2012 through July  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2024: A Nevada man pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of wire fraud stemming from his role in a years-long fraud scheme, during which he stole more than $6.1 million in victim investor funds. According to court documents, Mykalai Kontilai, formerly Michael Contile, 55, of Las Vegas, facilitated an investment fraud scheme involving his company, Collector's Coffee Inc., doing business as Collec  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: A federal court in the Central District of California unsealed a criminal complaint yesterday charging Cristian Fernando Gutierrez-Ochoa -- a high-ranking member of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) and the son-in-law of the CJNG's leader, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as El Mencho -- with international drug trafficking and money laundering offenses. Gutierrez-Ochoa was  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA has awarded Bastion Technologies Inc., of Houston, the Center Occupational Safety, Health, Medical, System Safety and Mission Assurance Contract (COSMC) at the agency's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley. The COSMC contract is a hybrid cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price contract, with an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity component and maximum potential value of $53 million. The contract phase-in be  more