Last updated February 19, 2009 8:17 a.m. PT
SEATTLE — The U.S. attorney’s office in Seattle says a former Whidbey Island resident pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in a scheme to import counterfeit fitness equipment and other goods and sell them on eBay.
The 28-year-old man who now lives in Riverside, Calif., Bryan Polee, faces up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced May 15 in Seattle.
Prosecutors say the counterfeit goods from Read the rest of this entry »
SEATTLE – A man could face decades behind bars after admitting he stabbed and bludgeoned his parents to death during a drug-fueled rampage in their home.
Vincent W. Housley, 43, pleaded guilty in King County Superior Court to two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Joe and Karen Housley.
Vincent Houseley went against his lawyer’s advice in pleading guilty to stabbing Joe and Karen Housley in their Kent home and beating them with a wooden Read the rest of this entry »
Thomas Edward Green Jr., 51, of San Jose pleaded guilty to two felony counts Monday in U.S. District Court in San Jose. He is scheduled to be sentenced June 1.
Prosecutors said Green admitted that he sent at least 67 e-mails in 2006 containing images of child pornography, including “sadistic and masochistic conduct,” to people with whom he corresponded in online chat rooms.
Green is the director of the hospital’s patient financial services department. Read the rest of this entry »
Civil rights activist guilty of trespass in Ala.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Former Chicago alderman and civil rights activist Dorothy Tillman was found guilty Thursday of trespassing at an Alabama hospital in a dispute over her aunt’s medical records.
Municipal Judge Les Hayes gave her a suspended 10-day jail sentence and fined her $350. Her attorney, Dennis Sweet, appealed and asked for a trial, which has not been scheduled.
“They make Read the rest of this entry »
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Los Angeles hospital CEO has pleaded guilty to two counts of paying for illegal patient referrals in a scheme that billed government programs for unnecessary care given to homeless people.
Dr. Rudra Sabaratnam, who previously ran City of Angels Medical Center, entered his pleas Friday. Each count carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
He also agreed to pay more than $4.1 million in restitution to Read the rest of this entry »
A Justice Department inquiry into Stryker’s marketing of human bone growth products has resulted in guilty pleas by former company sales representatives.
One former sales official pleaded guilty two weeks ago, and another one did in November, court documents show.
Stryker, a leading maker of medical devices, and the United States attorney’s office in Boston, which is conducting the inquiry, declined to comment. A spokeswoman for Read the rest of this entry »
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former hospital executive admitted Friday he paid a man to recruit homeless people for unnecessary medical treatment in a scheme to bilk government health programs out of millions of dollars.
Dr. Rudra Sabaratnam, who ran City of Angels Medical Center, faces up to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to paying a recruiter nearly $500,000 to find Skid Row homeless people with Medi-Cal or Medicare cards and Read the rest of this entry »
Former City of Angels hospital exec Rudra Sabaratnam has pleaded guilty to a scam to defraud Medicare and Medicaid. The scam involved Sabaratnam paying kickbacks for homeless people recruited as patients for City of Angels Medical Center in Los Angeles.The homeless people were paid a small sum to pretend to have illnesses, where they were “treated.”
Co-conspirator Estill Mitts also pleaded guilty.He received kickbacks of nearly $500,000, disguised Read the rest of this entry »
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Six leading figures in Montreal’s Mafia pleaded guilty Thursday morning to charges of charges of conspiracy to traffic drugs, extort, run illegal bookmaking and possess illegal goods.
On top of the pyramid of the gang’s remaining leadership was Nicolo (Nick) Rizzuto, the 84-year-old father of Vito Rizzuto, described in court documents as the Godfather of Montreal’s Mafia.
Vito Rizzuto, has been in jail since 2004. In his absence, the elder Read the rest of this entry »
LOS ANGELES—The owner of a medical equipment company has pleaded guilty in Los Angeles to defrauding Medicare by using a patient’s identification number without the person’s knowledge.
Melkon Gabriyelyan, the owner of TA Medical Supply, pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated identity theft and health care fraud.
The U.S. district attorney’s office says Gabriyelyan stole the identity of a Medicare beneficiary to submit false claims for orthotic Read the rest of this entry »