U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California
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U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA: San Diego Laboratory Admits Fraudulent TRICARE Billing; Agrees to Pay $49 Million
San Diego-based clinical laboratory Progenity, Inc. admitted that it submitted fraudulent bills to TRICARE, the Department of Defense health care benefit program that covers military service members and their dependents, and to the Federal Health Care Employee Benefits Program (FEHBP), for clinical tests that it knew were not covered or properly payable by either program. -
U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA: U.S. Attorney’s Office Works to Raise Awareness Prevent and Stop Elder Fraud on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
U.S. Attorney Robert S. Brewer, Jr. joined Attorney General William P. Barr and the entire Department of Justice in observing the 15th Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The Department echoes voices around the world condemning elder abuse, neglect and exploitation. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA: Defense Contractor SAIC Pays $5.98 Million to Settle False Claims Act Investigation
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a major defense contractor headquartered in Reston, Virginia, has paid $5,982,865 to resolve allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA: Department of Justice Awards $1 million to Bolster Law Enforcement Staffing in the Southern District of California
The U.S. Department of Justice yesterday awarded nearly $400 Million for law enforcement hiring to advance community policing, through the Department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) COPS Hiring Program (CHP). -
U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA: Federal Law Enforcement Leaders Affirm Importance of Protecting Civil Rights Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
U.S. Attorney Robert Brewer and FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Omer Meisel denounced discrimination and acts of hate related to the COVID-10 pandemic that target Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, Native Americans, and other racial and ethnic minorities and called on residents of San Diego and Imperial counties to take steps to counter xenophobia throughout the state. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA: Federal Prosecutors Team Up with AARP to Provide Californians with Information on COVID-19 Scams
Prosecutors from the four United States Attorney’s Office in California, along with representatives from the FBI, will be participating in a telephonic town hall being coordinated by the AARP to provide information to California residents to help them identify and avoid fraudulent schemes related to Coronavirus and COVID-19.The telephonic town hall will happen on Monday, April 20 from 10 a.m. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA: Department of Justice Makes $850 Million Available to Help Public Safety Agencies Address COVID-19 Pandemic
The Department of Justice today announced that it is making $850 million available to help public safety agencies respond to the challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19. The Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding program, authorized by the recent stimulus legislation signed by President Trump, will allow eligible state, local and tribal governments to apply immediately for these critical funds. -
U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA: Law Enforcement Issues Public Safety Warning about
The region’s highest-ranking law enforcement officials joined together to issue a dire public safety alert about the extreme danger of fentanyl-laced pills following the fatal overdose of a 15-year-old boy, the youngest person known to have died as a result of fentanyl in Imperial County. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA: San Diego’s Arch Health Pays $2.9 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations - January 23, 2020
Arch Health Partners, Inc. (“Arch Health”) has agreed to pay the United States $2,910,370 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA: San Diego Eye Doctors Pay $950,000 to Settle Medicare Billing Fraud Allegations
Mark D. Smith and Fane Robinson, two San Diego-area physicians, have paid the United States $948,768.18 to resolve allegations that they violated the federal False Claims Act by knowingly submitting false claims to Medicare. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA: U.S. Attorney’s Office Recovers more than $25 Million in Civil and Criminal Actions in Fiscal Year 2019
The Southern District of California collected $15,280,216.07 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2019. Of this amount, $11,247,702.88 was collected in criminal actions and $4,032,513.19 was collected in civil actions. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF CALIFORNIA: Senegalese National Admits Impersonating Deceased U.S. Citizen Since 1988
Almamy Baba Ly pleaded guilty in federal court to identity theft charges, admitting that he misused the identity of a deceased American citizen for 31 years in order to obtain identification documents and thousands of dollars in federal, state and local government benefits.