Veterans Affairs Police Chief to have FTCA Lawsuit Filed on Him Before Years End
A Veterans Affairs Police Chief who filed a false report and sent emails to his government email to make it appear that his spouse received messages she never received will have a Federal Tort Claim filed on his conduct. Although the lawsuit will not name Mr. Wallace, it will be sent to the United States […]
Texas Trade School Owner Found Guilty of Defrauding the VA & Student Veterans
The owner of a for-profit trade school has been convicted of bilking the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs of $72 million and of misleading student veterans, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah. After approximately seven hours of deliberation, a federal jury on Thursday found Jonathan Dean Davis, the 43 […]
Houston Deputy Constable Arrested on Drug and Money Laundering Charges
On April 6, 2021, The Department of Justice issued a Press Release informing the public that a “Harris County deputy constable has been charged with conspiring with his girlfriend to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine.” The announcement was made Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Lowery. “A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment April […]
Four Houston Area People Have Been Charged in $32M Health Care Fraud Scheme
The Department of Justice has charged a medical director, operator and two unlicensed practitioners whom worked at a Texas medical clinic. They are facing charges related to their alleged participation in a $32 million health care fraud scheme. Farrah Forough Farizani, D.O., 57, Hamid Reza Razavi, 60, Elie Hanna Hajjar, 48, and Juan Acuña, 64, […]
Merida Group Executive Previously Convicted of a $150 Million Hospice Medicare Fraud Scheme Has Been Sentenced to Ten Years and Restitution
Recent news has been released by the Department of Justice (DoJ), as it relates to the sentencing of executives with a once, flourishing home health and hospice organization. The DoJ has provided a press release. In the release, it identifies, “A corporate executive [to be} ordered to prison after his conviction related to falsely telling […]
USAO employee indicted for conspiring to obstruct justice
Press Release: HOUSTON – A federal grand jury sitting in Austin has returned a six-count indictment against a 31-year-old paralegal specialist with the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Western District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick of the Southern District of Texas. Jennifer Loya is charged with drug trafficking crimes, conspiring to obstruct […]
Health Care Executive Sentenced to 20 Years in TRICARE Fraud Case
Press Release: The health care executive at the center of a $70 million compounded pain and scar cream fraud has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox. In December 2019, after six days of deliberation, a federal jury convicted John Paul Cooper, […]
San Antonio Area Pharmaceutical Sales Representative Sentenced to Prison for Paying Over $400K in Bribes to Physicians and Physician Assistants
PRESS RELEASE: In San Antonio this morning, a federal judge sentenced 46-year-old former pharmaceutical sales representative Holly Blakely, of San Antonio, TX, to 30 months in federal prison for a Bribery/Health Care Fraud scheme that netted her over $1 million, announced U.S. Attorney John Bash, FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, […]
San Antonio Veterans Affairs Police Chief May Have Abused His Legal Authority
Terry Jay Wallace Senior, the Veterans Affairs (VA) Police Chief and previous Harlingen VA Police Chief may have overstepped his legal authority when he investigated a matter personal to him, by use of his own office. The legal authority for VA Police can be referenced in our posting which we published here: VA Police Authority […]
San Antonio Veterans Affairs Police Service Posts a Job Announcement with Misleading Information
If your are interested in knowing what the Veterans Affairs Police Service (VAPS) does, its not to the degree one may think when reading the job announcement for a Detective position, which was posted on USAjobs.gov: The posting talks about all the major crimes a VAPS Detective can investigate. it goes into the surveillance aspect […]