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Former Nurse Gets Stiff Sentence For Medicare Fraud

Posted On Friday, May 18, 2018 At 6:02PM

What Happened? On May 9, 2018, Joan Cicchiello, a 67-year-old former registered nurse, was sentenced in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania to 72 months’...

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John Schwab Speaks On Opioid Enforcement

Posted On Monday, April 30, 2018 At 1:30PM
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On April 27, 2018, John Schwab spoke at The New York State Pain Society: 2018 Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions. Mr. Schwab presented on "Opioid Enforcement in 2018: DOJ, HHS,...

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DOJ Rolls Out New Initiatives For Opioid Enforcement

Posted On Friday, April 27, 2018 At 1:33PM
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What Happened In mid-April, the Department of Justice announced several new initiatives in the war on opioid-related crime: On April 17, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the...

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A Quick Look At The President’s 2019 Budget Request For DOJ

Posted On Tuesday, April 17, 2018 At 1:34PM

What Happened President Trump requested $28 billion for the Department of Justice in his budget proposal for the 2019 fiscal year.   The Rundown The request reemphasizes this...

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DEA’s 45-Day “Surge” Nets 366 Leads And 28 Arrests

Posted On Wednesday, April 4, 2018 At 1:36PM
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What Happened In the “surge” announced in late-January 2018, the DEA focused its enforcement and administrative resources on prescribers and pharmacies for 45 days in February and...

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Supreme Court Limits Tax Obstruction

Posted On Wednesday, March 28, 2018 At 1:39PM
By: Christopher A. Iacono

What Happened This week, the United States Supreme Court in Marinello v. United States held that in order to sustain a tax obstruction conviction, there must be a nexus between the...

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