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Bronx Man Sentenced for Offering a Bribe to a Public Official 8/23/2023 Muhammad Z. Aabdin, of the Bronx, New York, was sentenced to three years of probation after pleading guilty to offering a bribe to a public official. Aabdin admitted that in September 2020 he offered to share profits with a VA contracting officer in exchange for her awarding VA contracts to him for personal protective equipment. After making the initial bribe offer by email, he then reiterated it in a recorded phone conversation with an undercover agent posing as the contracting officer. Aabdin did not receive any VA contracts, and his actions did not cause a loss to the VA. This case was investigated by the VA OIG. Louisiana Man Pleaded Guilty to Wire Fraud in Connection with Home Aid Services Scheme 8/22/2023 Marc Quiroz of Covington pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud the VA. Beginning around April 2013 and continuing until July 2018, Quiroz submitted false applications to the VA on behalf of veterans claiming his business, VetAttend, had provided home aid services to veterans when it had not. As a result, the VA issued funds to more than 300 veterans and their surviving spouses from which Quiroz fraudulently appropriated, without the knowledge of the veterans, totaling more than $4 million. This case was investigated by the VA OIG. Quiroz’s sentencing date is scheduled for November 30. Second Louisiana Man Pleaded Guilty to Wire Fraud in Connection with Home Aid Services Scheme 8/22/2023 John Sutton of Mandeville pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud the VA. Beginning around April 2013 and continuing until July 2018, Sutton submitted false applications to the VA on behalf of veterans claiming his business, VetAttend, had provided home aid services to veterans when it had not. As a result, the VA issued funds to more than 300 veterans and their surviving spouses from which Sutton fraudulently appropriated, without the knowledge of the veterans, totaling more than $4 million. This case was investigated by the VA OIG. Sutton’s sentencing date is scheduled for November 9. Oklahoma Man Pleaded Guilty to Threatening Violence at a Tulsa VA Outpatient Clinic 8/16/2023 On November 14, 2022, Zachariah Kade McGuire of Tulsa, Oklahoma, made a call to the Ernest Childers VA Outpatient Clinic threatening to murder people if he was not prescribed medications in a timely manner. Shortly after making the call, McGuire entered the clinic with a loaded firearm and was detained by officers, who had been made aware of his earlier phone call. McGuire pleaded guilty and faces up to five years in federal prison. The VA OIG, FBI, VA Police, and the Tulsa Police Department investigated this case. Pharmacy Owner Convicted of Payment of Illegal Kickbacks and Money Laundering 7/31/2023 Richard Hall, a pharmacy owner in Fort Worth, Texas, was convicted of paying illegal kickbacks and money laundering related to a scheme to create and market expensive compounding medications. Hall and other paid marketers recruited area doctors to write prescriptions for these medications as well as offered them investment opportunities so the participating doctors could profit from the pharmacy operations. A sentencing date has not yet been set. The VA OIG, FBI, Defense Criminal Investigative Service, Department of Health and Human Services OIG, and Department of Labor OIG investigated this case.