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Court rejects Google’s appeal against Russian antitrust decision

August 17, 2016
The 9th Arbitration Appeal Court pronounced legitimacy and reasonableness of the decision of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) on a case against Google abusing dominance on the market.

My Pillow to pay $1.1 million for failing to collect New York sales taxes

August 17, 2016
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced a $1.1 million dollar settlement resolving a whistleblower case against My Pillow, a Minnesota corporation that sells pillows and other sleep-related products.

Lawrence County, Ky. medical practice, employees charged with Medicaid fraud

August 16, 2016
Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear and his Office of Medicaid Fraud and Abuse announced the indictment of a Lawrence County Medical Practice and the arrest of three providers of the practice on charges related to Medicaid fraud and forgery of prescriptions.

Arizona man allegedly stole $100,000 in NY pensions over 10 years

August 16, 2016
New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced the unsealing of an indictment charging John H. Eydeler III, a resident of Glendale, Arizona, with Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a Class C felony.

Miami man pleads guilty to $4.2 million home healthcare scheme

August 16, 2016
A Miami man pleaded guilty to charges related to his role in a $4.2 million home health care fraud scheme.

Former Kleenmaid director sentenced for fraud and insolvent trading

August 16, 2016
A former director of one of the Kleenmaid group of companies, Bradley Wendell Young, was sentenced to nine years imprisonment after being found guilty by Australian District Court jury of 18 offences.

Court supported FAS in bid-rigging case in oil transport in Chukotka

August 16, 2016
Moscow Arbitration Court pronounced legitimacy and reasonableness of FAS decision on a case against Chukotsnab State Unitary Enterprise of the Chukotka Autonomous District and Polyarnaya Zvezda Cooperative Association of Prospectors.

Repeat violator Trilegiant to pay $300,000 to Iowa, refund consumers

August 15, 2016
A Connecticut-based marketing company that has been the target of previous consumer fraud enforcement actions will pay $300,000 to the state.

After being found guilty, PG&E goes underground

August 13, 2016
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has been found guilty of 6 of 12 counts against arising from a deadly pipeline explosion that occurred in 2010.

Florida woman arrested for Medicaid fraud, faces 90 years in prison

August 12, 2016
Attorney General Pam Bondi\'s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the Orlando Police Department arrested a convicted felon for allegedly defrauding the Medicaid program out of at least $51,000.

Online retailer pleads guilty for fixing prices of wall posters

August 12, 2016
An e-commerce retailer pleaded guilty for conspiring to fix the prices of posters sold online, the Department of Justice announced today.

Russia fines Google $6.75 million for abusing dominant position

August 11, 2016
Russia’s anti-trust authority FAS fined Google 438 million rubles ($6.75 million) after finding it guilty of abusing its dominant market position by forcing smartphone makers to install its search engine on Android phones.