First Western MA Business Partners with ICE

On November 27, 2012, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that the first western Massachusetts company, Classic Site Solutions Inc, joined the ICE’s IMAGE program (Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers).   Classic Site Solutions is a general contractor that specializes in green construction ...

Rhonda Lee Devries Sentenced in Fraud Scheme

On November 27, 2012, the US Attorney’s office for the District of Montana announced that Devries was sentenced to 110 months in prison and ordered to pay $3,811,221.52 in restitution.  She was sentenced for her role in a large bank fraud and embezzlement scheme, credit card fraud scheme, and money laundering scheme.   Devries ...

Shipment of Lead-Contaminated Toys Seized

On November 26, 2012, officers with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced they seized products on multiple ships that entered a Jacksonville, Florida port on November 14.  The federal officers found almost 24,000 toys with lead levels above federal standards.  Some of ...

Arizona Sex Offender Gets 12 Years in Prison

On November 26, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced that Michael Killala (43 years old) from Peoria, Arizona was sentenced to 144 months in prison.  He admitted that he traveled to southern California on two different occasions to have sex with a boy 14 years of age.  He met ...

Toro Riding Mowers Recalled for Fire Hazard

On November 27, 2012, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that The Toro Co issued a voluntary recall of several models of the Toro® Z Master® Riding Mower.  Consumers need to stop using these mowers immediately because they pose a fire hazard.   The traction drive belt on the mower can wear through ...

Gang and Organized Crime Members Arrested in NY

On November 27, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York announced that James Ferrara, Daniel Hanley, and Peter Kanakis were arrested for “extortionate extension of credit, extortionate collection of credit, and conspiracy to do the same.”  All of the men have their arraignments today ...

Baylor University Medical Center to Pay over $900,000

On November 27, 2012, the Department of Justice announced that Baylor University Medical Center, Baylor Health Care System, and HealthTexas Provider Network agreed to pay the federal government $907,355 for submitting false claims to Medicare. False claims were also submitted to the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program (FEHBP) ...

Mexican National Participated in Identity Trafficking Scheme

On November 26, 2012, the Department of Justice announced that Jose Sergio Garcia-Ramirez from Rockford, Illinois, received 58 months in prison for trafficking stolen identities and other identifying documents.  He was ordered to forfeit $35,900, and he will be removed from the United States after he serves time in prison.   According ...

Step2 Recalls Children’s Riding Toy for Fall Hazard

On November 27, 2012, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reported that the Step2 Company LLC in Streetsboro, Ohio was issuing a voluntary recall for a children’s riding toy because of a fall hazard.  Parents and guardians need to stop letting children using the recalled products immediately.   The CPSC ...

Chicago Massage Parlor Operator Receives Life in Prison

On November 26, 2012, the Department of Justice announced that Alex Campbell of Glenview, Illinois was sentenced to life in federal prison for “sex-trafficking, forced labor, harboring illegal aliens, confiscating passports to further forced labor and extortion involving four women.”  Campbell operated the Day and Night ...

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