Wednesday - November 27, 2024
Federal Tipoffs Involving Missouri Newsletter for Tuesday August 27, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Ariz. U.S. Attorney: United Seating and Mobility, LLC, D/B/A Numotion, Agrees to Pay $13,500,000 to Resolve Alleged False Claims for Custom Wheelchairs
PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2024: United States Attorney Gary M. Restaino announced today that United Seating and Mobility, LLC, d/b/a Numotion (Numotion), a Missouri limited liability company that provides specialized durable medical equipment, agreed to pay $13,500,000 to resolve allegations that the company violated the federal False Claims Act (FCA). The settlement resolves allegation  more

EPA Region 7 Orders Grocery Distributors in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska to Stop Sale of Illegal Fabuloso Disinfectant Products
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: LENEXA, KAN. (AUG. 26, 2024) - On Aug. 8, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 ordered three grocery distributors to stop the sale and distribution of certain Fabuloso household disinfectant products. EPA says that Estancia La Bodega Inc. of St. Louis, Missouri, Pan-Y-Mas of Kansas City, Kansas, and Promex Ltd. of Omaha, Nebraska, distributed cleaning products that were illega  more

Mo. U.S. Attorney: Former Willard Mayor Sentenced for $300,000 Fraud Scheme
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, Aug. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2024: A former mayor and alderman of Willard, Mo., was sentenced in federal court today for a five-year-long scheme in which he used personal identity information to steal nearly $300,000 from more than 500 truck drivers who worked for his employer. Corey Louis Hendrickson, 46, of Springfield, Mo., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wim  more

Mo. U.S. Attorney: Joplin Man Sentenced to 22 Years for Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearms
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, Aug. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2024: A Joplin, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and for illegally possessing firearms. Dustin L. Holden, 34, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark on Friday, Aug. 23, to 22 years and nine months in federal prison without parole. On Feb. 13, 2024, Holden pl  more

Public Comments Sought on Plan for Navigation Study at Kaskaskia River Port District Terminal 2 Public Meeting to Be Held on September 12
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Louis District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District in coordination with the non-federal sponsor, Kaskaskia Regional Port District, are planning to implement a navigation improvement project at the Kaskaskia Regional Port District Terminal 2, and are seeking comments on the project. The project, which is authorized through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Continuing Authoriti  more