G.S. Electech Agrees to Plead Guilty to Price Fixing on Auto Parts Installed in U.S. Cars

Company Also Agrees to Pay $2.75 Million Criminal Fine

Company Also Agrees to Pay $2.75 Million Criminal Fine

WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta blasted Congress this weekend for threatening the Defense Department with sequestration he said would be devastating to the force.

WASHINGTON—A Miami-area resident pleaded guilty today for his role in structuring monetary transactions to provide cash for the furtherance of a fraud scheme that resulted in the submission of more than $200 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

LAS VEGAS—Following a two-week jury trial, a southern California man has been convicted of defrauding several local casinos of about $1 million by using recruits to obtain casino credit markers that were not paid back, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.