Senior US foreign aid official admits to accepting kickbacks and misleading federal authorities.
Federal Aid Agency Under Investigation for Mismanagement The U.S. Foundation for African Development, a foreign aid organization that has channeled significant taxpayer funds to initiatives across Africa over the past 40 years, has faced considerable pushback against efforts from the Trump administration aimed at increasing oversight and transparency in its operations. Months after a government […]
Trump administration aims to address pharmacy benefit manager kickbacks to reduce drug prices
The Trump administration announced plans to phase out rebates involving pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in an effort to lower health insurance costs for Americans. This initiative, referred to as the Great Healthcare Plan, is geared towards reducing both drug prices and premiums while holding major insurance companies accountable and promoting price transparency. President Trump recently […]
U.S. Prosecutors Accuse Large Insurers of Paying Kickbacks for Private Medicare Plans – The New York Times
The Justice Department accused three of the nation's largest health insurance companies of paying illegal kickbacks in hundreds of millions of dollars over several years to insurance brokers who led people to private Medicare plans. Federal prosecutors also accused the two insurers of conspired with brokers to discriminate against people with disabilities by blocking enrollment […]
Two Adams allies being eyed by feds for potentially influencing city contracts, taking kickbacks
The federal government is monitoring two top aides to Mayor Eric Adams for allegedly influencing city contracts and accepting bribes, according to information obtained by The Washington Post, a damning new lead in a wide-ranging investigation into corruption and patronage, law enforcement sources said. Federal authorities are investigating whether Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Phil […]
Former Cipriani bosses got kickbacks from $3M in fraud charges: suit
Italian hospitality company Cipriani is accusing two executives and a vendor of embezzling $3 million in kickbacks during a 10-year fake invoice scheme, according to a lawsuit. The A-List chain claims former operations director Andrew Heaton has made an estimated $5 million worth of falsehoods, inflated and duplicate payments from Fulton Supply Hardware Co. to […]