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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Lansdale Man Faces 137 Years in Jail, Charged by Feds in $20M Mortgage Fraud Scheme

Willie G. Manley Jr., 62, was allegedly involved in a massive mortgage fraud scheme between May 2004 and February 2009 in West Philadelphia

A Lansdale accountant faces 137 years in prison, after he was charged Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice with five fraud counts and one aiding and abetting count, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Willie G. Manley Jr., 62, of the 800 block of Monticello Place, faces a conspiracy charge to commit loan and wire fraud, three counts of loan fraud, one count of lying to the Federal Housing Administration Loan, two counts of wire fraud and aiding and abetting, authorities said. Manley, authorities allege, is part of a massive mortgage fraud scheme that operated between May 2004 and February 2009 in West Philadelphia, authorities said. The fraud scheme involved more than $20 million in load …

Will Simcox

3:41 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013

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Thursday, January 17, 2013

North Wales Man Gets 42 Months in Federal Prison for Exporting Unlicensed National Security Goods

Timothy Gormley, 52, was an employee at Amplifier Research in Franconia. He admitted to shipping more than 50 national security-sensitive items to other countries by altering required export licenses because he was "too busy" at work

He admitted to violating National Security measures because he was "too busy" at work. Now, a North Wales Borough man will have all the time in the world in federal prison. Timothy Gormley, 52, of the 200 block of South Tenth Street, North Wales Borough, was sentenced Thursday in the U.S. District Court to 42 months in prison on five counts of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Gormley was an employee at Amplifier Research in Franconia Township. Amplifier Research manfactures and supplies microwave amplifiers for domestic and international customers. Most of the products at Amplifier Research are classified under export control, and require a license for export to places …

Monday, October 1, 2012

Montgomery Man Charged in Medicare Fraud Scheme

Brian Racey, 42, allegedly submitted at least $250,000 in fraudulent Medicare claims for bone growth stimulators from 2005 to 2011

Brian Racey, 42, of Barbaras Court in Montgomery Township, was charged by the U.S. Department of Justice for health care fraud for an alleged scheme where submitted a quarter-million in fraudulent Medicare claims for bone stimuators over a six-year period, according to an indictment from the U.S. District Court. The Medicare claims, according to the indictment, did not meet guidelines. Racey worked as a Tri-State territory manager from April 2004 to March 2011 for a company named Orthofix Inc., which manufactured and sold medical devices for human use, including bone growth stimulation devices. The U.S. District Court alleges Racey forged doctors’ notes and prescriptions to make it seem the devices cleared Medicare’s guidelines, and thus, …

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