Complete DHS Report for September 21, 2016
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• A former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
deportation officer pleaded guilty September 15 after he and co-conspirators
smuggled over $2 million into the U.S. – U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern
District of Florida See item 2 below in
the Financial Services Sector
• The FBI is searching September 20 for a woman dubbed the “Wicked
Wig Bandit” who is suspected of robbing 5 banks in the Denver metropolitan area
since August, including a Chase Bank branch in Northglenn September 19. – Denver
Post See item 3 below in
the Financial Services Sector
• City officials in Ann Arbor, Michigan, announced September 19
that up to 600,000 gallons of sewage overflowed into the Huron River September
17 – September 19. – Ann Arbor News
15. September
20, Ann Arbor News – (Michigan) Up to 600,000 gallons of sewage overflow into
Huron River in Ann Arbor. City officials in Ann Arbor, Michigan, announced
September 19 that up to 600,000 gallons of sewage overflowed into the Huron
River September 17 – September 19 after construction debris accumulated in a
sanitary sewer pipe, blocking the flow of the sewage. Officials removed the
blockage and the flow was restored. Source: http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2016/09/up_to_600000_gallons_of_sewage.html
• North American Health Care Inc., its chairman of the board, and
its senior vice president agreed to pay a total of $30 million September 19 to
resolve allegations that they caused the submission of false claims to Medicare
and Tricare for medically unnecessary services from January 2005 – December
2011. – U.S. Department of Justice
17. September
19, U.S. Department of Justice – (National) North American
Health Care Inc. to pay $28.5 million to settle claims for medically
unnecessary rehabilitation therapy services. North American Health Care
Inc. (NAHC), its chairman of the board, and its senior vice president agreed to
pay a total of $30 million September 19 to resolve allegations that they caused
the submission of false claims to Medicare and Tricare for medically
unnecessary rehabilitation services provided to residents at NAHC skilled
nursing facilities in California and elsewhere from January 2005 – December
2011. As part of the settlement, NAHC entered a 5-year Corporate Integrity
Agreement requiring an independent organization to annually review the therapy
services billed to Medicare. Source: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/north-american-health-care-inc-pay-285-million-settle-claims-medically-unnecessary
Financial Services Sector
2. September
20, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Florida –
(International) Former United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
deportation officer pled guilty to bulk cash smuggling. A former U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation officer pleaded guilty
September 15 to Federal charges after he allegedly smuggled over $2 million
into the U.S. when he and co-conspirators, traveling from the Dominican
Republic to the U.S. attempted to conceal the money in at least 7 pieces of
luggage in order to avoid a currency reporting requirement on the U.S. Customs
and Border Protection declaration form. The charges state authorities
discovered the money during a subsequent search of the co-conspirators’
luggage.
3. September
20, Denver Post – (Colorado) “Wicked Wig Bandit” robs 5 Denver metro banks in
month long spree. The FBI is searching September 20 for a woman dubbed the
“Wicked Wig Bandit” who is suspected of robbing 5 banks in the Denver
metropolitan area since August, including a Chase Bank branch in Northglenn
September 19. Source: http://www.denverpost.com/2016/09/20/wicked-wig-bandit-denver-metro-bank-robbery/
Information Technology Sector
22. September
19, SecurityWeek – (International) Rockwell patches code execution flaw in
RSLogix product. Rockwell Automation released patches for several of its
RSLogix products used in the food and agriculture, critical manufacturing,
water, and chemical sectors to resolve a buffer overflow vulnerability after a
researcher discovered the flaw can be exploited by convincing a local user to
open a specially crafted rich site summary (RSS) file with a malicious version
of RSLogix in order to execute arbitrary code on a targeted system. Source: http://www.securityweek.com/rockwell-patches-code-execution-flaw-rslogix-product
Communications Sector
Nothing to report