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• Baton Rouge medical testing center raided was part of 'largest health care fraud schemes ever' Play Video

  September 25, 2019 11:08 AM

  BATON ROUGE – The manager of a medical testing company raided by the FBI this week was paying doctors to refer patients – mostly elderly – to his clinic for medically unnecessary cancer tests, the federal government said. Kevin Hanley, 42, was charged in the $2.1 billion fraud scheme,... more »

• Case files, computers and phones seized during FBI raid on police, sheriff Thursday Play Video

  December 16, 2016 11:09 AM

  HAMMOND – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards released a statement about the FBI raid on his office Thursday. Friday afternoon was the first time the sheriff spoke publicly about the situation. Also raided by the federal government was the Hammond Police Department. City officials have yet to comment. ... more »

• FBI raids Hammond Police, local sheriff's office Thursday Play Video

  December 15, 2016 12:59 PM

  HAMMOND – Federal agents with the FBI raided the Hammond Police Department and Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office Thursday afternoon. According to Jeffrey Sallet, agents conducted "multiple court-authorized searches" inside the two offices around 12:20 p.m. Thursday. Officers with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Department of Justice were also... more »

• Local physician assistant sentenced for unlawfully distributing pain pills Play Video

  March 25, 2015 4:47 PM

  UPDATE: Christopher Armstrong was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for his role in a scheme to unlawfully distribute prescriptions for thousands of oxycodone pills. ****** BATON ROUGE- Federal Agents temporarily shut down and raided a local doctor's office, intercepting patients who pulled into the parking lot... more »

• Charter group releases letter about FBI raid

  December 12, 2013 4:37 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Administrators at a charter school in Baton Rouge raided by the FBI this week told parents today they were cooperating with the investigation. The principal of Kenilworth Science and Technology School, Hasan Suzuk, sent a letter to parents which said the school "has always operated in... more »