HARRISBURG — This is an official press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (USAO - Pennsylvania, Middle), published as received.

HARRISBURG – United States Attorney Brian D. Miller announced today that the Middle District of Pennsylvania collected $8,601,498 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2025. Of this amount, $7,245,806 was collected in criminal actions and $1,355,692 was collected in civil actions.

The Middle District of Pennsylvania also worked with other U.S. Attorney’s Offices and components of the Department of Justice to collect an additional $599,066 in cases pursued jointly by these offices. Of this amount, $13,065 was collected in criminal actions and $586,001 was collected in civil actions.   

The United States Attorneys’ Offices, along with the department’s litigating divisions, are responsible for enforcing and collecting civil and criminal debts owed to the U.S. and criminal debts owed to federal crime victims. The law requires defendants to pay restitution to victims of certain federal crimes who have suffered a physical injury or financial loss. While restitution is paid to the victim, criminal fines and felony assessments are paid to the department’s Crime Victims Fund, which distributes the funds collected to federal and state victim compensation and victim assistance programs.

Examples of the civil and criminal debts collected for the Middle District are:

  • General Dynamics Ordnance Tactical Systems, Inc. (GD-OTS) (both as successor in interest to Medico Industries, and as the owner of GD-OTS-WB) submitted vouchers/invoices, and related documents and statements for payment for production of 60mm, 81mm, and 120mm shell bodies that did not receive phosphate tests with the frequency required by the contracts. After it discovered the problems, GD-OTS took prompt corrective action and disclosed the matter to United States government contracting personnel.  A settlement agreement was entered in which GD-OTS paid $838,125.
  • Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania, PC paid $790,000.00 to resolve False Claims Act allegations of civil liability for submitting claims to Medicare for Evaluation & Management (E&M) services that violated Medicare rules and regulations.
  • Defendants Adam Rashwan and former spouse Mervat Gharib owned and operated a small food market and convenience store, Capital City Family Market, in Harrisburg, PA. The store was approved to participate in SNAP. The defendants traded SNAP benefits in exchange for cash.  The defendants diverted approximately $1,091,922.05.  The Defendants were ordered to pay that amount in restitution to the USDA SNAP program. Rashwan paid a total of $680,523.57 thus far.  This includes Gharib’s payment of $100.
  • Florentina Mayko conspired to defraud Medicare by submitting payment for medically unnecessary urine drug tests for chronic opioid patients at medical clinics where she was the chief executive officer. Mayko was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,409,076.48 and to forfeit to the United States several properties.  Mayko paid a total of $859,139.79 thus far.

Additionally, the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, working with partner agencies and divisions, collected $1,488,197 in asset forfeiture actions in FY 2025. Forfeited assets deposited into the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund are used to restore funds to crime victims and for a variety of law enforcement purposes.

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