NEWS RELEASE

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
BRADLEY J. SCHLOZMAN

PROJECT SAFE CHILDHOODOLATHE MAN INDICTED FOR ENTICING A MINOR
FOR ILLICIT SEX

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Bradley J. Schlozman, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that an Olathe, Kan., man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for using the Internet to attempt to entice a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, and for traveling across the state line to engage in illegal sexual conduct with a minor.

Eric Ryan Davis, 21, of Olathe, Kan., was charged in a three-count indictment returned under seal by a federal grand jury in Kansas City on Jan. 4, 2007. That indictment was unsealed and made public today upon Davis’ arrest and initial court appearance.

Count One of the federal indictment alleges that Davis used the Internet to attempt to entice a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity between Aug. 30 and Sept. 1, 2005.

Counts Two and Three of the federal indictment allege that on two separate occasions on Aug. 30 and 31, 2005, Davis traveled across the state line for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with another person.

The indictment also contains a forfeiture allegation, which would require Davis to forfeit to the government any property used to commit the alleged offenses, including a Compaq computer.

Schlozman cautioned that the charges contained in this indictment are simply accusations, and not evidence of guilt. Evidence supporting the charges must be presented to a federal trial jury, whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Katharine Fincham. It was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Platte County, Mo., Sheriff’s Department.

Project Safe Childhood

This case is being brought as part of Project Safe Childhood. In February 2006, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales created Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys Offices, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit

http://www.projectsafechildhood.gov

This news release, as well as additional information about the office of the United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, is available on-line at

www.usdoj.gov/usao/mow/index.html

Co-defendant Amazair McAllister, 49, of Blue Springs, was sentenced on Nov. 21, 2006, to one year and one day in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered McAllister to pay $1 million in restitution and to forfeit $100,000 to the government, which represents the proceeds of his criminal activities. McAllister pleaded guilty on July 10, 2006, to health care fraud and agreed to surrender his medical licenses and cease practicing medicine.

Co-defendant Ambrose Wotorson, 71, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Liberia residing in Kansas City, pleaded guilty on Feb. 24, 2006 to health care fraud. Wotorson was a licensed osteopathic physician and surgeon during the time of the fraud scheme, but has surrendered his medical license and no longer practices medicine. Wotorson is scheduled to be sentenced on March 5, 2007.

McAllister and Wotorson admitted that they falsely and fraudulently signed Certificates of Medical necessity for Medicare beneficiaries, certifying that the beneficiaries were eligible to receive a motorized wheelchair from Medicare when, as they knew, those beneficiaries were not medically eligible. Other members of the fraud scheme provided McAllister and Wotorson with cash payments and kickbacks that they took in exchange for providing the false and fraudulent Certificates of Medical Necessity.

This case is being prosecuted by Senior Litigation Counsel Gene Porter. It was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Office of Investigations for the Health and Human Services Inspector General.

This news release, as well as additional information about the office of the United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, is available on-line at www.usdoj.gov/usao/mow/index.html