Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2015.  Two tax return preparers with offices located in California, Maryland and New York were sentenced today in Los Angeles for facilitating an offshore tax fraud scheme, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.  David Kalai was sentenced to serve[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2015.  Adam Dandach, 21, of Orange, California, pleaded guilty today to a two-count second superseding information charging him with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and making a false statement in a passport application. The guilty plea was[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2015. A former resident of Bergen County, New Jersey, was arrested this morning for allegedly conspiring and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. The announcement was made by Assistant Attorney General for National[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 7, 2015. Gerard Kruse, 42, a social worker who lives in Oviedo, Florida, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, to 13 Lacey Act violations for his role in the trade of illegally caught snakes, the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division announced. Kruse[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2015.  A 38-year-old Bremerton, Washington man pleaded guilty today to a federal hate crime under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act, for a January 2015 assault on three gay men, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes, Western District of Washington and Principal[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2015.  Ricky T. Wallace aka Justice, 34, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, was sentenced today to 12 years in federal prison for trafficking a 17-year-old female resident of a group home in the Boston area to Rhode Island for the purposes of commercial sexual activity.                                                       At the time[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2015. A Miami-area pharmacy owner pleaded guilty today to submitting almost $1.6 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge George L.[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2015.  The owner and operator of a Los Angeles pharmacy was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for his role in a fraud scheme involving the Medicare Part D prescription drug program. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2015. An indictment was recently unsealed in Houston charging four men with various offenses based on their roles in smuggling pet products with counterfeit labels into the United States.  Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 3, 2015. The Department of Justice announced today that Bank EKI Genossenschaft (Bank EKI) has reached a resolution under the department’s Swiss Bank Program. The Swiss Bank Program, which was announced on Aug. 29, 2013, provides a path for Swiss banks to resolve potential criminal liabilities in the[Read More…]