Three Banks Collectively Will Pay Penalties of More than $3.1 Million and Continue to Cooperate with Department Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 16, 2015. The Department of Justice announced today that Mercantil Bank (Schweiz) AG, Banque Cantonale Neuchâteloise and Nidwaldner Kantonalbank have reached resolutions under the department’s Swiss Bank Program. The Swiss Bank[Read More…]
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Vietnamese National Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Operating a Massive International Hacking and Identity Theft Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2015. A Vietnamese national was sentenced to 13 years in prison for hacking into U.S. businesses’ computers, stealing personally identifiably information (PII), and selling to other cybercriminals his fraudulently-obtained access to PII belonging to approximately 200 million U.S. citizens. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the[Read More…]
Nine Defendants Charged in International Stock Fraud Scam
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2015. An indictment was unsealed today charging nine defendants with offenses based on their roles in complex, international stock manipulation and money laundering schemes generating approximately $6.5 million in illicit proceeds. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Dana J.[Read More…]
Owner of Mortgage Company Pleads Guilty to $64 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Co-Developer and Underwriter Also Plead Guilty Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2015. A Miami-area real estate developer and owner of a mortgage company, his business partner and a senior mortgage underwriter each pleaded guilty to a mortgage fraud scheme involving federally insured mortgages that caused losses of $64 million to the Federal[Read More…]
Happy’s Pizza Founder and Co-Conspirators Sentenced to Prison for Multi-Million Dollar Income and Employment Tax Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2015. A Detroit-area businessman and other co-conspirators were sentenced to prison this week for income and employment tax fraud in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. “Fraudulent business owners[Read More…]
United States Files Enforcement Action against Iowa Dietary Supplement Company and Principals to Stop Distribution of Adulterated and Misbranded Dietary Supplements
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 10, 2015. The United States filed a civil complaint today in federal court against Iowa Select Herbs LLC, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, its president and CEO, Gordon L. Freeman, and a partial owner, Lois A. Dotterweich, to prevent the distribution of adulterated and misbranded dietary supplements, announced Principal[Read More…]
Detroit Area Doctor Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Providing Medically Unnecessary Chemotherapy to Patients
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2015. A Detroit area hematologist-oncologist was sentenced today to serve 45 years in prison for his role in a health care fraud scheme that included administering medically unnecessary infusions or injections to 553 individual patients and submitting to Medicare and private insurance companies approximately $34 million in[Read More…]
Army National Guard Official Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison for Accepting $30,000 Bribe
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2015. An Army National Guard official was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for accepting a $30,000 bribe in exchange for steering a $3.6 million contract to a retired sergeant major of the Minnesota Army National Guard and his consulting company. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R.[Read More…]
Justice Department Announces Two Banks Reach Resolutions under Swiss Bank Program
Banque Pasche SA Will Pay $7.229 Million Penalty and ARVEST Privatbank AG Will Pay $1.044 Million Penalty; Both Continue to Cooperate With Department of Justice Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 9, 2015. The Department of Justice announced today that two banks, Banque Pasche SA and ARVEST Privatbank AG, have reached resolutions under the[Read More…]
Chattanooga, Tennessee, Man Charged with Solicitation to Burn Down a Mosque in Islamberg, New York
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 7, 2015. Vanita Gupta, the head of the Civil Rights Division, and William C. Killian, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, announced today that a federal grand jury in Knoxville, Tennessee, returned a one-count indictment charging Robert Doggart, 63, with soliciting another person to violate[Read More…]
