Defendant Attempted to Pass Navy Supercarrier Schematics to Egypt Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015.  Mostafa Ahmed Awwad, 36, of Yorktown, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to charges of attempted espionage relating to his attempt to provide schematics of the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to Egypt while serving as a[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015.  The former co-chief executive officer (CEO) of PetroTiger Ltd. – a British Virgin Islands oil and gas company with operations in Colombia and formerly with an office in New Jersey – pleaded guilty today to conspiring to pay bribes to a foreign government official in violation[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015.  A leader of the Imperial Gangsters street gang was sentenced today to life in prison for five counts of murder in aid of racketeering and other RICO-related charges, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David A.[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015.  Children’s Hospital, Children’s National Medical Center Inc. and its affiliated entities (collectively CNMC) have agreed to pay $12.9 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false cost reports and other applications to the components and contractors of the Department of[Read More…]

Operator of Psychiatric Facility Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison, and Owner of Group Home Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2015.  The former president of a Houston hospital, his son and a co-conspirator were sentenced today to 45 years, 20 years and 12 years in prison,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2015.  One member of the Universal Aryan Brotherhood (UAB) prison gang pleaded guilty today to an indictment charging him with conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Assistant Attorney General ­­­­­­­Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2015.   A former specialist with the U.S. Army pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe from an Afghan truck driver at Forward Operating Base Gardez, Afghanistan (FOB Gardez), in exchange for allowing the driver to take thousands of gallons of fuel from the base for resale on the[Read More…]

Société Générale Private Banking Will Pay $17.807 Million Penalty and Berner Kantonalbank AG Will Pay $4.619 Million Penalty; Both Continue to Cooperate With Department of Justice Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 9, 2015. The Department of Justice announced today that two banks, Société Générale Private Banking (Suisse) SA (SGPB-Suisse) and Berner Kantonalbank AG[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2015.  A Wichita, Kansas, man pleaded guilty to attempting to explode a car bomb at the airport in Wichita, announced Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and U.S. Attorney Barry R. Grissom of the District of Kansas. Terry Lee Loewen, 59, of Wichita, pleaded[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2015.  The United States filed today a proposed consent decree that will resolve claims of federal, state and tribal resource trustees for natural resource damages (NRD) caused by the 2010 rupture of Enbridge’s Line 6B pipeline in Michigan that resulted in one of the largest inland oil[Read More…]