Federal and International

Member of Organized Cybercrime Ring Sentenced to 150 Months in Prison for Selling Stolen and Counterfeit Credit Cards

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2015.  A member of the identity theft and credit card fraud ring known as “Carder.su” was sentenced today to 150 months in federal prison for selling stolen and counterfeit credit cards over the Internet.  He was further ordered to pay $50.8 million in restitution. Assistant Attorney General[Read More…]

Two Cardiovascular Disease Testing Laboratories to Pay $48.5 Million to Settle Claims of Paying Kickbacks and Conducting Unnecessary Testing

United States Sues Two Other Companies and Three Individuals for Similar Violations Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2014.  Cardiovascular testing disease laboratories Health Diagnostics Laboratory Inc. (HDL), of Richmond, Virginia, and Singulex Inc., of Alameda, California, have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by paying remuneration to[Read More…]

Former Ohio State Trooper Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Coercing Female Motorists to Engage in Sexual Acts for Lenient Treatment

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2015.  A former trooper with the Ohio State Highway Patrol was sentenced today in Columbus, Ohio, to 60 months in federal prison for coercing four female victims to engage in sexual acts in exchange for lenient treatment in connection with potential criminal cases and traffic tickets. Assistant[Read More…]

Knoxville, Tennessee, Man Indicted on Two Counts of Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud and Coercion and Related Narcotics Charges

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 7, 2015. On Apr. 7, 2015, a federal grand jury in Knoxville, Tennessee, indicted Marcus Washington, 37, of Farragut, Tenn., charging him with  two counts of sex trafficking by force, threats of force, fraud and coercion; conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance; and[Read More…]

Fourth Brooklyn, New York, Resident Charged With Attempt and Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to ISIL

Defendant Allegedly is Part of ISIL Foreign Fighter Local Support Network; Travelled to Kennedy Airport on Feb. 25 to Provide Cash to Co-Defendant Shortly Before Co-Defendant Was Arrested Attempting to Board Flight to Turkey to Join ISIL Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 6, 2015.  U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch of the Eastern District[Read More…]

Former E-Commerce Executive Charged with Price Fixing in the Antitrust Division’s First Online Marketplace Prosecution

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 6, 2015. A former executive of an e-commerce seller of posters, prints and framed art has agreed to plead guilty for conspiring to fix the prices of posters sold online, the Department of Justice announced. A one-count felony charge was filed today in the U.S. District Court of[Read More…]

Fenton, MI Man Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Returns

Detroit, MI –(ENEWSPF)—April 6, 2015. A Fenton, Michigan man pleaded guilty to one count of filing false tax returns, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. United States Attorney McQuade was joined in the announcement by Jarod J. Koopman, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal[Read More…]

Philadelphia Woman Arrested for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2015. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced that Keonna Thomas, also known as Fatayat Al Khilafah and YoungLioness, 30, of Philadelphia, was charged today by criminal complaint with knowingly attempting to[Read More…]

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