Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 7, 2014. A California investment manager was found guilty in federal district court in Salt Lake City, Utah for his role in a $33 million investment fraud scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney Carlie Christensen for the District[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 7, 2014. A CEO of an Atlanta-area hospital and the co-owner and chief operating officer of an Atlanta-based medical clinic chain pleaded guilty in connection with the payment of illegal kickbacks to clinics in exchange for Medicaid patient referrals to hospitals in the Atlanta area and on Hilton[Read More…]

Four Former Employees of ConvergEx Have Now Been Charged in Connection with Securities Fraud Scheme Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 7, 2014. The former chief executive officer (CEO) and a former trader of ConvergEx Global Markets Limited (CGM Limited) — a former broker-dealer registered in Bermuda — were indicted late yesterday in federal[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 7, 2014. The Department of Justice has forfeited more than $480 million in corruption proceeds hidden in bank accounts around the world by former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha and his co-conspirators. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Assistant Director in Charge[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 7, 2014. The Justice Department reached an agreement today with Travel Management Company, a private airplane charter company based in Elkhart, Indiana, resolving claims that the company engaged in citizenship status discrimination in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).   Under the INA, employers may not discriminate[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago man was sentenced August 5 to 30 years in federal prison for forced sex-trafficking of two minor and two young adult women. The defendant, CARL BRANDON SMITH, forced his victims to engage in commercial sex acts, used physical violence, and threatened to kill them if they[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 7, 201. A disbarred Florida attorney was sentenced in federal court in Tampa, Florida today to serve 70 months in prison in connection with her role in a $28.3 million Medicare fraud scheme involving false claims for physical and occupational therapy services. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 6, 2014. A former foreign program director of International Adoption Guides Inc. (IAG), an adoption agency, pleaded guilty today to conspiring with others to defraud the United States by paying bribes to foreign officials and submitting fraudulent documents to the State Department for adoptions from Ethiopia. Assistant Attorney[Read More…]

New Albany-(ENEWSPF)- Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney, announced the indictment of Daniel N. Rodden, 60, Jeffersonville, July 29. Rodden was indicted for seven counts of making a false statement and one count of counseling the destruction of evidence in a federal investigation. On May 14, 2013, Rodden, the elected[Read More…]

Indianapolis, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney, announced the sentence of Pascal S. Sylla, 46, of Anderson, July 31. Sylla was convicted of one count of attempted bank robbery and one count of use and discharge of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. Sylla[Read More…]