Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Charmonequette Reynolds, 22, plead guilty in United States District Court to a three-count indictment charging her with Conspiracy to Interfere with Commerce by Robbery, Interference with Commerce by Robbery, and Use of a Firearm During a Crime of Violence, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern[Read More…]

Evansville, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Joseph H. Hogsett, the United States Attorney, announced today that a former postmaster at the Elberfeld Post Office branch entered a plea of guilty of possession and receiving child pornography. Floyd M. Thompson, age 60, of Evansville, appeared in federal court today in front of U.S. District Chief[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Zion man suspected of committing three Waukegan bank robberies has been arrested and charged in connection with one of those robberies. The arrest and charge were announced today by Robert J. Holley, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Office of the FBI, and Zachary T. Fardon,[Read More…]

Money Will Provide Relief to Harmed Borrowers and Establish Prevention Fund Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 3, 2014. The Department of Justice today announced an agreement with SunTrust Mortgage Inc. that resolves a criminal investigation of SunTrust’s administration of the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP).  As detailed in documents filed today, SunTrust misled[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 1, 2014. The United States has filed a complaint and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has entered a consent decree against Mira Health Ltd. (Mira), its chief operating officer, Michael S. Ragno Sr., and its quality assurance manager, Michael S. Ragno Jr.,[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 1, 2014. The Department of Justice today announced the filing of a civil lawsuit against Laclede Inc. and its president, Michael A. Pellico, seeking to stop the distribution of over-the-counter vaginal drug products that the company makes and sells nationwide. The lawsuit, filed on June 25, 2014, in[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 30, 2014. According to court documents submitted today, BNP Paribas S.A. (BNPP), a global financial institution headquartered in Paris, agreed to enter a guilty plea to conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA) by processing billions of[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 30, 2014. U.S. Bank has agreed to pay the United States $200 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly originating and underwriting mortgage loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) that did not meet applicable requirements, the Justice Department announced today.[Read More…]

Executive Agrees to Serve One Year and One Day in U.S. Prison Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 30, 2014. An executive of Japan-based Denso Corp. has agreed to plead guilty and to serve one year and one day in a U.S. prison in connection with the Antitrust Division’s investigation into a conspiracy to[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)—June 27, 2014. Army Soldier Naeem Williams, 34, will receive a life sentence for murdering his five-year-old daughter, Talia Williams, after a federal jury in Honolulu, Hawaii, reported today it was unable to reach a unanimous decision on whether to impose the death penalty. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R.[Read More…]