Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 19, 2014. James Everett Dutschke, 41, of Tupelo, Mississippi., was sentenced today by United States District Judge Sharion Aycock, in Aberdeen, Mississippi., to a 300 month prison sentence for developing and possessing the biological agent ricin and subsequently mailing ricin-laced, threatening letters including one that threatened bodily harm[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 19, 2014. Former WellCare Chief Executive Officer Todd S. Farha, 45, of Tampa, Florida, was sentenced today in the Middle District of Florida to serve 36 months in prison for defrauding the Florida Medicaid program. Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 15, 2014. Steven Joshua Dinkle, 28, former Exalted Cyclops of the Ozark, Alabama, chapter of the International Keystone Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge W. Keith Watkins to serve 24 months in prison to be followed by three years[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 15, 2014. Six Miami-area residents, including three former loan officers, pleaded guilty in the Southern District of Florida this week to participating in a fraudulent scheme designed to enrich real estate developers by selling condominium units to straw buyers. Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 15, 2014. Four businessmen involved in the development, operation and ownership of restaurants, including Cadillac Ranch restaurants, in Ohio and elsewhere in the United States, pleaded guilty today to tax charges, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Joel Field from Marion, Ohio, Jon Field from[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014. A Phoenix man convicted after a jury trial last December of conspiracy and racketeering offenses for his involvement in a sophisticated cybercrime organization was sentenced today to serve 20 years in prison. Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S.[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 15, 2014. U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Reginald Martin, formerly an officer at Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) in Hagerstown, Maryland, to serve 12 months and one day in prison for his role in the assault of inmate Kenneth Davis.  RCI officers from three different shifts assaulted[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 14, 2014. A California man pleaded guilty today in the District of Massachusetts for his role in a conspiracy to hack into the computerized cash registers of a number of Subway restaurants to fraudulently obtain more than $40,000 in gift cards. Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 14, 2014. The Justice Department’s Civil Division announced today that Electrolux Home Products Inc. (Electrolux), of Charlotte, North Carolina, has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $750,000 to settle allegations that it knowingly failed to report immediately to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) a safety[Read More…]

Titanium Metals Corporation to Pay Record $13.75 Million Civil Penalty for TSCA Violations Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 14, 2014. Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET), one of the world’s largest producers of titanium parts for jet engines, has agreed to pay a record $13.75 million civil penalty and perform an extensive investigation and cleanup[Read More…]