Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 24, 2014. A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against John W. Ng, 58, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, charging him with hate crime offenses related to anti-Semitic threats he made against a Jewish woman who owns and operates the Nosh Jewish Delicatessen and Bakery in Albuquerque.  [Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 24, 2014. Arturo Gallegos Castrellon, aka “Benny,” “Farmero,” “51,” “Guero,” “Pecas,” “Tury,” and “86,” 35, of Chihuahua, Mexico, the Barrio Azteca Lieutenant who ordered the March 2010 murders of a U.S. Consulate employee, her husband and the husband of another U.S. Consulate employee, was sentenced today to serve[Read More…]

Court Sentences Executive to Serve Two Years in Prison Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 24, 2014. A former executive of a rubber hose manufacturer, who was extradited from Germany in early April 2014, today pleaded guilty and was sentenced to serve two years in prison for participating in a conspiracy to rig bids,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 23, 2014.  Amedisys Inc. and its affiliates (Amedisys) have agreed to pay $150 million to the federal government to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false home healthcare billings to the Medicare program, the Department of Justice announced today.  Amedisys, a Louisiana-based for-profit[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 23, 2014. A criminal information has been filed against a Pennsylvania firm and its chief officer, charging them with conspiracy to evade export reporting requirements and with attempting to smuggle to Iran a lathe machine in violation of U.S. export regulations.   The announcement was made today by the[Read More…]

Company Agrees to Pay $19.9 Million Criminal Fine Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 23, 2014. Showa Corp., an automotive parts manufacturer based in Saitama, Japan, has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $19.9 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for pinion-assist type[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 21, 2014. The Justice Department reached an agreement today with SK Food Group Inc., a company based in Seattle, resolving claims that the company used discriminatory document practices when verifying the work authority of non-citizens.         The department’s investigation, which was initiated based on a referral from the U.S.[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 17, 2014. Two leaders of the Armenian Power gang were found guilty today by a federal jury in Los Angeles for their participation in a racketeering conspiracy that included extortion, bank fraud targeting elderly bank customers and a sophisticated credit and debit card skimming scheme that stole account[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 17, 2014. Kimberly Banks, Donalene Mosley and Arneshia Austin were sentenced today in Albany, Ga., to serve 192 months, 37 months and 21 months in prison, respectively, for crimes relating to filing fraudulent income tax returns using stolen identities, announced Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 17, 2014. A fourth U.S. Navy official has been charged in a complaint unsealed today with accepting cash, luxury travel and consumer electronics from a foreign defense contractor in exchange for classified and internal U.S. Navy information. Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s[Read More…]