Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 31, 2014. Seven individuals have been indicted in the Southern District of Florida for their alleged participation in a mortgage fraud scheme in the Miami area. The charges were announced by Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Special Agent in Charge[Read More…]
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Justice Department Files Lawsuit to Stop Las Vegas Man from Preparing Tax Returns
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 31, 2014. The Department of Justice filed a civil lawsuit today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada to stop Bill Sunga Modina, who allegedly does business as 5M Financial and 6M Financial, from preparing federal tax returns. According to the complaint, Modina has prepared[Read More…]
Fandango, Credit Karma Settle FTC Charges that They Deceived Consumers By Failing to Securely Transmit Sensitive Personal Information
Mobile Apps Placed Credit Card Details, Credit Report Data, Social Security Numbers at Risk Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. Two companies have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misrepresented the security of their mobile apps and failed to secure the transmission of millions of consumers’ sensitive personal information[Read More…]
Houston Man Charged with Threatening to Bomb Synagogues, March 27, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 27, 2014. The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas announced today that a federal grand jury in Houston returned a six count indictment charging Dante Phearse, 33, with calling in bomb threats to two Houston synagogues, a[Read More…]
Five Individuals Charged with Conspiring to Fraudulently Obtain Union Job for Organized Crime Underboss
Former New York Post Driver Also Charged with Having “No Show” Job Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 27, 2014. Five men have been charged in the Eastern District of New York with conspiring to defraud the Newspaper and Mail Deliverers’ Union (NMDU) and Hudson News newsstands to obtain a union card and employment[Read More…]
Minnesota Woman Pleads Guilty to Human Trafficking for Holding Victim in Forced Labor in Restaurant
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 26, 2014. Tieu Tran, 59, of Mankato, Minn., pleaded guilty late yesterday to one count of forced labor trafficking in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, the Justice Department announced today. Tran is the former owner and manager of Nails By Jordan, a nail salon[Read More…]
Former Army National Guard Soldier Pleads Guilty in Connection with Bribery and Fraud Scheme to Defraud the U.S. Army National Guard Bureau
To Date, 22 Individuals Have Pleaded Guilty in Ongoing Corruption Investigation Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 25, 2014. A former soldier of the U.S. Army National Guard has pleaded guilty for his role in a bribery and fraud scheme that caused approximately $70,000 in losses to the U.S. Army National Guard Bureau, announced[Read More…]
Long Island Doctor Arrested and Accused of Multi-million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 25, 2014. A Long Island, N.Y., doctor was arrested today on charges that he submitted millions of dollars in false billings to Medicare. The charges were announced by Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch of the[Read More…]
California Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Racially Motivated Assault on White Man and African-American Woman
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 25, 2014. Billy James Hammett, 30, of Marysville, Calif., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to serve 87 months in prison for violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act in a 2011 racially motivated attack against a white man[Read More…]
Georgia Husband and Wife Tax Return Preparers Sent to Prison for Tax Fraud
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 25, 2014. Detrick and Natashia Tucker, a husband and wife who owned and operated a tax preparation business named T&T Express Tax located in Pine Mountain, Ga., were sentenced to serve 12 months and one day and 46 months in prison, respectively, for crimes relating to the preparation[Read More…]
