Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 8, 2013. A federal grand jury in Albuquerque, N.M., has returned a one-count indictment charging former Belen Police Department Detective John Lytle with unlawfully assaulting a victim, identified in the indictment as R.A., during an investigative stop and arrest on March 15, 2012.  Lytle is charged with violating[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 7, 2013. A federal court has permanently barred Gary J. Stern from promoting tax fraud schemes and from preparing related tax returns, the Justice Department announced today.  The civil injunction order, to which Stern consented without admitting the allegations against him, was entered by Judge Robert Gettleman of[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago man who collected thousands of images and hundreds of videos of child pornography was taken into federal custody after he was sentenced yesterday to 13 years and four months in federal prison for transporting and possessing child pornography using his home computers. The defendant, Jonathan Sainz,[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 7, 2013. Iraqi Consultants and Construction Bureau (ICCB) has paid the U.S. $2.7 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by bribing a U.S. government official to obtain U.S. government contracts in Iraq, the Department of Justice announced today.  ICCB is a privately owned[Read More…]

Judge Finds that Instant Tax Service Franchisor Defrauded Customers, Obstructed the IRS and Violated Court Orders on Lending Practices Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 7, 2013. A federal court has entered a permanent injunction ordering ITS Financial LLC, the parent company of the Instant Tax Service franchise, to cease operating, the Justice Department[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 7, 2013. Detroit-area resident Javed Rehman was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison today for his role in a $13.8 million Medicare fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade of the Eastern District of Michigan,[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- David K. Hechler, 28, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced Friday, November 1, 2013, in federal court to 70 months in prison for possession of child pornography, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Following his prison sentence, Hechler will be[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 7, 2013. The owner of a Detroit-area home health care agency was sentenced today to serve 65 months in prison for her leading role in a $2.2 million Medicare fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 7, 2013. Ari B. Goldenberg, 46, of Milton, N.H., was charged today with trafficking in and making a false record for illegally selling a black rhinoceros head mount to an undercover U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) special agent. The indictment is a result of a nationwide effort[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 6, 2013. Acting U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley III and Acting Assistant Attorney General Jocelyn Samuels of the Civil Rights Division today announced the conviction of Andrew Blane Fields, 62, of Lutz, Fla., in the Middle District of Florida on charges of possession with intent to distribute controlled[Read More…]