Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that yesterday, James D. Litchfield, 59, owner of Big Jim’s Autorama in Madison, IL, and his brother, Ryan P. Litchfield, 37, of O’Fallon, MO, were both sentenced to prison for their participation in a large[Read More…]

FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–June 13, 2016.  A Cuban national was sentenced to 37 months in prison today for his role in a multimillion-dollar health care fraud scheme in the greater Tampa, Florida, area. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley III of the[Read More…]

VIRGINIA–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2016.  In a criminal complaint unsealed in the Eastern District of Virginia today, Mohamad Jamal Khweis, 26, of Alexandria, Virginia, was charged with providing and conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. The complaint was[Read More…]

CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016.  Nicholas Michael Teausant, 22, of Acampo, California, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez of the Eastern District of California to 12 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist[Read More…]

CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016.  Pharmaceutical companies Genentech Inc. and OSI Pharmaceuticals LLC will pay $67 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they made misleading statements about the effectiveness of the drug Tarceva to treat non-small cell lung cancer, the Department of Justice announced today.  Genentech, located in South San[Read More…]

KANSAS–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016.  A Kansas man pleaded guilty today to six counts of exporting and attempting to export firearms illegally from the United States to individuals located in other countries, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall of[Read More…]

Intercept Corp. Ignored Red Flags for Potential Fraud and Illegal Activity by Clients WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016.  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today filed suit against payment processer Intercept Corporation and two of its executives, Bryan Smith and Craig Dresser, for allegedly enabling unauthorized and other illegal withdrawals from[Read More…]

Spam Emails Linked to “Fake News” Websites, Phony Celebrity Endorsements To Sell Unproven Dietary Supplements Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016.  The Federal Trade Commission charged a Florida-based affiliate marketing operation with bombarding consumers with illegal spam e-mail in an attempt to sell them bogus weight-loss products using false celebrity endorsements. “These[Read More…]

Nine Members of the Conspiracy Convicted of Terrorism Charges in Largest Multi-Defendant ISIL-Related Case in United States MINNESOTA–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2016.  Guled Ali Omar, Abdurahman Yasin Daud and Mohamed Abdihamid Farah were convicted by a federal jury today of conspiring to commit murder in Syria on behalf of the Islamic State[Read More…]

Defendants Allegedly Failed to Deliver Orders as Promised Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2016.  The Federal Trade Commission charged a nationally advertised gold and silver marketing operation with bilking millions from consumers.  The FTC seeks to recover money from the defendants to return to their customers, many of whom allegedly lost thousands[Read More…]