Los Angeles, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Three men face fines of up to $50,000 and a year in jail in connection with a drunken spree last month at Devil’s Hole in Death Valley National Park that killed a rare, endangered fish. “We’re looking forward to seeing these three men brought to justice,” said[Read More…]
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Missouri Woman Pleads Guilty To Sex Trafficking Conspiracy
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- On May 12, 2016, Robin Thompson, a twenty-five year old Park Hills, Missouri, woman pled guilty in federal district court, in East St. Louis, Illinois, to one count of Conspiracy to Commit Sex Trafficking of Minor and by Force, Fraud, or Coercion, the Acting United States Attorney for the[Read More…]
Chicago FBI: Jury Convicts North Suburban Lawyer of Immigration Fraud for Falsifying Clients’ Applications for U.S. Asylum
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A federal jury today convicted a north suburban attorney of submitting false information to immigration authorities to help his clients seek asylum in the United States. ROBERT DEKELAITA accepted fees from foreign nationals in exchange for submitting the false documents to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Citizenship and[Read More…]
Fish and Wildlife Service Bows to Pressure From States, Leaves Lesser Prairie Chicken in Likely ‘Death Spiral’
Tucson, AZ-(ENEWSPF)- A lengthy legal battle in the fight over protection for lesser prairie chickens ended last night with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service bowing to pressure from states to leave the beleaguered birds without Endangered Species Act protection. Lesser prairie chickens were protected as “threatened” in 2014, leading to[Read More…]
Granite City Chiropractor Pleads Guilty To Healthcare Fraud And Money Laundering
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today, that Bridget Brasfield, 45, of Edwardsville, Illinois, pled guilty to a two-count information charging Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering. Sentencing has been set for August 30, 2016, in U.S. District Court in Benton,[Read More…]
Nevada Dry Cleaner Owner Indicted for Filing False Tax Returns and Obstructing the Internal Revenue Laws
Nevada-(ENEWSPF)- A federal grand jury in the District of Nevada returned a superseding indictment on May 10 charging a Las Vegas woman with two counts of filing false tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and one count of corruptly endeavoring to impair and impede the due administration of the[Read More…]
Florida Man Indicted for Allegedly Operating Sex Trafficking Enterprise
Florida-(ENEWSPF)- Jeffrey Jason Cooper, 46, of Miami Beach, Florida, was charged late yesterday in an 11-count indictment in the Southern District of Florida with sex trafficking and attempted sex trafficking by fraud, wire fraud, importation of aliens for prostitution or immoral purposes and use of a facility of interstate commerce[Read More…]
$15,000 Reward for Men Who Vandalized Death Valley, Caused Death of Rare Pupfish
Los Angeles, CA-(ENEWSPF)- The Center for Biological Diversity today tripled the reward to $15,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case of three men whose drunken spree led to the death of a tiny endangered fish in Death Valley National Park on April 30. “Devil’s Hole pupfish[Read More…]
Jury Convicts North Suburban Lawyer of Immigration Fraud for Falsifying Clients’ Applications for U.S. Asylum
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A federal jury today convicted a north suburban attorney of submitting false information to immigration authorities to help his clients seek asylum in the United States. ROBERT DEKELAITA accepted fees from foreign nationals in exchange for submitting the false documents to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Citizenship and[Read More…]
Justice Department Permanently Shuts Down International “Psychic” Mail Fraud Scheme
Fraudsters Allegedly Scammed Victims Out of More Than $180 Million Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York entered a consent decree on Friday that permanently barred eight individuals and entities from operating an alleged international multi-million dollar mail-fraud scheme in the name of alleged psychics[Read More…]
