NORTH CAROLINA–(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2016. Two U.S. citizens and a Canadian citizen have pleaded guilty for their roles in a $9 million “sweepstakes fraud” scheme to defraud hundreds of U.S. residents, many of them elderly, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney[Read More…]
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Former New Jersey Attorney General and Chairman of the Port Authority Board of Commissioners Pleads Guilty to Bribery
Former New Jersey Transportation Commissioner Also Charged in Bribery Scheme United Continental Holdings Inc. Agrees to Reforms, Will Pay $2.25 Million Penalty NEW JERSEY–(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2016. David Samson, 76, of Aiken, South Carolina, and the former chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Orders Santander Bank to Pay $10 Million Fine for Illegal Overdraft Practices
Bank Deceptively Marketed Its Overdraft Service to Consumers, Violated “Opt-in” Rule WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2016. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has ordered Santander Bank, N.A. to pay a $10 million fine for illegal overdraft service practices. Santander’s telemarketing vendor deceptively marketed the overdraft service and signed certain bank[Read More…]
High-Frequency Trader Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Disrupting Futures Market in First Federal Prosecution of “Spoofing”
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2016. In the first federal prosecution of its kind, a high-frequency trader was sentenced today to three years in prison for disrupting commodity futures prices in a $1.4 million fraud scheme. MICHAEL COSCIA, 54, used an automated trading technique known as “spoofing” to earn illegal profits[Read More…]
Chinese National Who Conspired to Hack into U.S. Defense Contractors’ Systems Sentenced to 46 Months in Federal Prison
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–July 13, 2016. A Chinese national who admitted to participating in a years-long conspiracy that involved Chinese military officers hacking into the computer networks of major U.S. defense contractors in order to steal military technical data was sentenced today to 46 months in federal prison. Today’s sentencing was announced by[Read More…]
Behr Iron & Steel Inc. Sentenced on OSHA Violation Causing Death of Employee
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–July 12, 2016. A Rockford-based company was sentenced today by U.S. Magistrate Judge Iain D. Johnston for willfully violating Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations, resulting in the death of an employee at the company’s facility in South Beloit, Ill. BEHR IRON & STEEL INC., a high volume ferrous[Read More…]
Two Bailiffs and Gunman Killed in Berrien County, Michigan Courthouse
MICHIGAN—(ENEWSPF)—July 11, 2016. Two bailiffs were killed this afternoon following a shooting by an inmate at the Berrien County Courthouse in St. Joseph, Michigan. The shooter who was on his way to jail, took a gun from a deputy and started opening fire. Berrien County Sheriff Paul Bailey confirmed that[Read More…]
Electronics Smuggler Sentenced for Illegal Exports to Russia New Jersey to Moscow Map
Sensitive Equipment Illegally Exported to Russia Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2016. For more than six years, a New Jersey man who owned four microelectronics export companies skirted U.S. export laws enacted under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). These laws are in place to help protect U.S. national security and[Read More…]
Warner Bros. Settles FTC Charges It Failed to Adequately Disclose It Paid Online Influencers to Post Gameplay Videos
Influencers Were Paid Thousands of Dollars to Promote ‘Shadow of Mordor’ Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2016. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Inc. has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers during a marketing campaign for the video game Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor, by failing to adequately disclose that it[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports, July 9, 2016
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other local media. An arrest does not mean that[Read More…]
