CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2015. An Ohio man was convicted yesterday for his role in a sex trafficking conspiracy involving minor girls who were transported to Chicago from Iowa to engage in prostitution. WILLIE WOODS, 44, of Toledo, Ohio, helped transport the minor girls from Iowa City in 2012. Once in[Read More…]
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Rockford Woman Arrested On Federal Tax Fraud Charges
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2015. A Rockford, Ill. woman was arrested yesterday on federal charges of making false claims for federal tax refunds and using other persons’ identification in connection with the fraudulent claims for tax refunds. CRYSTAL S. JACKSON, 27, of Rockford, was charged by a federal indictment on Oct.[Read More…]
High-Frequency Trader Convicted of Disrupting Commodity Futures Market in First Federal Prosecution of ‘Spoofing’
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2015. In the first federal prosecution of its kind, a high-frequency trader was convicted yesterday of disrupting commodity futures prices in a $1.4 million fraud scheme. MICHAEL COSCIA, 53, used an automated trading technique to commit a crime known as “spoofing” to earn illegal profits from orders[Read More…]
Four Men Charged with Providing Material Support to Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2015. A four-count indictment was unsealed today in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Ohio charging four men with conspiring to travel to Yemen to provide thousands of dollars to Anwar Al-Awlaki in an effort to support violent jihad against U.S. military personnel in[Read More…]
U.S. Trustee Program Reaches $81.6 Million Settlement with Wells Fargo Bank N.A. to Protect Homeowners in Bankruptcy
Settlement Addresses the Bank’s Errors Affecting Nearly 68,000 Accounts of Homeowners in Bankruptcy Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 5, 2015. The Department of Justice’s U.S. Trustee Program has entered into a national settlement agreement with Wells Fargo Bank N.A. (Wells Fargo) requiring Wells Fargo to pay $81.6 million in remediation for its repeated[Read More…]
Former Sergeant with Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison in Civil Rights Case Stemming from Beating of Jail Visitor
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 2, 2015. A former sergeant with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LASD), who was previously found guilty of federal civil rights offenses related to the beating of a handcuffed visitor to the Men’s Central Jail, was sentenced today to 96 months in federal prison. Eric Gonzalez, 46, received[Read More…]
Two Former Jailers at the Kentucky River Regional Jail Indicted on Charges Related to the Death of A Pretrial Detainee
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 2, 2015. The Justice Department announced today that a federal grand jury in London, Kentucky, has indicted two former deputy jailers at the Kentucky River Regional Jail on charges related to the July 9, 2013, in-custody death of Larry Trent, a pretrial detainee at the jail. The indictment[Read More…]
Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty to Running Sex Trafficking Operation to Compel Multiple Women and One Minor into Prostitution in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Elsewhere
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2015. Corderro Cody, 27, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today to charges arising from his operation of a sex trafficking enterprise that compelled multiple victims to prostitute for the defendant’s profit. Cody pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, conspiracy to[Read More…]
Former Senate Staffer Sentenced to 38 Months for Defrauding Three Women
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2015. A former staff member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation was sentenced today to 38 months in prison for a wire fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente of the Eastern[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Announces Approximately $3 Million Settlement with Medical Waste Disposal Company
Illinois-based company to pay $26.75 million to 12 states, D.C., federal government Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—October 30, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a $26.75 million settlement with Stericycle, Inc., an Illinois-based medical waste disposal company, for overcharging government entities in several states by millions of dollars. The settlement will resolve[Read More…]
