Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 5, 2015. Michael Todd Wolfe aka Faruq, 24, of Austin, Texas, was sentenced this afternoon by U.S. District Court Judge Sam Sparks of the Western District of Texas to serve 82 months in federal prison for attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, announced[Read More…]
Law and Order
President of New Jersey-Based Financial Services Firm Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Multimillion-Dollar Securities Fraud
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2015. The president of an investment and financial services firm was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for evading taxes and defrauding dozens of investors in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas and elsewhere of $5 million, announced by U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman for the District of[Read More…]
Three People Arrested in Puerto Rico in a Contractor Major Scheme to Defraud the U.S. Department Of Veterans Affairs
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2015. On June 3, 2015, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a five count indictment charging Jose A. Rosa-Colon, his brother and business partner, Ivan Rosa-Colon and Louis Enrique Torres with a multi-million dollar Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) scheme to defraud[Read More…]
Kentucky Businessman Sentenced in New York Federal Court for $53 Million Tax Scheme and Massive Fraud that Involved Bribery of Bank Officials
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2015. Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Department of Justice’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York announced that a Kentucky businessman was sentenced today to serve 12 years in prison. Wilbur Anthony Huff, 53, of Caneyville[Read More…]
Former FBI Special Agent Indicted for Theft of Drug Proceeds and Obstruction of Justice
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2015. A former special agent of the FBI was indicted yesterday for allegedly stealing over $100,000 of drug proceeds seized during the execution of search warrants and obstructing justice by taking steps to hide his alleged theft. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s[Read More…]
Humboldt County Marijuana Farmer Sentenced to Life in Prison Plus 35 Years for Murdering Immigrant Worker and Related Crimes
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2015. Mikal X. Wilde, 33, of Kneeland, California, was sentenced today to life in prison plus 35 years for murder and related drug trafficking charges, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag for the Northern District of California and Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson for the Federal[Read More…]
Former Sycamore Resident Sentenced To 97 Months In Federal Prison For Possessing Child Pornography
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2015. A former Sycamore, Ill. resident was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala for possessing child pornography. MICHAEL PODOLSKY, 27, now of Elkader, Iowa, who pled guilty to the charge on January 27, 2015, was sentenced to 97 months imprisonment, to be followed by[Read More…]
Georgia-Based Millard Refrigerated Services to Pay $3 Million Civil Penalty for Ammonia Release That Sickened Workers Responding to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 2, 2015. The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a final settlement with Millard Refrigerated Services that resolves alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act violations for an[Read More…]
Alleged Drug Kingpins Charged with Multi-State Operation That Imported 1,000 Kilograms of Heroin from Mexico into the United States
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 2, 2015. A 108-count superseding indictment unsealed today charges 37 people (see chart) as participants in a multi-state heroin trafficking organization with ties to Mexico. The charges, which include conducting a continuing criminal enterprise, conspiracy to commit money laundering, 62 counts of money laundering and 43 substantive drug[Read More…]
New Jersey Man Sentenced to 30 Months for Role in Illegal Immigration Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2015. A New Jersey man was sentenced to 30 months in prison for orchestrating an eight-year scheme to falsify employment certifications to facilitate the illegal entry of Indian nationals into the United States and for filing a false tax return. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of[Read More…]
