Defendant Worked on Unsuccessful Campaign of Washington, D.C., Council Candidate Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015. A 33-year-old Washington, D.C., man was sentenced today to serve 16 months in prison for evading income taxes and violating campaign finance laws while working as the treasurer and custodian of records for a District of[Read More…]
Law and Order
Quality Egg, Company Owner and Top Executive Sentenced in Connection with Distribution of Adulterated Eggs
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015. The company owner, a top executive and their company, Quality Egg LLC, were sentenced today in federal district court in Sioux City, Iowa, the Department of Justice announced. Austin “Jack” DeCoster, 81, of Turner, Maine, who owned Quality Egg, was sentenced to serve three months in[Read More…]
Final Two Defendants Sentenced to 440 and 348 Months in Prison for the Kidnapping and Murder of DEA Special Agent James ‘Terry’ Watson
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015. Two Colombian nationals were sentenced to decades in U.S. federal prison today for their roles in the kidnapping and murder of former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent James “Terry” Watson in Bogotá, Colombia, on June 20, 2013. Attorney General Eric Holder, Assistant Attorney General Leslie[Read More…]
Federal Tax Prosecutions Serve As Reminder To Taxpayers To Comply With Tax Obligations As April 15 Deadline Approaches
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—April 13, 2015. Eleven Chicago and suburban residents, among others, are facing federal prosecution for alleged federal income tax crimes in various separate cases filed recently. Defendants from Bolingbrook and Palatine were charged with evading income taxes by funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars to bank accounts that they[Read More…]
Second Topeka, Kansas, Man Charged in Connection With Car Bomb Plot
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2015. A second Topeka, Kansas, man was charged Friday in connection with an alleged plot to detonate a vehicle bomb at the Fort Riley military base near Manhattan, Kansas, announced Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom of the District[Read More…]
Colorado Man Convicted of Kidnapping a Toddler and Producing Child Pornography
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2015. A Colorado man was convicted by a federal jury of kidnapping a toddler and producing child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner of the Eastern District of California. Shawn McCormack, 31, of[Read More…]
Designer of Fraudulent Tax Promotion Product Sentenced to Prison
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2015. A Chino, California, businessman was sentenced to serve more than four years in prison yesterday in the U.S. District Court in Las Vegas for his role in a conspiracy to promote and sell fraudulent tax products, including a product called Tax Break 2000, announced Acting Assistant[Read More…]
Topeka, Kansas, Man Charged in Plot to Explode Car Bomb at Military Base
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2015. A Topeka, Kansas, man has been charged in federal court with attempting to detonate a vehicle bomb at Fort Riley military base near Manhattan, Kansas, announced Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom of the District of Kansas and Special Agent[Read More…]
Melrose Park Police Department Detective Arrested For Possession With Intent To Distribute Cocaine And Illegal Firearm Possession
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2015. A Melrose Park detective was arrested yesterday for allegedly attempting to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The defendant, GREGORY SALVI, was arrested following an investigation by the Chicago[Read More…]
FTC, Illinois Attorney General Halt Chicago Area Operation Charged With Illegally Pressuring Consumers to Pay ‘Phantom’ Debts
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2015. The Federal Trade Commission and the Illinois Attorney General’s Office have obtained a court order temporarily halting a fake debt collection scam located in Aurora, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. The defendants are charged with illegally using threats and intimidation tactics to coerce consumers to[Read More…]
