Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 29, 2015. Two Georgia real estate investors pleaded guilty today for their roles in a conspiracy to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Georgia, the Department of Justice announced. Separate felony charges were filed against Mohammad Adeel Yoonas and Kevin Shin[Read More…]
Law and Order
Four Florida Residents Sentenced to Federal Prison for Roles in $6 Million Miami Home Health Care Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015. Four South Florida residents were sentenced today in connection with a long-running $6.2 million Medicare fraud scheme involving Professional Medical Home Health LLC (Professional Home Health), a Miami home health care agency that purported to provide home health and therapy services. Two of the defendants were[Read More…]
Website Operator Banned from the ‘Revenge Porn’ Business After FTC Charges He Unfairly Posted Nude Photos
Craig Brittain Allegedly Deceived Women on Craigslist, Offered Fake ‘Takedown’ Service Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015. The operator of an alleged “revenge porn” website is banned from publicly sharing any more nude videos or photographs of people without their affirmative express consent, under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. In[Read More…]
Prepaid Mobile Provider TracFone to Pay $40 Million to Settle FTC Charges It Deceived Consumers About ‘Unlimited’ Data Plans
Operator of Straight Talk, Net10, Simple Mobile and TelCel America Cut Off and Drastically Slowed Data Service Without Telling Consumers Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015. TracFone, the largest prepaid mobile provider in the U.S., has agreed to pay $40 million to the Federal Trade Commission to settle charges that it deceived[Read More…]
Chicago Woman Pleads Guilty To Making Hoax Distress Call, Causing U.S. Coast Guard To Launch $13,000 Rescue Effort
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015. A Chicago woman pleaded guilty today to a federal crime for making a false report two years ago that a person had fallen into Lake Michigan and was in distress, causing the United States Coast Guard and other first responders to launch a dangerous search and[Read More…]
United States and Colombian Law Enforcement Authorities Execute Simultaneous Arrests in Puerto Rico, Florida and Colombia Dismantling International Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Organization
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 29, 2015. This morning, U.S. federal agents in coordination with Colombian law enforcement authorities simultaneously executed arrest warrants in Puerto Rico, Florida and Colombia, dismantling an international drug trafficking and money laundering organization responsible for the importation of multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine into the United States and the[Read More…]
Four Former Puerto Rico Police Officers Sentenced for Running Criminal Organization Out of Police Department
All 16 Former Officers Charged Have Now Been Sentenced Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 29, 2015. Four additional former Puerto Rico police officers have been sentenced for using their law enforcement affiliation and equipment to commit robbery and extortion, and to sell illegal narcotics and manipulate court records. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R.[Read More…]
Former Los Alamos National Laboratory Scientist Sentenced to Prison for Atomic Energy Act Violations
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 28, 2015. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez for the District of New Mexico, Assistant Director Randall C. Coleman of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division and Special Agent in Charge Carol K.O. Lee of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division announced that Pedro[Read More…]
Former Sycamore Resident Pleads Guilty To Child Pornography Charges
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2015. A former Sycamore, Ill. resident pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to possessing child pornography. MICHAEL PODOLSKY, 27, now of Elkader, Iowa, admitted in the written plea agreement that on and prior to July 12, 2013, he owned and was in possession[Read More…]
Peruvian Man Sentenced for Defrauding and Extorting Spanish-Speaking U.S. Residents through Fraudulent Call Centers
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 27, 2015. A Peruvian man charged with running an operation that threatened and defrauded Spanish-speaking U.S. residents was sentenced today to more than 17 years in prison in federal district court in Miami, the Department of Justice and U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) announced. Juan Alejandro Rodriguez Cuya,[Read More…]
