Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 27, 2015. Sanden Corp., an automotive parts manufacturer based in Gunma, Japan, has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $3.2 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to suppress and eliminate competition for the purchase of compressors used in air conditioning systems sold to[Read More…]
Law and Order
Chicago Twins’ Cooperation Against Sinaloa Cartel Yields 14-Year Prison Terms; New Charges Target Cartel’s Top Echelon
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 27, 2015. Twin brothers Pedro and Margarito Flores, regarded as Chicago’s most significant drug traffickers who rose from street level dealers to the highest echelons of the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel and a rival cartel before they began providing unparalleled cooperation to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), were each[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for January 27, 2015
A winter past at the Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) 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[Read More…]
Mexican National Sentenced to 15 Years for Participating in a Brutal Family Run Sex Trafficking Organization
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 26, 2015. The Department of Justice today announced a sentencing and guilty plea for two members of a family run sex trafficking organization based in southern Florida. Rafael Alberto Cadena-Sosa was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Joes E. Martinez to serve 15 years in prison and Carmen[Read More…]
Former CIA Officer Convicted For Unauthorized Disclosure of National Defense Information and Obstruction of Justice
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 26, 2015. A former CIA officer was convicted today by a federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, of illegally disclosing national defense information and obstructing justice. Attorney General Eric Holder, FBI Director James B. Comey, Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S.[Read More…]
Attorney General Holder Announces Charges Against Russian Spy Ring in New York City
Spy Ring Attempted to Collect Economic Intelligence and Recruit New York City Residents as Intelligence Sources; Evgeny Buryakov, aka “Zhenya,” Worked Under “Non-Official Cover” as a Bank Employee in Manhattan Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 26, 2015. Attorney General Eric Holder, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Preet[Read More…]
Owner of Miami Home Health Company Sentenced to 106 Months in Prison for $30 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 26, 2015. The owner and operator of a Miami home health care agency was sentenced today to 106 months in prison for his participation in a $30 million Medicare fraud scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer[Read More…]
Pair Sentenced To Federal Prison Terms For Swindling $30 Million From More Than 100 Investors In Purported Telecom Business
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 24, 2015. Two defendants were sentenced yesterday to federal prison terms for an investment fraud scheme in which they swindled more than $30 million from more than 100 investors in a purported voice-over-internet telecommunications business. One defendant, GAIL HOWARD, was sentenced to seven years in prison, while her co-defendant,[Read More…]
Second Turkish Man Sentenced for Smuggling Counterfeit Cancer Drugs
Other business partner in drug wholesaling scheme was sentenced in October 2014 Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2015. Today, the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Missouri sentenced Sabahhadin Akman, an owner of the Turkish firm Ozay Pharmaceuticals, to 30 months imprisonment and a $150,000 fine for smuggling counterfeit,[Read More…]
Police Officer in Fulton, New York, Sentenced for Assaulting a Man in His Custody
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—January 23, 2015. Joseph Arigo, 47, a former sergeant with the Fulton Police Department in Fulton, New York, was sentenced today in federal court to 15 months in prison and three years probation for beating a handcuffed man inside the Fulton police station. In September 2014, Arigo pleaded guilty[Read More…]
