Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 23, 2015. A Northville, Michigan, resident was sentenced today in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to serve 15 months in prison, five years of supervised released and was ordered to pay $394,000 in restitution to five defrauded banks for committing bank fraud, the Department[Read More…]
Law and Order
Two Mexican Nationals Sentenced for Sex Trafficking Offenses
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 22, 2015. The Department of Justice today announced that Judge Amy Totenberg of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia sentenced two defendants, Arturo Rojas-Coyotl, 28, and Odilon Martinez-Rojas, 43, both of Tenancingo, Tlaxcala, Mexico, to 192 months and 262 months in prison, respectively,[Read More…]
California Charter Bus Company Bookkeeper Sentenced to Prison for Tax Fraud and Bank Home Mortgage Fraud
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 22, 2015. A San Jose, California, woman was sentenced to serve 22 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for committing tax fraud and bank fraud, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo for the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney[Read More…]
Owner Of Mchenry Tax Preparation Business And Seven Others Arrested On Federal Charges In Alleged $600,000 Tax Fraud Scheme
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2015. The owner of a McHenry, Ill., tax preparation business, together with three employees and four clients, were arrested today after being indicted on federal charges alleging they participated in a $600,000 mail fraud scheme by preparing and filing over 200 false personal federal income tax returns[Read More…]
Cincinnati-Area Man Indicted for Plot to Attack U.S. Government Officers
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 21, 2015. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin,U.S. Attorney Carter M. Stewart for the Southern District of Ohio and Acting Special Agent in Charge John A. Barrios of the FBI’s Cincinnati Field Division announced that a federal grand jury has charged Christopher Lee Cornell, 20,[Read More…]
Third Member of International Computer Hacking Ring Pleads Guilty to Hacking and Intellectual Property Theft Conspiracy
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 20, 2015. A third member of an international computer hacking ring has pleaded guilty to conspiring to break into computer networks of prominent technology companies to steal more than $100 million in intellectual property and other proprietary data. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s[Read More…]
Leader of Las Vegas Playboy Bloods Street Gang Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 20, 2015. A leader of the Las Vegas Playboy Bloods street gang was sentenced to 23 years in prison today for engaging in a racketeering conspiracy and possessing crack cocaine with the intent to distribute it, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal[Read More…]
Chicago Man Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison for Violating U.S. Sanctions Against Zimbabwe President Mugabe and Others
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 20, 2015. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon for the Northern District of Illinois, Special Agent-in-Charge Robert J. Holley of the FBI’s Chicago Office and Special Agent-in-Charge James C. Lee of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division in Chicago announced[Read More…]
Brooklyn Man Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to 15 Years in Prison for Providing Material Support to Al Qaeda
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 20, 2015. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara for the Southern District of New York announced that Wesam El-Hanafi was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 15 years in prison for his extensive efforts to support al Qaeda –[Read More…]
Two Yemeni Nationals Charged with Conspiring to Murder United States Nationals Abroad and Providing Material Support to Al-Qaeda
Defendants Allegedly Conspired to Carry Out Armed Attacks Against United States Military Personnel and Facilitated the Entry of an American Citizen into Al-Qaeda Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 20, 2015. A complaint and arrest warrant were unsealed today in federal court in the Eastern District of New York charging Saddiq Al-Abbadi, also known[Read More…]
