Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 15, 2015. On Jan. 12 and 13, 2015, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned 39 separate indictments charging one doctor, Luis Escabi-Pérez, and 39 other individuals for fraud in the application process for Social Security Administration (SSA) disability insurance benefits in Puerto Rico,[Read More…]
Law and Order
Former Executive Director of Adoption Agency Pleads Guilty to Submitting False Information to Accreditation Agency
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 15, 2015. The former Executive Director of International Adoption Guides Inc. (IAG), an adoption agency, pleaded guilty yesterday to making false and fraudulent statements to the Council on Accreditation with respect to IAG’s accreditation. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S.[Read More…]
Department of Justice Seeks Recovery of Approximately $1,528,000 in Bribes Paid to a Honduran Official
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 13, 2015 – The Department of Justice filed today a civil forfeiture complaint seeking the forfeiture of nine properties worth approximately $1,528,000 that were allegedly purchased with funds traceable to a $2 million bribe paid by a Honduran information-technology company to the former Executive Director of the Honduran[Read More…]
Canadian Man Charged in First Federal Securities Fraud Prosecution Involving ‘Layering’
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 13, 2015 – A Canadian man was arrested today for allegedly orchestrating a large-scale, international stock market manipulation scheme in the first federal prosecution of securities fraud involving a high-frequency trading strategy known as “layering,” U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman for the District of New Jersey announced. Aleksandr[Read More…]
Detroit Gang Leader Sentenced to 346 Months in Prison for Planning Armed Robbery
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 13, 2015 – A leader of a street gang that operated on the east side of Detroit was sentenced to 346 months in prison today for aiding and abetting an armed robbery of a Little Caesars pizza restaurant, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice[Read More…]
United States Reaches Settlement Regarding Cleanup of Superfund Site in Warren County, New Jersey
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 13, 2015. The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a proposed settlement with Pechiney Plastic Packaging Inc. (Pechiney), Albéa Americas Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Citigroup Inc., and Rexam Beverage Can Company regarding the cleanup of the Pohatcong Valley Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site[Read More…]
Counterfeit DVD Movie Supplier Sentenced to Federal Prison
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 13, 2015. A Brooklyn man was sentenced yesterday in Honolulu for his involvement in a counterfeit DVD movie ring, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Florence T. Nakakuni of the District of Hawaii. Yakov Meir Chazanow, 41, was[Read More…]
Former Sandwich, Illinois Business Owner Pleads Guilty To Making A False Statement To A Financial Institution
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2015. A former Sandwich, Ill. business owner pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to a charge of making a false statement to a financial institution. The defendant, STEVEN J. MOORHOUSE, 62, was President and majority owner of Jefsco Manufacturing Co., Inc., a manufacturing[Read More…]
Naperville Man Admits Stealing U.S. Computer Equipment Worth $332,000 While Working For Defense Contractor In Afghanistan
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2015. A Naperville man who worked for a U.S. military contractor pleaded guilty today to stealing U.S. military computer and communications equipment worth more than $332,000 from a military air base in Afghanistan and later selling and shipping almost half of the high-end equipment to vendors in[Read More…]
Physician Owners of Mental Health Clinic Sentenced for $97 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 12, 2015. The two physician owners of a Houston-area mental health clinic were sentenced today to 148 months and 120 months respectively for their roles in a $97 million Medicare fraud scheme. A group home owner who sent residents to the clinic in exchange for kickbacks was also[Read More…]
