Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2014. The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that XTO Energy Inc. (XTO), a subsidiary of ExxonMobil and the nation’s largest holder of natural gas reserves, will spend an estimated $3 million to restore eight sites damaged by unauthorized discharges of fill[Read More…]
Law and Order
Bank Leumi Admits to Assisting U.S. Taxpayers in Hiding Assets in Offshore Bank Accounts
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2014. A major Israeli international bank admitted that it conspired to aid and assist U.S. taxpayers to prepare and present false tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by hiding income and assets in offshore bank accounts in Israel and elsewhere around the world. A deferred[Read More…]
Canadian Man Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison For Swindling Elderly Victims In $8 Million Telemarketing Scam From The Philippines
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2014. A Canadian man who cooperated with U.S. law enforcement and voluntarily traveled from the Philippines to face federal prosecution was sentenced to seven years in prison for swindling 168 elderly victims nationwide of approximately $8 million in a telemarketing fraud scheme, federal law enforcement officials announced[Read More…]
Alstom Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Pay $772 Million Criminal Penalty to Resolve Foreign Bribery Charges
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 22, 2014. Alstom S.A. (Alstom), a French power and transportation company, pleaded guilty today and agreed to pay a $772,290,000 fine to resolve charges related to a widespread scheme involving tens of millions of dollars in bribes in countries around the world, including Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and[Read More…]
Two Remaining Colombian Nationals Involved in the Kidnapping and Murder of DEA Agent Terry Watson Plead Guilty
All Seven Defendants Charged Have Now Been Convicted Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2014. Two Colombian nationals pleaded guilty today to second degree murder and conspiracy to kidnap an internationally protected person for their roles in the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent James “Terry” Watson in Bogotá,[Read More…]
Utility Company Sentenced in Wyoming for Killing Protected Birds at Wind Projects, Dec. 19, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2014. PacifiCorp Energy, a subsidiary of PacifiCorp, based in Portland, Oregon, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Wyoming today to violating the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) in connection with the deaths of protected birds, including golden eagles, at two of the company’s wind projects[Read More…]
T-Mobile to Pay At Least $90 Million, Including Full Consumer Refunds To Settle FTC Mobile Cramming Case
Settlement Requires Company To Pay Fines to States and FCC Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2014. T-Mobile has agreed to fully refund its customers for unwanted third-party charges it placed on their phone bills, a practice known as mobile cramming, paying at least $90 million to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit[Read More…]
Illinois Department of Insurance Announces Two Convictions Resulting from its Workers’ Compensation Fraud Investigations
Former Crystal Lake Police Officer and Former Business Owner Convicted CHICAGO –-(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2014. Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) Director Andrew Boron yesterday announced investigations by the Department’s Workers’ Compensation Fraud Unit have resulted in two convictions. A former Crystal Lake police officer charged with workers’ compensation fraud in McHenry[Read More…]
Illinois Man Sentenced for Obstruction of Justice and Filing False Multi-Billion Dollar Liens Against Federal Judges and Other Government Employees
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 18, 2014. A Flossmoor, Illinois, man was sentenced to serve 46 months in prison and three years of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Michael M. Mihm in the Central District of Illinois for obstruction of justice and filing false retaliatory liens against government officials, the Justice[Read More…]
Alabama Medical Clerk Sentenced to Prison for Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Scheme that Involved Corrupt U.S. Postal Service Employee
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 18, 2014. An Alabama woman was sentenced today to serve 70 months in prison for her involvement in a stolen identity tax refund fraud (SIRF) scheme, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Larry J. Wszalek for the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for[Read More…]
