Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 17, 2014. The owner and president of a dietary supplement manufacturing company in Flanders, New Jersey, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in relation to a scheme in which he directed the sale of diluted and adulterated dietary ingredients and supplements sold by his company,[Read More…]
Law and Order
President Obama Grants Commutations and Pardons, Dec. 17, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—December 17, 2014. Today President Barack Obama granted clemency to twenty individuals, consisting of eight commutations and twelve pardons. The President granted commutations of sentence to the following eight individuals: Sidney Earl Johnson, Jr. – Mobile, AL Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine[Read More…]
Mastermind of $56 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme and Doctor Plead Guilty
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 17, 2014. The organizer of a $56 million Medicare fraud conspiracy and an accomplice physician pleaded guilty today in federal court in Louisiana to health care fraud charges. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite of the Eastern[Read More…]
Avon China Pleads Guilty to Violating the FCPA by Concealing More Than $8 Million in Gifts to Chinese Officials
Avon Products Inc. and Avon Products (China) Co. Ltd. Will Pay More than $135 Million in Criminal and Regulatory Penalties Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 17, 2014. Avon Products (China) Co. Ltd. (Avon China), a wholly owned subsidiary of the New York-based cosmetics company, Avon Products Inc. (Avon), pleaded guilty today to conspiring[Read More…]
Italian Shipping Company Pleads Guilty to Environmental Crimes for Concealing Vessel Pollution
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 16, 2014. An Italian shipping firm based in Genoa, Italy, pleaded guilty to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships by falsifying required ships’ documents to hide the fact that the ship had illegally discharged oil contaminated waste into the ocean on multiple occasions, announced the Department[Read More…]
Justice Department and City of St. Anthony Village Resolve Lawsuit Over Denial of Permit for Islamic Center
City of St. Anthony Village Agrees to Allow Abu Huraira Islamic Center a Permit to Worship in St. Anthony Business Center Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 16, 2014. Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Vanita Gupta and U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota Andrew M. Luger today announced a settlement agreement[Read More…]
Former Employee of U.S. Contractor in Afghanistan Indicted for Bribery
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 16, 2014. A former employee of a U.S. contractor was indicted today in the Eastern District of Texas for allegedly soliciting and accepting bribes in exchange for his influence in awarding U.S. government-funded contracts in Afghanistan, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal[Read More…]
Iowa Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Using his Purported Photography Business to Entice a 10-Year-Old Girl to Pose Naked Online
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 16, 2014. An Iowa man was sentenced to 20 years in prison today in the District of Massachusetts for enticing a 10-year-old girl to engage in sexually explicit conduct online, which he directed and watched live via a webcam. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice[Read More…]
Foreign National Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Smuggling Undocumented Migrants from Africa into the United States
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 16, 2014. An Eritrean national, who is also a citizen of the United Kingdom, was sentenced today to three years in prison for smuggling up to 99 undocumented migrants from Eritrea and Ethiopia into the United States. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for December 16, 2014
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…]
