Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 7, 2014. The Department of Justice has filed a civil forfeiture complaint made public late yesterday seeking the forfeiture of $106,488.31 in allegedly laundered funds traceable to a $2 million bribe payment made by a Canadian energy company to Chad’s former Ambassador to the United States and Canada[Read More…]
Law and Order
Virginia Resident Indicted in Connection with Fraudulent Lottery Scheme Based in Jamaica
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 7, 2014. A grand jury in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia returned an indictment yesterday charging a Jamaican citizen who was residing in Virginia in connection with the operation of a fraudulent lottery scheme, the Department of Justice and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s[Read More…]
New Mexico Man Pleads Guilty to Charges of Sexual Assault of Female Inmates In His Custody
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 6, 2014. John Greene, 70, a former captain at the Gallup-McKinley Adult Detention Center (GMADC), entered a guilty plea to charges related to the sexual assaults of female inmates in his custody. Greene pleaded guilty to three counts of violating each of the victim’s right to bodily integrity[Read More…]
Three Subsidiaries of the World’s Largest Fertilizer Producer to Reduce Harmful Air Emissions at Eight Production Plants
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 6, 2014. In a settlement with the United States, three subsidiaries of the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (PCS), the world’s largest fertilizer producer, will take steps to reduce harmful air emissions at eight U.S. production plants, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Justice announced today.[Read More…]
Biotronik Inc. to Pay $4.9 Million to Resolve Claims that Company Paid Kickbacks to Physicians
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 6, 2014. Biotronik Inc. of Lake Oswego, Oregon, has agreed to pay the United States $4.9 million to resolve allegations made under the False Claims Act that the company made various improper payments to induce physicians to use devices that it manufactured and sold, the Justice Department announced[Read More…]
Chicago Man Indicted On Federal Charges For Allegedly Illegally Selling And Possessing Firearms
CHICAGO ― A Chicago man was indicted on federal firearms charges alleging that he illegally sold firearms and illegally possessed nearly two dozen firearms, including assault rifles, handguns, and shotguns earlier this year. All of the firearms were seized by ATF agents following alleged purchases by an undercover confidential source,[Read More…]
Suburban Chicago Man Sentenced To 37 Months In Prison For Failing To Pay Taxes On $3.1 Million In Income Over Eight Years
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2014. A southwest suburban man was sentenced to just over three years in federal prison for failing to report more than $3.1 million in gross receipts and gambling income and failing to pay more than $582,000 in federal income taxes. The defendant, PAUL WEST, was sentenced after[Read More…]
Former Lansing Man Sentenced To Nearly 20 Years In Prison For Attempting To Persuade A Minor To Engage In Sexual Conduct
CHICAGO ―(ENEWSPF)–November 4, 2014. A former south suburban Lansing man was sentenced to nearly 20 years in federal prison for attempting to persuade an individual he believed was a 14-year-old girl to engage in illegal sexual conduct. The defendant, MARTIN N. PAZDZUIRA, 47, formerly of Lansing, who has been in[Read More…]
Irek Ilgiz Hamidullin Indicted for 2009 Attack on U.S. and Afghan Forces in Khost, Afghanistan
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 4, 2014. Irek Ilgiz Hamidullin made his first appearance today in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on federal terrorism offenses arising from his alleged participation in an attack on U.S. troops and Afghan Border Police in the Khost Province of Afghanistan in November[Read More…]
Bio-Rad Laboratories Resolves Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigation and Agrees to Pay $14.35 Million Penalty
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 3, 2014. A California-based medical diagnostics and life sciences manufacturing and sales company, Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. (Bio-Rad), has agreed to pay a $14.35 million penalty to resolve allegations that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by falsifying its books and records and failing to implement adequate[Read More…]
