Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 2, 2014. John P. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Ronald C. Machen Jr., U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, and Eric L. Hirschhorn, U.S. Department of Commerce Under Secretary for Industry and Security announced today that Robbins & Myers Belgium S.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of[Read More…]
Law and Order
Shell Company Operator Pleads Guilty in Multi-Million Dollar Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 2, 2014. A Florida managing member of a shell company pleaded guilty today in federal court in Tampa for his role in a multi-million dollar health care fraud and money laundering scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney A. Lee[Read More…]
High-Frequency Trader Indicted For Manipulating Commodities Futures Markets In First Federal Prosecution For ‘Spoofing’
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 2, 2014. In the first federal prosecution of its kind, a high-frequency trader was indicted for allegedly manipulating commodities futures prices and illegally profiting nearly $1.6 million as a result of trading orders he placed through CME Group and European futures markets in 2011. The defendant, MICHAEL COSCIA,[Read More…]
U.S. Marshals Task Force Nabs Foreign Fugitive
VALLEJO, Calif.—(ENEWSPF)—October 2, 2014. U.S. Marshal Don O’Keefe is proud to announce the arrest of Fermin Aguilar-Agueta, 26, a suspected MS-13 gang member, who is wanted in El Salvador for aggravated homicide. Aguilar-Agueta is suspected by Salvadorian authorities of being involved in a drunken altercation between rival gang factions, which[Read More…]
Convicted Bomb Plotter Sentenced to 30 Years
PORTLAND, Oregon—(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2014. Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 23, who was convicted in 2013 of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction (explosives) in connection with a plot to detonate a vehicle bomb at an annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland, was sentenced today to serve 30 years in[Read More…]
22 Defendants Charged for Alleged Roles in Connected Drug Rings Extending From Mexico to Chicago and Across the U.S.
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2014. Twenty-two defendants are facing federal narcotics charges here for their alleged roles in importing, supplying, and distributing kilogram quantities of heroin and cocaine through interconnected drug trafficking organizations that operated in the Chicago area, as well as in Mexico, California, Oregon, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The investigation[Read More…]
Chicago Taxicab Operator Indicted and Arrested for Allegedly Conspiring to Falsify Titles of Salvaged and Rebuilt Taxis
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2014. A Chicago used car broker and taxicab operator was arrested yesterday after being indicted on federal charges for allegedly causing at least 180 vehicles that were salvaged or rebuilt to illegally obtain clean titles from Indiana and Illinois and, as a result, to illegally operate as licensed[Read More…]
Former FBI Special Agent and Co-Defendant Plead Guilty to Conspiracy, Bribery, and Obstruction of Justice Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2014. A former FBI special agent and a conspirator pleaded guilty in the District of Utah yesterday and today to participating in a bribery scheme to obstruct a grand jury investigation in exchange for the promise of cash and multimillion dollar business contracts offered by a businessman[Read More…]
Detroit-Area Operator of Adult Day Care Center, Two Home Health Care Company Owners Convicted in $29 Million Medicare Fraud Conspiracy
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2014. A federal jury in Detroit late yesterday convicted the operator of an adult day care center and two individuals who owned and operated a network of home health care companies for their participation in a $29 million Medicare fraud scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell[Read More…]
Five Army National Guard Officials and One Civilian Charged with Bribery
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2014. Four retired and one active-duty Army National Guard officials and one civilian have been charged for their alleged participation in bribery schemes related to the awarding of millions of dollars of Army National Guard marketing, retention and recruitment contracts. Two of the retired Army National Guard[Read More…]
