Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 15, 2014. Two Miami, Florida, residents pleaded guilty this week to participating in a mortgage fraud scheme involving the sale of condominium units in the Miami area. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District[Read More…]
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Justice Department Settles Immigration-Related Discrimination Claim Against Staffing Agency
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 15, 2014. The Justice Department reached an agreement today with Real Time Staffing Services LLC, doing business as Select Staffing, a company based in Santa Barbara, California. The settlement resolves the department’s claims that Select Staffing discriminated against work-authorized non-U.S. citizens in violation of the Immigration and Nationality[Read More…]
Big Game Hunting Outfitter Pleads Guilty to Felony Conspiracy Charge in Connection with Illegal Mountain Lion and Bobcat Hunting Activities
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 15, 2014. Christopher W. Loncarich, 55, of Mack, Colorado, pleaded guilty in federal court in Denver to a felony conspiracy charge stemming from his sale of outfitting services for illegal mountain lion and bobcat hunts in Colorado and Utah, the Justice Department announced. Loncarich pleaded guilty to one[Read More…]
Tennessee CEO Sentenced to Serve 14 Years in Prison for $18 Million Ponzi Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 15, 2014. The former chief executive officer of Hanover Corporation was sentenced today to serve 14 years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $14,784,983.75 in restitution for orchestrating an $18 million Ponzi scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell[Read More…]
Turkish Man Pleads Guilty to Importing Illegal Cancer Drugs
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2014. Sabahaddin Akman, owner of the Istanbul, Turkey, firm Ozay Pharmaceuticals, has pleaded guilty to charges of smuggling misbranded and adulterated cancer treatment drugs into the United States. Akman pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, in St. Louis, Missouri,[Read More…]
Former Bahrain Banker Pleads Guilty to $1.3 Million Federal Income Tax Fraud; Begins Repayment
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—August 13, 2014. A former executive of a bank in Bahrain pleaded guilty today to federal income tax fraud, admitting that he filed three false tax returns and failed to file a fourth return, resulting in a tax loss to the United States of more than $1.3 million over four[Read More…]
Former Redflex CEO, Liaison, and Chicago Official Indicted for Alleged Corruption in City’s Red Light Camera Contracts
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—August 13, 2014. A former chief executive officer of Chicago’s first red light camera vendor, Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc., and the company’s customer liaison with the city, were indicted today on federal corruption charges together with a retired city official who managed the red light camera program for nearly[Read More…]
14 Individuals Charged with Trafficking Identities of Puerto Rican U.S. Citizens
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 12, 2014. Fourteen individuals were charged in three indictments in Puerto Rico with conspiracy to commit identification fraud, money laundering, aggravated identity theft and passport fraud in connection with their alleged roles in a scheme to traffic the identities and corresponding identity documents of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens.[Read More…]
Dakota, Illinois Man Sentenced to 56 Months in Federal Prison for Charity Fraud Scheme
ROCKFORD—(ENEWSPF)—August 12, 2014. A Dakota, Ill. man was sentenced yesterday afternoon to federal prison for conducting a scheme to defraud more than 3,600 victims out of more than $120,000 in charitable donations. Federal Judge Frederick J. Kapala sentenced CLIFFORD J. EDWARDS, JR., 34, (formerly of Dakota and Loves Park, Ill.)[Read More…]
Former United States Navy Military Sealift Command Contractor Pleads Guilty to Bribery and Conspiracy
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 12, 2014. Scott B. Miserendino, Sr., 55, a former contractor for the United States Navy Military Sealift Command, pleaded guilty today to accepting bribes and conspiring to commit bribery. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente of the[Read More…]
