Two Members of the SnappzMarket Piracy Group Arrested Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 21, 2014. Three federal indictments were unsealed today in the Northern District of Georgia charging six members of three different piracy groups – Appbucket, Applanet and SnappzMarket – for their roles in the illegal distribution of copies of copyrighted Android[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 21, 2014. Jing Wang, 51, the former Executive Vice President and President of Global Business Operations for Qualcomm Inc., today pleaded guilty to insider trading in shares of Qualcomm and Atheros Communications Inc.   Wang also pleaded guilty to laundering the proceeds of his insider trading using an offshore[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 21, 2014. Mobile, Alabama-based Infirmary Health System Inc. (IHS), two IHS-affiliated clinics and Diagnostic Physicians Group P.C. (DPG) have agreed to pay the United States $24.5 million to resolve a lawsuit alleging that they violated the False Claims Act by paying or receiving financial inducements in connection with[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Tyree Davis Sr., 42, of Flossmoor, Illinois, pleaded guilty to two counts of obstruction of justice and two counts of filing false retaliatory liens against government officials, the Justice Department announced July 18. Davis pleaded guilty July 18 before U.S. District Judge Michael M. Mihm of the Central[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A former clerk for a lean hogs futures trader was sentenced July 16 to eight months in prison after being convicted in March of commodities fraud for manipulating trades to profit more than $200,000 for herself to the detriment of public customers. The defendant, NICOLE M. GRAZIANO, 33,[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A former North Chicago school board member was sentenced July 16 to 10 years in federal prison for receiving at least $566,000 in kickbacks from three co-defendants who controlled several different transportation companies that received more than $21 million in student bus contracts over nearly a decade. The[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Skokie couple was arrested July 15 after they and their home health care company were indicted on federal health care fraud charges for allegedly bilking Medicare of more than $800,000 for physician services that were never provided to patients. The couple and their company were also charged[Read More…]

Rockford, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A former employee of Milledgeville Community Credit Union was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala for embezzling money from Milledgeville Community Credit Union, in Milledgeville, Ill. KIMBERLY KENT, 53, who was also a former Treasurer of Wysox Township, was sentenced to eight months in prison, to[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that Ramsey Z. Fakhouri, 22, of Troy, Michigan, was sentenced July 11 in federal district court in East St. Louis for Bank Robbery. Chief Judge David R. Herndon sentenced Fakhouri to 78 months in federal[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Charmonequette Reynolds, 22, plead guilty in United States District Court to a three-count indictment charging her with Conspiracy to Interfere with Commerce by Robbery, Interference with Commerce by Robbery, and Use of a Firearm During a Crime of Violence, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern[Read More…]