Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 19, 2014. Former WellCare Chief Executive Officer Todd S. Farha, 45, of Tampa, Florida, was sentenced today in the Middle District of Florida to serve 36 months in prison for defrauding the Florida Medicaid program. Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division[Read More…]
Law and Order
Former Alabama KKK Leader Sentenced to Prison for Cross Burning and Obstruction of Justice
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 15, 2014. Steven Joshua Dinkle, 28, former Exalted Cyclops of the Ozark, Alabama, chapter of the International Keystone Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge W. Keith Watkins to serve 24 months in prison to be followed by three years[Read More…]
Former Owner of Airline Fuel Supply Company Sentenced to Prison for Role in Scheme to Defraud Illinois-Based Ryan International Airlines
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 15, 2014. A former owner and operator of a Florida-based airline fuel supply service company was sentenced today to serve 50 months in prison for participating in a scheme to defraud Illinois-based Ryan International Airlines, the Department of Justice announced. Sean E. Wagner, the former owner and operator[Read More…]
Six Miami-Area Residents Plead Guilty to Mortgage Fraud Scheme Involving Four Condominium Developments
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 15, 2014. Six Miami-area residents, including three former loan officers, pleaded guilty in the Southern District of Florida this week to participating in a fraudulent scheme designed to enrich real estate developers by selling condominium units to straw buyers. Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the[Read More…]
Four Ohio Businessmen Associated with Cadillac Ranch Restaurants Plead Guilty to Tax Charges
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 15, 2014. Four businessmen involved in the development, operation and ownership of restaurants, including Cadillac Ranch restaurants, in Ohio and elsewhere in the United States, pleaded guilty today to tax charges, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Joel Field from Marion, Ohio, Jon Field from[Read More…]
Member of Organization That Operated Online Marketplace for Stolen Personal Information Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014. A Phoenix man convicted after a jury trial last December of conspiracy and racketeering offenses for his involvement in a sophisticated cybercrime organization was sentenced today to serve 20 years in prison. Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S.[Read More…]
Former Officer Is 12th Sentenced in Connection with Series of Assaults on Inmate at Roxbury Correctional Institution
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 15, 2014. U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Reginald Martin, formerly an officer at Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) in Hagerstown, Maryland, to serve 12 months and one day in prison for his role in the assault of inmate Kenneth Davis. RCI officers from three different shifts assaulted[Read More…]
South Holland Man Sentenced to Nearly 17 Years in Prison for Illegally Trafficking Hundreds of Guns From Indiana to Chicago
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014. A south suburban man was sentenced to nearly 17 years in federal prison for buying hundreds of high-powered firearms at guns shows in Indiana and illegally transporting them to Chicago where he sold them without a federal firearms dealer license. The defendant, DAVID LEWISBEY, was sentenced late[Read More…]
Former Subway Franchise Owner Pleads Guilty to Gift Card Hacking Scheme at Subway Restaurants
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 14, 2014. A California man pleaded guilty today in the District of Massachusetts for his role in a conspiracy to hack into the computerized cash registers of a number of Subway restaurants to fraudulently obtain more than $40,000 in gift cards. Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil[Read More…]
Electrolux Agrees to Pay $750,000 Civil Penalty for Delay in Reporting Oven Hazard
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 14, 2014. The Justice Department’s Civil Division announced today that Electrolux Home Products Inc. (Electrolux), of Charlotte, North Carolina, has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $750,000 to settle allegations that it knowingly failed to report immediately to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) a safety[Read More…]
