ROCKFORD–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2014. A former Freeport, Ill. man was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala on a federal drug trafficking charge. The defendant, ROBERTO ALVARADO, 61, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release. Judge[Read More…]
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Virginia Couple Pleads Guilty to Immigration Charges for Harboring Domestic Servant in Their Home
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 6, 2014. The Department of Justice announced today that Abdelkader and Hnia Amal pleaded guilty to one count of alien harboring in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The guilty plea stemmed from evidence that Abdelkader and Hnia Amal unlawfully brought a woman into[Read More…]
Former Burnham Village Clerk Charged With Stealing At Least $650,000 From Revenue Payments and Filing False Tax Return
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2014. The former longtime elected clerk for the Village of Burnham was charged today with stealing more than $650,862 from her office at the south suburb’s village hall and using most of the cash to gamble at casinos. The defendant, NANCY DOBROWSKI, was charged with one count each[Read More…]
Government Settles False Claims Act Allegations Against Florida-Based Baptist Health System for $2.5 Million
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 6, 2014. Baptist Health System Inc. (Baptist Health), the parent company for a network of affiliated hospitals and medical providers in the Jacksonville, Florida, area, has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle allegations that its subsidiaries violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to federal health[Read More…]
Owners of Los Angeles Ambulance Company Sentenced for Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 6, 2014. The owners of Alpha Ambulance Inc. (Alpha), a now-defunct Los Angeles-area ambulance transportation company, have been sentenced in connection with a Medicare fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney André Birotte Jr. of the Central District[Read More…]
Chicago Federal Court Shuts Down Tax Preparer
Return Preparer Allegedly Deducted Phony Expenses from Fake Businesses CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—May 5, 2014. A federal court in Chicago permanently barred Barbara L. Garrett from preparing tax returns for others or working for any business that prepares tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The court’s injunction, filed in the[Read More…]
Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Against Penske Truck Leasing Co. to Enforce Employment Rights of Air Force Reserve Member
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 5, 2014. The U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente for the Eastern District of Virginia announced today that they had reached an agreement with Penske Truck Leasing Co. resolving claims that Penske violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of[Read More…]
Campaign Worker Pleads Guilty to Buying Votes in a Donna, Texas, School Board Election
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 5, 2014. A campaign worker pleaded guilty today for paying voters to vote in the November 2012 school board election in Donna, Texas, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas.[Read More…]
Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against the State of Hawaii and the Hawaii Department of Transportation for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 5, 2014. The Justice Department announced today the filing of a lawsuit against the state of Hawaii and the state of Hawaii Department of Transportation Airports Division (HDOT-Airports) alleging that the defendants discriminated against former employee Sherry Valmoja by subjecting her to sexual harassment in violation of Title[Read More…]
Federal Racketeering and Attempted Murder Charges Brought Against Leaders and Associates of the Nuestra Familia Gang
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 5, 2014. A second superseding indictment was unsealed today adding 19 counts including racketeering conspiracy and attempted murder against three defendants for their alleged participation in the violent Nuestra Familia gang, Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Benjamin[Read More…]
