Law and Order

Des Plaines Man Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison for Sexually Exploiting 11 Children and Producing Child Pornography

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2014.  A former Des Plaines man was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for sexually molesting nine children and producing child pornography with seven of those victims, as well as creating pornographic images of two other victims whom he sexually exploited. The defendant, BOBBY CRUZ, 34, pleaded[Read More…]

Conspirators in Two Android Mobile Device App Piracy Groups Plead Guilty

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 15, 2014. Members of two different piracy groups engaged in the illegal distribution of copies of copyrighted Android mobile device applications have pleaded guilty for their roles in separate schemes, each designed to distribute more than one million copies of copyrighted apps. Acting Assistant Attorney General David A.[Read More…]

Tennessee Husband and Wife Sentenced to 36 Months for Tax Fraud

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 15, 2014. James E. Beavers and Beverly S. Beavers of Knoxville, Tenn., were each sentenced to serve 36 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.  James and Beverly Beavers were also each ordered to pay[Read More…]

Three Bridgestone Corp. Executives Indicted for Roles in Fixing Prices and Rigging Bids on Auto Parts Installed in U.S. Cars

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 15, 2014. A Cleveland federal grand jury returned an indictment against one current executive and two former executives of Bridgestone Corp. for their roles in an international conspiracy to fix prices of automotive anti-vibration rubber parts sold in the United States and elsewhere, the Department of Justice announced[Read More…]

Hawaii Man Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Claim for Tax Refund and Filing False Retaliatory Liens Against Four Federal Officials

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 15, 2014. Francis E. Chandler III was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan Oki Mollway late yesterday to serve 37 months in prison and ordered to pay $3,066,629 in restitution for filing a false claim for tax refund and false retaliatory liens against four federal government officials, the[Read More…]

President Obama Grants Commutation, April 15, 2014

  WASHINGTON, D.C .—(ENEWSPF)—April 15, 2014. Today, President Barack Obama granted clemency to the following individual: Ceasar Huerta Cantu, also known as Cesar Huerta Cantu – Katy, Texas Offenses:  Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana; money laundering (Western District of Virginia) Sentence:  180 months’ imprisonment (as amended), five[Read More…]

Federal Tax Prosecutions Serve As Reminder to Taxpayers to Comply With Tax Obligations on Eve of April 15 Deadline

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2014.  Seven Chicago and suburban residents, among others, are facing federal prosecution for alleged federal income tax crimes in various separate cases filed recently. Two defendants were arrested by IRS agents today after they were indicted in an alleged scheme to use stolen identities to fraudulently claim and[Read More…]

Government Intervenes in Lawsuit Against Medical Equipment Supplier Orbit Medical Inc. and Former Vice President Jake Kilgore

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 14, 2014. The government has intervened in a False Claims Act lawsuit against Orbit Medical Inc. and Jake Kilgore alleging that Orbit Medical’s sales representatives boosted power wheelchair and accessory sales by altering and forging physician prescriptions and supporting documentation, the Justice Department announced today.   Orbit Medical is[Read More…]

Government Settles False Claims Act Allegations Against Kansas Cancer Treatment Facility and Its Owner

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 14, 2014. Hope Cancer Institute, a cancer treatment facility in Kansas, and Dr. Raj Sadasivan, the owner of Hope Cancer Institute, have agreed to pay $2.9 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to Medicare, Medicaid and the Federal Employee Health[Read More…]

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