Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 11, 2014. Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally for the Tax Division and U.S. Attorney David A. Capp of the Northern District of Indiana announced today that Ronald Eugene Jamerson, 56, of Schererville, Ind., was sentenced to serve 12 months and one day in prison by U.S. District Judge[Read More…]
Law and Order
FTC Wins Court Judgment Against Immigration Services Scam
Court Bans Baltimore-based Defendants from Providing Immigration Services Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2014. A federal court has ordered the operators of a Baltimore-based immigration services scam to pay as much as $616,000 in refunds to Spanish-speaking immigrants, who were deceived into paying the defendants for immigration services that they were not[Read More…]
Nine Charged in Conspiracy to Steal Millions of Dollars Using ‘Zeus’ Malware
Two Defendants Extradited to U.S. Will Make Initial Court Appearance Today Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 11, 2014. Nine alleged members of a wide-ranging racketeering enterprise and conspiracy who infected thousands of business computers with malicious software known as “Zeus” have been charged in an indictment unsealed today in Lincoln, Neb. Acting Assistant Attorney[Read More…]
Three Men Charged with Allegedly Defrauding the FCC of Approximately $32 Million
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 10, 2014. Three individuals have been indicted for their alleged roles in an approximately $32 million fraud against a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program designed to provide discounted telephone services to low-income customers. The charges were announced today by Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the[Read More…]
Justice Department Releases Investigative Findings on Albuquerque Police Department
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 10, 2014. Following a comprehensive investigation, today the Justice Department announced its findings that the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) has engaged in a pattern or practice of excessive force that violates the Constitution and federal law. The department delivered a letter setting forth these findings to Albuquerque Mayor[Read More…]
High-Level Sinaloa Cartel Member’s Guilty Plea Unsealed; Zambada-Niebla’s Cooperation With U.S. Revealed
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2014. A high-level member of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico pleaded guilty a year ago to participating in a vast narcotics trafficking conspiracy and is cooperating with the United States, federal law enforcement officials announced today. A written plea agreement with the defendant, JESUS VICENTE ZAMBADA-NIEBLA, was made[Read More…]
Former South Carolina Corrections Officer Sentenced for Beating Inmate with Mental Illness
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 9, 2014. Robin Smith, 38, a former corrections officer at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center in Richland County, S.C., was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release today in the U.S. District Court for the District of South[Read More…]
Hewlett-Packard Russia Agrees to Plead Guilty to Foreign Bribery
HP Subsidiaries in Poland and Mexico Also Admit Misconduct; HP to Pay More Than $100 Million in Criminal and Regulatory Penalties to the Department of Justice and the SEC Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 9, 2014. ZAO Hewlett-Packard A.O. (HP Russia), an international subsidiary of the California technology company Hewlett-Packard Company (HP Co.),[Read More…]
Chicago Transportation Department Clerk Arrested for Allegedly Embezzling Over $741,000 From City Permit Fees
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2014. A clerk for the City of Chicago’s Department of Transportation (CDOT) was arrested today for allegedly embezzling more than $741,000 from fees that were paid for certain city permits. The defendant, ANTIONETTE CHENIER, a city clerk since 1990, allegedly diverted the funds from checks that were written[Read More…]
Former Markham Deputy Police Chief Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Lying to FBI About Raping Woman in Police Custody
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2014. The former deputy police chief in south suburban Markham was sentenced today to the maximum of five years in federal prison after a judge ruled that he sexually assaulted a woman in police custody in 2010. The defendant, TONY D. DEBOIS, pleaded guilty last September to lying[Read More…]
