Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 31, 2014. The Department of Justice filed a civil lawsuit today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada to stop Bill Sunga Modina, who allegedly does business as 5M Financial and 6M Financial, from preparing federal tax returns. According to the complaint, Modina has prepared[Read More…]
Law and Order
Park Forest Police Arrest One Man In Connection With Naked Attack on A Woman
Marc Greska. (Photo: PFPD) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest police announced an arrest in one of the assaults that occurred in the community last week. The attacks prompted police to issue a Code Red community alert. Police announced the arrest of Marc Greska in connection with one of those assaults.[Read More…]
Fandango, Credit Karma Settle FTC Charges that They Deceived Consumers By Failing to Securely Transmit Sensitive Personal Information
Mobile Apps Placed Credit Card Details, Credit Report Data, Social Security Numbers at Risk Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. Two companies have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misrepresented the security of their mobile apps and failed to secure the transmission of millions of consumers’ sensitive personal information[Read More…]
Houston Man Charged with Threatening to Bomb Synagogues, March 27, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 27, 2014. The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas announced today that a federal grand jury in Houston returned a six count indictment charging Dante Phearse, 33, with calling in bomb threats to two Houston synagogues, a[Read More…]
Five Individuals Charged with Conspiring to Fraudulently Obtain Union Job for Organized Crime Underboss
Former New York Post Driver Also Charged with Having “No Show” Job Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 27, 2014. Five men have been charged in the Eastern District of New York with conspiring to defraud the Newspaper and Mail Deliverers’ Union (NMDU) and Hudson News newsstands to obtain a union card and employment[Read More…]
Chicago Tax Preparer Indicted for Causing More Than 150 Fraudulent Tax Returns Seeking Over $1 Million in Refunds
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2014. A Chicago tax return preparer was indicted on federal charges alleging that he was responsible for submitting more than 150 false federal individual income tax returns seeking over $1 million in refunds for individuals whom he knew were not entitled to them. The defendant, PHILLIP SMITH, allegedly[Read More…]
17 Defendants Indicted in International ATM Skimming and Money Laundering Scheme
Two Arrested in Bulgaria CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2014. Seventeen defendants are facing federal fraud or related charges for their alleged roles in an international ATM skimming and money laundering scheme involving hundreds of thousands of dollars. Two defendants were arrested in Sofia, Bulgaria, and 13 defendants were arrested yesterday in Chicago[Read More…]
Minnesota Woman Pleads Guilty to Human Trafficking for Holding Victim in Forced Labor in Restaurant
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 26, 2014. Tieu Tran, 59, of Mankato, Minn., pleaded guilty late yesterday to one count of forced labor trafficking in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, the Justice Department announced today. Tran is the former owner and manager of Nails By Jordan, a nail salon[Read More…]
CEO of Bankrupt Sentinel Management Group Convicted in $500 Million Fraud Scheme Before Firm’s 2007 Collapse
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—March 25, 2014. The chief executive officer of the bankrupt Sentinel Management Group, Inc., was convicted today of defrauding more than 70 customers of over $500 million before the firm collapsed in August 2007. The defendant, ERIC A. BLOOM, misappropriated securities belonging to customers by using them as collateral for[Read More…]
Former Army National Guard Soldier Pleads Guilty in Connection with Bribery and Fraud Scheme to Defraud the U.S. Army National Guard Bureau
To Date, 22 Individuals Have Pleaded Guilty in Ongoing Corruption Investigation Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 25, 2014. A former soldier of the U.S. Army National Guard has pleaded guilty for his role in a bribery and fraud scheme that caused approximately $70,000 in losses to the U.S. Army National Guard Bureau, announced[Read More…]
