To Date, 20 Individuals Have Pleaded Guilty in Ongoing Corruption Investigation Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 12, 2014. A U.S. Army National Guard soldier pleaded guilty for her role in a bribery and fraud scheme that caused $30,000 in losses to the U.S. Army National Guard Bureau. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman[Read More…]
Law and Order
Armenian Power Gang Associate Convicted for His Role in Racketeering Conspiracy
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 12, 2014. Andranik Aloyan, an associate of the Armenian Power gang, has been convicted at trial for his role in a racketeering conspiracy that included stealing personal and financial information of elderly bank customers who held accounts that were valued at more than $25 million. Acting Assistant Attorney[Read More…]
Local Physician Indicted on Charges of Healthcare Fraud
ROCKFORD–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2014. A suspended Rockford physician was indicted today by a federal grand jury on charges of healthcare fraud. CHARLES S. DEHANN, 59, of Belvidere, Ill., was charged with nine counts of engaging in a scheme to defraud Medicare. The indictment alleges that DeHaan, a physician licensed in Illinois,[Read More…]
Two Men Charged With $983,000 Investment Fraud Scheme
ROCKFORD–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2014. A Rockford man and a California man were indicted today by a federal grand jury in Rockford on fraud charges. TODD C. SMITH, 46, of Rockford, was charged with seven counts of mail fraud and ten counts of wire fraud, and TRAVIS OLIVER, 36, of Tremecula, Cal.,[Read More…]
Four Employees of Adoption Services Provider Charged with Conspiracy to Defraud the United States in Connection with Ethiopia Operations
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 11, 2014. Four current and former employees of International Adoption Guides Inc. (IAG), an adoption services provider, have been indicted by a grand jury in South Carolina for allegedly conspiring to defraud the United States in connection with IAG’s adoption services in Ethiopia. IAG is a South Carolina[Read More…]
Durable Medical Equipment Clinic Owner Sentenced for His Role in $11 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 11, 2014. The former owner of a defunct durable medical equipment (DME) clinic was sentenced today in Miami to serve 70 months in prison for his role in an $11 million health care fraud scheme involving World Class Medical Clinic Corp. (World Class). Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili[Read More…]
Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against the State of Rhode Island and the R.I. Department of Corrections Alleging Race and National Origin Discrimination
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2014. The Justice Department announced the filing of a lawsuit today against the State of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC) alleging that the defendants are engaged in a pattern or practice of employment discrimination against African-Americans and Hispanics in violation of Title[Read More…]
Former Sailor Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Attempted Espionage
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2014. Robert Patrick Hoffman II, 40, of Virginia Beach, Va., was sentenced today to serve 30 years in prison for attempting to commit espionage against the United States. John P. Carlin, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s National Security Division; Dana J. Boente, Acting United[Read More…]
Two Men Sentenced for Federal Hate Crime Charges Resulting from 2012 New Year’s Eve Attack
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2014. The Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced that two Latino men associated with the Compton 155 street gang were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Terry J. Hatter Jr. for their racially-motivated attack on African-American juveniles at a[Read More…]
Former Executive of Power Generation Company Charged with Fraud and Money Laundering
Indictment Alleges an Eight-Year Scheme to Obtain More Than $5 Million in Kickbacks from Three Foreign Power Companies to Secure More Than $2 Billion in Lucrative Contracts Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2014. Asem Elgawhary, the former principal vice president of Bechtel Corporation and general manager of the Power Generation Engineering and[Read More…]
