Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2014. Sasha Webb and Charlie Jackson have each been indicted for stolen identity refund fraud crimes, Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama announced today following the unsealing of their[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2014. Four men have pleaded guilty for their roles in a highly sophisticated and violent organization that targeted jewelry couriers in Georgia and Texas.   The defendants were caught as part of a national effort to find and prosecute roving groups of robbers who travel around the country[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2014. Two men have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Las Vegas for offenses involving the federal renewable fuel program that allegedly netted them more than $37 million, announced the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, Criminal Division, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for[Read More…]

Company Agrees to Pay $56.6 Million Criminal Fine Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2014. Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd., a Tokyo-based company, has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a total of $56.6 million in criminal fines for its roles in separate price-fixing conspiracies involving automobile lighting fixtures and lamp ballasts installed[Read More…]

Company Also Will Modify its Billing Practices Under FTC Settlement Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2014.   Apple Inc. has agreed to provide full refunds to consumers, paying a minimum of $32.5 million, to settle a Federal Trade Commission complaint that the company billed consumers for millions of dollars of charges incurred[Read More…]

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 14, 2014. H. TY WARNER, the creator of Beanie Babies and other plush animal toys was sentenced today to two years’ probation for failing to report more than $24.4 million in income, and evading nearly $5.6 million in federal taxes, from millions of dollars he hid for more than[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 14, 2014. A former Lorain County, Ohio, corrections officer was sentenced today to serve 18 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release after previously pleading guilty to one count of deprivation of rights under color of law, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Jocelyn Samuels for[Read More…]

Orders Ban Them from Mortgage Relief Business Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 14, 2014.  The South Florida-based defendants in an alleged mortgage relief scam will surrender their assets and be banned permanently from providing mortgage relief and debt relief services to consumers under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.  This settlement represents[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 13, 2014. Today the District Court in the District of Columbia dismissed a challenge filed by the Florida Bankers Association and Texas Bankers Association challenging 2012 amendments to the Department of the Treasury’s interest-reporting regulations.  The regulations require U.S. banks to report to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)[Read More…]