Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 23, 2013. A 63-count superseding indictment charging Chatonda Khofi, Ishmael Kosh, Amadou Sangaray and Francis Saygbay in a conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was unsealed on Monday, December 23, in Minneapolis, Minn., the Justice Department and IRS announced today. The superseding indictment was returned by[Read More…]
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Former Ohio Deputy Treasurer Pleads Guilty for His Role in Kickback and Money Laundering Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 23, 2013. The former Ohio deputy treasurer pleaded guilty today for his role in leading a bribery and money laundering scheme involving the Ohio Treasurer’s Office. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark T. D’Alessandro of the Southern[Read More…]
Ohio Lobbyist Pleads Guilty for Role in Kickback and Money Laundering Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 23, 2013. An Ohio attorney and lobbyist pleaded guilty today for his role in a bribery and money laundering scheme involving the Ohio Treasurer’s Office. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark T. D’Alessandro of the Southern District[Read More…]
Archer Daniels Midland Company Subsidiary Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 20, 2013. A subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) pleaded guilty today and has agreed to pay more than $17 million in criminal fines to resolve charges that it paid bribes through vendors to Ukrainian government officials to obtain value-added tax (VAT) refunds, in violation of the[Read More…]
Justice Department Settles Discrimination Lawsuit Against Reading Parking Authority in Pennsylvania
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 20, 2013. The Department of Justice announced today that it has entered a consent decree with the Reading Parking Authority (RPA) in the City of Reading, Pa., which, if approved by the court, will resolve a lawsuit filed by the United States on June 27, 2013. The complaint[Read More…]
Army National Guard Colonel and Sergeant Indicted for Allegedly Defrauding Recruiting Assistance Program
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 20, 2013. A retired colonel and a sergeant in the Army National Guard have been charged in a nine-count indictment in Albuquerque, N.M., for allegedly defrauding the National Guard Bureau and its contractor of approximately $12,000 by fraudulently obtaining recruiting bonuses, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman[Read More…]
Time Warner Cable to Pay $1.9 Million Penalty for Violating the Risk-Based Pricing Rule
Case is FTC’s First Brought Under the Rule Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2013. Time Warner Cable, Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company violated the Risk-Based Pricing Rule, which requires creditors to give notice to consumers who are provided less favorable credit terms based on information[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Two McHenry County Arrests in Child Pornography Crackdown
Attorney General’s “Operation Glass House” Nets State’s Top Trader of Child Pornography Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—December 20, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced the arrests of two McHenry County men for felony possession of child pornography, including the state’s top trader of child pornography, following raids this week in Woodstock and Algonquin.[Read More…]
Unlicensed Miami Clinic Nurse Convicted at Trial and Sentenced for Role in $11 Million HIV Infusion Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 20, 2013. An unlicensed nurse who fled after being charged in 2008 and was captured this year was sentenced today to serve 108 months in prison for her role in a fraud scheme that resulted in more than $11 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare. Acting Assistant Attorney[Read More…]
Justice Department and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Reach $98 Million Settlement to Resolve Allegations of Auto Lending Discrimination by Ally
Settlement Is Department’s Third Largest Fair Lending Agreement Ever and Largest Ever Auto Lending Agreement Washington, DC—(ENEWSWPF)—December 20, 2013. The Department of Justice and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today announced the federal government’s largest auto loan discrimination settlement in history to resolve allegations that Detroit-based Ally Financial Inc.[Read More…]
