Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 18, 2013. Kurt Mix, a former engineer for BP plc, was convicted today of intentionally destroying evidence requested by federal criminal authorities investigating the April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon disaster. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special Agent in Charge Michael[Read More…]
Law and Order
Convergex Group Subsidiary and Two Employees Plead Guilty to Securities and Wire Fraud Charges
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 18, 2013. A brokerage subsidiary of ConvergEx Group LLC pleaded guilty today to charges of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud. ConvergEx Group has also agreed to pay $43.8 million in criminal penalties and restitution as part of a deferred prosecution agreement with[Read More…]
FBI: Wisconsin Woman Charged with Mail Fraud
Rockford, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The former shipping manager for American Extrusion Intemational (AEI) was indicted yesterday on federal mail fraud charges. Reva K. Vera, 57, of Beloit, Wisconsin, was charged with two counts of mail fraud. According to the indictment, Vera, as the shipping manager, was responsible for authorizing payments to vendors[Read More…]
State Attorneys General Call on Congress to Fund Human Trafficking Efforts, Aid Victims
Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—December 17, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today joined with her counterparts across the country to urge Congress to fund the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act to better fight human trafficking and protect its victims. Madigan and 46 other attorneys general sent a letter today to ranking U.S. House and[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Charges Debit Card Identity Theft Ring
Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—December 17, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced charges against a trio of identity thieves for obtaining and using fraudulent debit cards to access thousands of dollars in cash. Defendants Nikolay Bozov, Yuliyan Kehayov and Dan Stoica were charged in Cook County Criminal Court with continuing a financial crimes[Read More…]
NCIS Agent Pleads Guilty in International Navy Bribery Scandal
Admits Sharing Confidential Information About Criminal Investigations with Foreign Defense Contractor in Asia Pacific Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 17, 2013 A special agent with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) pleaded guilty today to participating in a massive international fraud and bribery scheme, admitting he shared with a foreign Navy contractor confidential[Read More…]
FBI: Park Forest Man One of Two Charged with Cell Phone Store Robbery, Suspected of Orchestrating Series of Other Robberies
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Two Chicago-area men were arrested Saturday night and charged in connection with a March 19, 2013 robbery of an AT&T cell phone store in Norridge that resulted in the loss of approximately 100 phones and tablet computers valued at around $54,000. These two individuals are suspected of having[Read More…]
FBI: Woman Extradited from Hong Kong
Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- United States Attorney David Capp announced that Rita Law, 55, of Chicago, Illinois, was charged in a sealed complaint filed on October 17, 2013, now unsealed, with transporting an individual for the purposes of prostitution. According to the Ccomplaint, Law is suspected of operating a prostitution ring out[Read More…]
Three Defendants Indicted for Allegedly Swindling 54 Victims of $220,000 in Fees in Mortgage ‘Rescue’ Fraud Scheme
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—December 17, 2013. Three defendants who operated Washington National Trust, which was not licensed in Illinois as either a trust or a mortgage company, are facing federal fraud charges for allegedly swindling approximately $220,000 from at least 54 homeowners after falsely promising to save their homes from foreclosure and lower[Read More…]
Houston Doctor Indicted for Her Alleged Role in $158 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 17, 2013. A Houston doctor has been arrested on charges related to her alleged participation in a $158 million Medicare fraud scheme involving false claims for mental health treatment. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern[Read More…]
