Co-founded Carderplanet, One of the First Online Marketplaces for Stolen Financial Data Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2013. One of the world’s most prolific cybercriminals was sentenced today to serve 18 years in prison for his role in co-founding the notorious website CarderPlanet. At the time of his arrest, Vega possessed more[Read More…]
Law and Order
Two Patient Recruiters for Miami Home Health Companies Sentenced for Roles in $48 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
WASHINGTON, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2013. – Two patient recruiters for Miami health care companies were sentenced today for their participation in a $48 million home health Medicare fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of[Read More…]
Two Chicago Real Estate Executives Indicted on Federal Fraud Charges Involving City TIF Notes and Bank Loans
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2013. Two executives of a prominent Chicago real estate development company were indicted today on federal fraud charges alleging that they lied about and concealed unpaid property taxes, the double-pledging of public financing notes issued by the City of Chicago, and the company’s default on those notes so[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan, Department of Revenue: Gas Station Owners Charged in $1 Million Fraud Sweep
Chicago –(ENEWSPF)—December 11, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) announced charges today against four Chicago area gas station owners for defrauding the state of more than $1 million in sales taxes. The cases are the latest crackdown in a joint operation that to[Read More…]
Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Hacking into Multiple Computer Networks
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2013. A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison for his role in a scheme to hack into computer networks and sell access to those networks. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U .S. Attorney Carmen M.[Read More…]
Former Chief Executive of Mortgage Servicing Company Sentenced for Scheme to Withhold Funds from Wells Fargo Bank
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 11, 2013. Earl Gross, 74, of Las Vegas, the former President and Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Mortgage, a loan servicing company, was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison for his role in an $8 million scheme to defraud Wells Fargo Bank. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili[Read More…]
Alabama Shrimper Convicted for Shooting Dolphin
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 11, 2013. An Alabama man pleaded guilty yesterday in a federal court in Gulfport, Miss., to knowingly shooting a dolphin, the Justice Department announced. Brent Buchanan, 38, of Bayou La Batre, Ala., pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of knowingly taking a protected marine mammal, a federal crime[Read More…]
German Engineering Firm Bilfinger Resolves Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Charges and Agrees to Pay $32 Million Criminal Penalty
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 11, 2013. Bilfinger SE, an international engineering and services company based in Mannheim, Germany, has agreed to pay a $32 million penalty to resolve charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by bribing government officials of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to obtain and retain[Read More…]
U.S. Jury Convicts Bolingbrook Man of Sex Trafficking Four Victims, Including a Minor
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—December 10, 2013. A federal jury today convicted a Bolingbrook man of running a sex trafficking ring between at least late 2009 and November 2010 that forced into prostitution at least four victims, including a minor who was 17 at the time. The defendant, McKENZIE CARSON, was found guilty[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Sues State Vendor for Misuse of Over $8 Million in State Grant Funds
Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—December 10, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday filed suit against a former state vendor alleging he illegally misspent more than $8 million in taxpayer grant funding intended for at-risk children and their families, including on personal expenses such as travel, tickets to concerts and professional sporting events, and cash[Read More…]
