Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2013. The Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that today Douglas R. Madsen, a former chiropractor from Ephraim, Utah, was sentenced by the U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups to 33 months in prison and resitutition of over $500,000 following a conviction for attempted evasion[Read More…]
Law and Order
Man Who Threatened Synagogue in Fargo, North Dakota, Charged with Civil Rights Violation
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2013. Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Jocelyn Samuels and U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota Timothy Q. Purdon announced that Dominique Jason Flanigan was arraigned today on civil rights and threats charges. Flanigan was indicted under seal by a grand jury[Read More…]
FBI: Two Northeast Indiana Area Men Charged with Murder
Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- United States Attorney David Capp announced that Oscar Cosme, 40, of East Chicago, Indiana, and Kiontay Pennington, 34, of Gary, Indiana, were charged by complaint with allegedly committing murder resulting from the use and carrying of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime and aiding and abetting the[Read More…]
FBI: Arlington Heights Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison on Conviction of Possessing, Transporting Child Pornography
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A man who had built a vast child pornography collection on his home computer was sentenced Friday to 15 years in federal prison for possessing and transporting child pornography. The defendant, Andrew Modjewski, 25, was charged in 2010 in a three-count indictment after a search warrant executed on[Read More…]
Former Owner of Los Angeles Medical Equipment Supply Company Pleads Guilty to $2.6 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2013. A former owner of a Los Angeles-area medical equipment supply company pleaded guilty today to a $2.6 million Medicare fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney André Birotte Jr. of the Central District of California; Special Agent[Read More…]
Justice Department Sues South Dakota Drug Manufacturer for Improperly Producing Sterile Eye Drops
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2013. The government filed suit in the U.S. District Court for South Dakota against Dakota Laboratories LLC and its owner, Charles L. Voellinger, Sr., to block them from violating the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) in connection with their alleged violations of Current Good Manufacturing Practices[Read More…]
A.G. Schneiderman Sues Donald Trump, Trump University & Michael Sexton For Defrauding Consumers Out Of $40 Million With Sham ‘University’
Trump Appeared In Ads That Falsely Claimed Trump University Would Use His “Handpicked Experts” To Teach Get Rich Real Estate Techniques, Bilking Students Out Of Thousands Of Dollars A.G. Schneiderman: “No Matter How Rich Or Popular You Are, No One Has Right To Scam Hard Working New Yorkers; Anyone Who[Read More…]
Former Cook County Assessor Employee Charged In Fraud Scheme
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A former Clerk in the Cook County Assessor’s Office has been charged in a financial crimes scheme for stealing more than $100,000 in fraudulent county checks over the course of three years, according to the Office of Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. Dionne Cooper, 43, of Hazel[Read More…]
Alleged Members of Violent Loan Sharking and Illegal Gambling Organization Charged in Philadelphia
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2013. An indictment was unsealed today charging nine people in a loan sharking and illegal gambling ring allegedly run out of several Philadelphia businesses. The charges were announced today by Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger[Read More…]
FBI: Week in Review – South Bend: August 23, 2013
South Bend, IN-(ENEWSPF)- The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in federal court: Plea: Shawn Fox, 28, of South Bend, Indiana, pled guilty before Magistrate Judge Christopher A. Nuechterlein to the felony offense of bank robbery with the use of a firearm. Magistrate Nuechterlein is recommending that the[Read More…]
