Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 8, 2013. Diana Shipping Services S.A., a Panamanian corporation headquartered in Greece, Ioannis Prokakis and Antonios Boumpoutelos, both citizens of Greece, were convicted today after an 12-day bench trial on charges related to the illegal discharge of waste oil and oil-contaminated waste water from the M/V Thetis, a[Read More…]
Law and Order
Justice Department Signs Agreement with the City of Fort Morgan, Colo. to Ensure Civic Access for People with Disabilities
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 8, 2013. The Justice Department announced today an agreement with the city of Fort Morgan, Colo., to improve access to all aspects of civic life for persons with disabilities. The agreement was reached under Project Civic Access (PCA), the department’s wide-ranging initiative to ensure that cities, towns and[Read More…]
Five Puerto Rico Police Department Officers Indicted on Federal Civil Rights, Obstruction of Justice and Perjury Charges
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2013. A second superseding indictment against five Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) officers was announced today by Jocelyn Samuels, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division; Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez, U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico; and Carlos Cases, Special Agent in Charge of[Read More…]
Antiques Dealer Pleads Guilty in New York City Federal Court to Wildlife Smuggling Conspiracy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2013. Qiang Wang, a/k/a Jeffrey Wang, a New York antiques dealer, pleaded guilty today in federal court in New York City to conspiracy to smuggle Asian artifacts made from rhinoceros horns and ivory and violate wildlife trafficking laws, announced Robert G. Dreher, the Acting Assistant Attorney General[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for August 7, 2013
Commander Chris Mannino took this photo of another officer in Washington, D.C. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Announces Charges Against Premier Bank Board of Directors in $70 Million Criminal Fraud Scheme
Attorney General Alleges Failed Wilmette Bank Defrauded Troubled Asset Relief Program Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today joined with the Special Inspector General for the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and the Office of the Inspector General of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation[Read More…]
Three MS-13 Leaders Found Guilty of Racketeering and Additional Charges for Multiple Murders and Attacks
Twelve Others Have Pleaded Guilty in the Case Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2013. Three leaders of MS-13 in Washington, D.C., were found guilty by a federal jury today of conspiring to participate in racketeering activity and other charges stemming from their roles in murders, extortion and other violent crimes in the[Read More…]
Puerto Rican Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murdering a Federal Witness
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2013. Xavier Jiménez-Benceví, aka “Xavi,” 28, was sentenced to life in prison following his conviction for murdering a federal witness on a drug trafficking case. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez of the District of[Read More…]
Oakland County Doctor and Owner of Michigan Hemotology and Oncology Centers Charged in $35 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2013. Dr. Farid Fata, 48, of Oakland Township, Michigan, was arrested this morning and charged in a criminal complaint for his role in a health care fraud scheme which involved submitting false claims to Medicare for services that were medically unnecessary, including chemotherapy treatments. Acting Assistant Attorney[Read More…]
Texas Businessman Agrees to Settle False Claims Allegations Involving the E-Rate Program
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2013. Larry Lehmann of Giddings, Texas has agreed to pay $400,000 to settle allegations that he violated the False Claims Act in connection with the Federal Communications Commission’s E-rate Program, the Department of Justice announced today. The E-rate Program, created by Congress in the Telecommunications Act of[Read More…]
