Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2013. The Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today that Richard R. Whatley, a former owner of Alliance Staffing Management Inc. (ASM), was sentenced to 51 months in prison today for willfully failing to account for and pay over employment taxes. Whatley was also[Read More…]
Law and Order
Former U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer and Four Associates Sentenced for Carrying out Bribery and Alien Smuggling Activities Along Mexican Border
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2013. A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer, his girlfriend, his nephew and two of their associates were sentenced today in federal court for their participation in bribery and alien smuggling activities along the U.S./Mexico border spanning approximately two years, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General[Read More…]
Panasonic and Its Subsidiary Sanyo Agree to Plead Guilty in Separate Price-Fixing Conspiracies Involving Automotive Parts and Battery Cells
Lg Chem Ltd. Agrees to Plead Guilty to Price-fixing Conspiracy Involving Battery Cells, First Charges Filed in Battery Cell Investigation Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2013. Panasonic Corp. and its subsidiary, SANYO Electric Co. Ltd., have agreed to plead guilty and to pay a total of $56.5 million in criminal fines for[Read More…]
Brooklyn Owner of Sportswear Distribution Business Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2013. The Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today that Harry Neuhoff, a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y., has pleaded guilty to tax evasion. According to documents filed with the court, Neuhoff was president and an owner of EVA TEES Inc., formerly of Long Island City,[Read More…]
Indiana Woman Charged In Financial Theft From Former Employer
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)-The former bookkeeper of a south suburban plumbing supply company has been charged with stealing more than $700,000 from the company, according to the Office of Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. Michelle Dawson, 36, of the 8700 block of Sheffield, Dyer, Indiana, appeared in bond court today, July[Read More…]
FBI: Former Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Stealing Confidential Computer Files from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A former supervisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago pleaded guilty today, July 17, 2013, to a federal misdemeanor for stealing computer files containing confidential information relating to the bank’s responsibility to assess and monitor its credit risk exposure. The defendant, Brian McCarthy, admitted attempting to download[Read More…]
FBI, July 17, 2013: Indictments Returned in Hammond Federal Court
Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- The United States Attorney’s Office announced that the following Indictments were returned today: Jeremy David Evans, 31, of Glendale Heights, Illinois, was charged with the bank robbery of TCF Bank in Munster, Indiana, and Fifth Third Bank in Hammond, Indiana, on August 8, 2012. These charges were filed[Read More…]
California Businessman Pleads Guilty to Concealing Foreign Bank Account at Israeli Bank on His Tax Return
Saratoga Resident is the Latest in a Series of Defendants Charged With Concealing Bank Accounts at Israeli Banks Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2013. Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division Kathryn Keneally and U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag for the Northern District of California announced that Moshe Handelsman of Saratoga, Calif., pleaded[Read More…]
Former CEO and Former CFO of ArthroCare Corp. Charged with Orchestrating $400 Million Securities Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2013. The former chief executive officer and former chief financial officer of ArthroCare Corp., a publicly traded medical device company based in Austin, Texas, were charged for their alleged leading roles in a $400 million scheme to defraud the company’s shareholders and members of the investing public[Read More…]
Philadelphia La Cosa Nostra Capo Sentenced to 97 Months in Prison
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2013. Anthony Staino was sentenced today to serve 97 months in prison for his participation in a racketeering conspiracy involving extortion, loan sharking and illegal gambling, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger of the Eastern[Read More…]
