Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 21, 2012.  A jury in Cleveland yesterday convicted 16 people, all residents of Ohio, of federal hate crimes arising out of a series of religiously-motivated assaults on practitioners of the Amish religion, the Justice Department announced. The convictions stem from a series of separate hate-crime assaults that occurred[Read More…]

 WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 21, 2012.  A Detroit-area doctor was charged and arrested yesterday in the Eastern District of Michigan for his alleged leading role in a $40 million Medicare fraud scheme involving physician home visits and home health services, announced the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),[Read More…]

Company Also Sentenced to Adopt Antitrust Compliance Program; Former Top Executives Each Sentenced to Serve Three Years in Prison and to Pay Criminal Fine  WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2012.   AU Optronics Corporation, a Taiwan-based liquid crystal display (LCD) producer, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in San Francisco to[Read More…]

Four Additional Defendants Were Previously Charged for Their Roles in the Scheme WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2012.  Five individuals were charged in court documents unsealed today in the Eastern District of Michigan for their participation in a Medicare fraud scheme involving purported home health and psychotherapy services, announced the Department of Justice,[Read More…]

The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) 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 reports than is reported by other[Read More…]

Defendants Agree to Serve Seven-year and 21-month Prison Sentences Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2012.  Two Romanian nationals pleaded guilty today to participating in an international, multimillion-dollar scheme to remotely hack into and steal payment card data from hundreds of U.S. merchants’ computers.   Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 117, 2012.  Martin Angelina, 50, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for his participation in a racketeering conspiracy involving loan sharking and illegal gambling, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; Zane David Memeger, U.S. Attorney for the[Read More…]

Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Receives More Than $2 Million for Efforts to Reduce Gun Violence WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2012.  U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has recently awarded a total of $5,671,165 in grants to support the establishment or enhancement of[Read More…]

Anthony Dinunzio Is One of Nine Alleged Leaders, Underbosses, Members or Associates of the New England Crime Family Indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in Rhode Island and Arrested since January 2011 WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2012.  Anthony L. Dinunzio, 53, of East Boston, Mass., the acting leader of the New England[Read More…]

 WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2012.  Laura Pendergest-Holt, 39, the former chief investment officer of Houston-based Stanford Financial Group, was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for her role in obstructing a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation into Stanford International Bank (SIB), the Antiguan offshore bank owned by convicted financier[Read More…]