PROVIDENCE, RI Renoir Painting, Custom-Built Sports Car Seized from Convicted...
PROVIDENCE, RI November 14, 2013 — A Renoir painting and a custom-designed sports car seized from imprisoned Rhode Island con man Rocco DeSimone, 60, have been sold at auction for $740,000, announced...
View ArticleSix Defendants Sentenced to a Total of 36 Years in Prison in National...
ST. LOUIS, MO November 14, 2013 — Six defendants were sentenced today before United States District Judge Jean C. Hamilton for their roles in one of the largest frauds ever prosecuted in the Eastern...
View ArticleNewark, NJ – Two Defendants Admit Guilt in Insider Trading Scheme
NEWARK, NJ November 13, 2013 — The two primary traders in an extensive insider trading network admitted today to repeatedly using information divulged by insiders at pharmaceutical/medical technology...
View ArticleFormer Executive Director of Public Charter School Pleads Guilty to Stealing...
WASHINGTON November 13, 2013 — Monique S. Murdock, 44, the former executive director of Nia Community Public Charter School, pled guilty today to a federal theft charge stemming from the embezzlement...
View ArticleJustice Department Officials Raise Awareness of Disaster Fraud Hotline...
WASHINGTON November 13, 2013 — The Department of Justice, the FBI, and the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) remind the public that there is a potential for disaster fraud in the aftermath of a...
View ArticleGettysburg Attorney Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Clients of More Than $3 Million
November 15, 2013 — The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Wendy Weikal-Beauchat, age 46, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today to wire...
View ArticleHigh-Ranking Bank Official at Venezuelan State Development Bank Pleads Guilty...
WASHINGTON November 18, 2013 — A senior official in Venezuela’s state economic development bank has pleaded guilty in New York federal court to accepting bribes from agents and employees of a New...
View ArticleFormer Puerto Rico Police Officers Sentenced for Roles in Scheme to Extort a...
WASHINGTON November 18, 2013 — Two former police officers with the Police of Puerto Rico were sentenced to serve 63 and 60 months in prison for attempting to extort a defendant and soliciting bribe...
View ArticleFederal Jury Convicts Brunswick Woman in $4 Million Medicaid Fraud Scheme
BRUNSWICK, GA November 20, 2013 — Schella Logan Hope, 47, of Brunswick, Georgia, was convicted earlier this month by a federal jury of various health care fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Man Charged for Role in Multi-Million-Dollar Mortgage Fraud Scheme
PHILADELPHIA November 20, 2013 — David Anthony Holman, 46, of Philadelphia, was charged today by information with one count of conspiracy to commit loan and wire fraud and one count of loan fraud for...
View ArticleThree Aryan Brotherhood of Texas Gang Members Plead Guilty to Federal...
HOUSTON November 21, 2013 — Three members of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas gang (ABT) pleaded guilty to racketeering charges related to their membership in the ABT’s criminal enterprise, announced...
View ArticleOwner of Home Health Companies Sentenced for Role in $20 Million Health Care...
WASHINGTON November 21, 2013 — The owner and operator of several Miami health care agencies was sentenced today to serve 120 months in prison for his role in a health care fraud scheme involving...
View ArticleFormer CFO of New York Brokerage Firm Admits Stealing $1 Million from Former...
TRENTON, NJ November 21, 2013 — The former chief financial officer of the Manhattan-based brokerage firm Needham & Co. today admitted stealing $1 million from his former employer through an...
View ArticleTwo New York Doctors Admit Taking Bribes in Test Referrals Scheme with New...
NEWARK, NJ November 21, 2013 — Two doctors with a practice in New York admitted today to accepting bribes in exchange for test referrals as part of a long-running and elaborate scheme operated by...
View ArticleLeader Sentenced to More Than 23 Years in Prison in Scheme to Steal Nearly...
BALTIMORE November 21, 2013 — U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Daren Kareem Gadsden, aka “D,” age 36, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, to 286 months in prison, followed by five years...
View ArticleSan Antonio Businessman Pleads Guilty to Role in $133 Million Real Dollar...
November 21, 2013 — In San Antonio this morning, 61-year-old businessman Charles Pircher pleaded guilty to his role in what is believed to be the largest real dollar loss fraud and tax related case...
View ArticleFormer Bookkeeper Sentenced to Federal Prison for Embezzlement
CHARLESTON, WV November 22, 2013 — A former Spencer-based oil and gas company bookkeeper who stole more than $800,000 from her employer was sentenced yesterday to two years in federal prison, announced...
View ArticleWest Haven Woman Admits Making Bomb Threats Against Connecticut Courthouses
November 22, 2013 — Deirdre Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Jennifer Chirico, 31, of West Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge...
View ArticleWyoming Woman Charged with Assault on a Federal Officer
November 22, 2013 — U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming Christopher A. Crofts announced that on October 21, 2013, Marion Joyce Kills Enemy, a 24-year-old Northern Arapaho Tribal member, was...
View ArticleProminent Nashville Pediatrician and Former Owner of Centennial Pediatrics...
NASHVILLE November 22, 2013 — Dr. Edward “Eddie” Hamilton, 54, of Nashville, Tennessee, and former owner of the medical practice of Centennial Pediatrics P.C., pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District...
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