nan ATF Implements Justice Financial System By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 10:05:28 EDT The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) implemented the Unified Financial Management System (UFMS), a core centralized accounting system that improves internal controls and standardizes data. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Former Employee of a Financial Institution Subsidiary Pleads Guilty for Role in Bid-rigging and Fraud Conspiracies Involving Municipal Bonds By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:17:21 EST A former employee of a subsidiary of a financial institution pleaded guilty today for his participation in bid-rigging and fraud conspiracies related to contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other municipal finance contracts. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Former Employee of a Financial Institution Subsidiary Arrested on Criminal Complaint for Role in Fraud Scheme Involving Municipal Bonds By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 18:14:03 EST A former employee of a subsidiary of a financial institution was arrested on a criminal complaint at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York yesterday after entering the United States. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force Announces Results of Largest-Ever Nationwide Operation Targeting Investment Fraud By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 10:43:03 EST Attorney General Holder announced today the results of Operation Broken Trust, a nationwide operation organized by the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force to target investment fraud. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Three Former Financial Services Executives Indicted for Fraudulent Conduct Affecting Contracts Related to Municipal Bonds By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 15:07:46 EST Three former executives of a financial services company were indicted today for their participation in fraud schemes and conspiracies related to bidding for contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other municipal finance contracts. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the Western Regional Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force Summit By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:36:14 EST "It is clear – from the record of achievement that you just shared – that great progress is being made here in Northern California. And I believe that the discussions we're beginning today provide a unique and important opportunity to build on all that is being achieved." Full Article Speech
nan Former Upstate New York Financial Advisor Pleads Guilty to Using and Selling Abusive Trust Schemes to Obstruct the IRS By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:59:26 EST Richard A. Muto of Buffalo, N.Y., has pleaded guilty to corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the administration of the internal revenue laws. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Two Former Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, Police Officers Convicted of Falsifying Information About Hate Crime By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:05:42 EST A federal jury in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., has convicted Matthew Nestor and William Moyer of falsifying information related to the investigation into the beating death of Luis Ramirez. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan U.S. Sues Two California Lawyers & Kentucky Financial Professional to Block Nationwide Promotion of "Intermediary Transaction" Tax Shelter By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:06:40 EST The United States has sued two Southern California attorneys and a Kentucky financial professional to bar them from promoting an allegedly abusive tax shelter known as an “intermediary transaction.” Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Two Shenandoah, Pa., Men Sentenced for the Fatal Beating of Luis Ramirez By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:04:24 EST Brandon Piekarsky, 19, and Derrick Donchak, 21, both of Shenandoah, Pa., were sentenced today to nine years in prison for the fatal beating of Luis Ramirez. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Justice Department Settles with Hertford County, N.C., Involving Pregnancy Discrimination By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:43:37 EDT The Justice Department announced today that it has resolved a lawsuit alleging that Kimberly Sathoff was subjected to pregnancy discrimination by the Hertford County, N.C., Public Health Authority, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Three Former Executives Charged in $200 Million Fraud Scheme Involving Fair Financial Company Investors By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:51:15 EDT Three former executives of Fair Financial Company, an Ohio financial services business, were arrested today and charged in an indictment filed in the Southern District of Indiana for their roles in a scheme to defraud approximately 5,000 investors of more than $200 million. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Former TBW Financial Analyst Pleads Guilty to $1.5 Billion Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:12:34 EDT Sean W. Ragland, a former senior financial analyst at Taylor, Bean &s mortgage lending facility, Ocala Funding. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, Man Sentenced for Involvement in the Fatal Beating of Luis Ramirez By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 17:59:34 EDT Colin Walsh, 19, of Shenandoah, Pa., was sentenced today to 55 months in prison for his role in the fatal beating of Luis Ramirez. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Former Department of Defense Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Financial Assistance Funds Intended for Service Members By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 19 May 2011 11:23:31 EDT A former civilian employee of the Department of Defense pleaded guilty today in Columbus, Ga., to conversion of Army Emergency Relief (AER) funds while he was employed at Camp Humphreys in the Republic of Korea. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Two Former Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, Police Officers Sentenced for Falsifying Information About the Beating of a Latino Man By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 15:31:59 EDT The Justice Department announced that Matthew Nestor and William Moyer were sentenced today for falsifying information related to the investigation into the beating death of Luis Ramirez. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Former Senator and Presidential Candidate John Edwards Charged for Alleged Role in Scheme to Violate Federal Campaign Finance Laws By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 10:28:14 EDT A federal grand jury today returned a six-count indictment against former U.S. Senator and Presidential candidate John Edwards for allegedly participating in a scheme to violate federal campaign finance laws. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Nigerian Citizen Convicted in Atlanta for Trafficking Young Women from Nigeria to Work for Her as Nannies By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:26:54 EDT Bidemi Bello, 41, a former resident of Suwanee, Ga., and a citizen of Nigeria, was convicted on eight counts by a federal jury late on Friday on charges of two counts of forced labor, two counts of trafficking for forced labor, one count of document servitude, one count of alien harboring and two counts of making false statements in an application to become a U.S. citizen. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Two Indicted in Kentucky on Conspiracy and Harboring of Undocumented Bolivian National for Financial Gain By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:26:26 EDT Javier Arce, 58, and Cristina Mier Arce, 55, were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy and harboring of an undocumented Bolivian national for their financial gain. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Former Department of Defense Employee Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Financial Assistance Funds Intended for Service Members By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:18:09 EDT Tyrone L. Ellis, 56, of Columbus, Ga., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Clay D. Land of the Middle District of Georgia. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Niagara Falls, New York, Financial Advisor Sentenced to Prison for Promoting and Using Abusive Tax Shelters By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 15:16:37 EDT Richard Muto was sentenced to 36 months in prison followed by one year of supervised release for corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the due administration of the Internal Revenue laws. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Former New Orleans Police Department Lieutenant Sentenced in Connection with Shootings on Danziger Bridge By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 18:45:12 EDT A former lieutenant with the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), was sentenced today for his role in a conspiracy to obstruct justice and for misprision of a felony, in connection with a federal investigation of two police-involved shootings that left two civilians dead and four others seriously wounded in the area of the Danziger Bridge in the days after Hurricane Katrina. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Attorney General Eric Holder at the “Progress Through Prosperity” Dinner with President Leonel Fernandez By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:14:14 EST "It is in this spirit of friendship that I have traveled to your beautiful country. And I am grateful, on a very personal level, for this opportunity to help build upon the progress that our nations – and America’s allies throughout the Caribbean region – have made together over the years," said Attorney General Holder. Full Article Speech
nan Former Bryan County, Okla., Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant Indicted for Civil Rights Violations and Obstruction of Justice By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:05:01 EST A federal grand jury sitting in Muskogee, Okla., returned an indictment today charging former Bryan County, Okla., Sheriff’s Lieutenant Kevin Bennett Holt, 48, of Achille, Okla., with federal civil rights violations and related acts of obstruction of justice. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Former Pittsfield, Mass., Entrepreneur Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison for Financial Crimes By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:08:28 EST A former Pittsfield man was sentenced late yesterday in federal court for his role in a series of frauds and attempts to avoid paying taxes, as well as lying to federal authorities and financial institutions about his illegal activities. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Attorney General Holder Announces Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force Executive Director By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 14:50:41 EST U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder today announced the appointment of Michael J. Bresnick as the new executive director of President Barack Obama’s Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Justice Department Reaches $335 Million Settlement to Resolve Allegations of Lending Discrimination by Countrywide Financial Corporation By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:11:31 EST The Department of Justice today filed its largest residential fair lending settlement in history to resolve allegations that Countrywide Financial Corporation and its subsidiaries engaged in a widespread pattern or practice of discrimination against qualified African-American and Hispanic borrowers in their mortgage lending from 2004 through 2008. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the Countrywide Financial Corporation Settlement Announcement By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:27:15 EST "In today’s settlement with Countrywide Financial Corporation, we resolved the government’s allegations that Countrywide and its subsidiaries – which are now owned by Bank of America – engaged in discriminatory mortgage lending practices against more than 200,000 qualified African-American and Hispanic borrowers from 2004 through 2008," said Attorney General Holder. Full Article Speech
nan Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez Speaks at the Countrywide Financial Corporation Settlement Announcement By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:43:38 EST "At the core of the allegations in the complaint is a simple story: If you were African-American or Hispanic and you went to Countrywide for a loan, and you were qualified, you likely paid more simply because of the color of your skin. You likely paid more than a similarly-qualified white borrower if you were African-American or Hispanic and received your loan from a Countrywide loan officer, or from Countrywide’s mortgage brokers," said Assistant Attorney General Perez. Full Article Speech
nan CDR Financial Products and Its Owner Plead Guilty to Bid-Rigging and Fraud Conspiracies Related to Municipal Bond Investments By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 14:45:33 EDT A Beverly Hills, Calif.,-based financial products and services firm, and its founder and owner pleaded guilty today in the Southern District of New York for their participation in bid-rigging and fraud conspiracies related to contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other related municipal finance contracts. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan CDR Financial Products Executive and Former Executive Plead Guilty in New York to Bid-Rigging and Fraud Conspiracies Related to Municipal Bond Investments By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 16:32:39 EST An executive and a former executive of Rubin/Chambers, Dunhill Insurance Services, also known as CDR Financial Products, pleaded guilty today in the Southern District of New York for their participation in bid-rigging and fraud conspiracies related to contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other related municipal finance contracts. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Massachusetts Financial Advisor Convicted of Tax Crimes and Contempt By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:26:15 EST A jury convicted Attleboro, Mass., licensed stockbroker, insurance agent and financial advisor Kevin P. Mahoney today on tax and contempt of court charges, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Attorney General Holder Speaks at the Announcement of the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force’s New Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:56:10 EST "I am confident that this new effort will improve our ability to ensure justice for victims; help restore faith in our financial markets and institutions; and allow us to answer the call that President Obama issued earlier this week, in his State of the Union address," said Attorney General Holder. Full Article Speech
nan Two Financial Investors Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging at Municipal Tax Lien Auctions in New Jersey By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:01:25 EST Two financial investors pleaded guilty today for conspiring to rig bids for the sale of tax liens auctioned by municipalities throughout New Jersey. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at Columbia University Law School on Preventing and Combating Financial Fraud By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:09:56 EST " Here on this campus, my interest in the law, my understanding of its remarkable power for good, and my desire to serve our nation’s justice system first took hold. And although more than 35 years have passed since I completed my law degree – and started my “dream job” as a prosecutor in the United States Department of Justice – my time at Columbia shaped and enriched my life in ways that I am still realizing, and continue to appreciate," said Attorney General Holder. Full Article Speech
nan Justice Department Settles Landlord-Tenant Case Under Servicemembers Civil Relief Act By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 16:26:48 EST The Justice Department today announced that it had reached a settlement resolving allegations that Empirian Property Management Inc. refused to terminate residential leases entered into by active duty members of the U.S. Air Force assigned to Offutt Air Force Base in Sarpy County, Neb., after those servicemembers received permanent change of station orders. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Former Chief Financial Officer of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Pleads Guilty to Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:04:21 EDT Delton de Armas, a former chief financial officer of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. (TBW), pleaded guilty today to making false statements and conspiring to commit bank and wire fraud for his role in a more than $2.9 billion fraud scheme that contributed to the failures of TBW and Colonial Bank. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan U.S. and Mexican Officials Sign Letter of Intent to Share $6 Million in Forfeited Assets to Combat Financial Infrastructure of Organized Crime By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:26:11 EDT U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Mexican Attorney General Marisela Morales Ibáñez today signed a letter of intent for the United States to share approximately $6 million in forfeited funds with the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic of Mexico to support Mexican efforts to combat the financial infrastructure of organized criminal groups and to enhance bilateral cooperation between the two countries in forfeiture matters. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan New York Financial Investor Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging at Municipal Tax Lien Auctions in New Jersey By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:30:01 EDT A financial investor who purchased municipal tax liens at auctions in New Jersey pleaded guilty today for his role in a conspiracy to rig bids for the sale of tax liens auctioned by municipalities throughout the state. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan New Jersey Financial Investor and His Company Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging at Municipal Tax Lien Auctions By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:08:40 EDT A financial investor who purchased municipal tax liens at auctions in New Jersey, as well as a company in which he was a partner, pleaded guilty today for their roles in a conspiracy to rig bids for the sale of tax liens auctioned by municipalities throughout the state. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Massachusetts Financial Advisor Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Tax Crimes and Contempt By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:54:05 EDT Kevin P. Mahoney of Attleboro, Mass., was sentenced today to 60 months in prison, following trial convictions on corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the administration of the Internal Revenue laws, filing false tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and criminal contempt of court, the Justice Department and the IRS announced. U.S. District Judge Joseph L. Tauro presided over the trial and imposed the sentence. A Boston jury convicted licensed stockbroker, insurance agent and financial advisor Mahoney on Jan. 25, 2012. Mahoney was charged with one count of corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the administration of the Internal Revenue laws, eight counts of contempt of court and eight counts of filing false tax returns. He was convicted on all counts. Judge Tauro also ordered Mahoney to pay $367,000 in restitution to the IRS. Mahoney was remanded to prison immediately following the sentencing hearing. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Federal Officials Close Investigation into the Death of Sergio Hernandez-Guereca By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:49:29 EDT The Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas announced today that there is insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal charges against a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Border Patrol agent for the fatal shooting of the late Sergio Hernandez-Guereca, a 15-year-old Mexican national shot within a spillway of the Rio Grande River along the United States – Mexico border on June 7, 2010. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Former Bryan County, Okla., Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant Pleads Guilty to Using Taser to Shock Restrained Detainee By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 1 May 2012 17:37:57 EDT The Justice Department announced today that former Bryan County, Okla., Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant Kevin Bennett Holt, 48, from Achille, Okla., pleaded guilty in federal court to using a Taser to assault a detainee inside of the Bryan County Jail in Durant, Okla., thereby depriving the detainee of his civil rights. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Three Former Financial Services Executives Convicted for Roles in Conspiracies Involving Investment Contracts for the Proceeds of Municipal Bonds By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 11 May 2012 18:04:56 EDT A federal jury in New York City today convicted three former financial services executives for their participation in conspiracies related to bidding for contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other municipal finance contracts Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Justice Department Files Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit Against the Nevada Division of Forestry By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 18 May 2012 14:16:07 EDT The Department of Justice today announced the filing of a lawsuit against the Nevada Division of Forestry (NDF) alleging that NDF discriminated against Ms. Tawnya Meyer, a former employee, when they fired her soon after she announced her pregnancy. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Owner of Hawaii Car Dealerships and Chief Financial Officer Plead Guilty to Tax Crimes By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 29 May 2012 14:06:10 EDT Charles Alan Pflueger, owner of Pflueger Inc., Randall Kurata, the company’s chief financial officer, and Julie Kam, Pflueger’s executive assistant, pleaded guilty to filing false federal income tax returns before U.S. District Court Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi in Honolulu, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison for Bribery Related to Contracting in Support of Iraq War By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:41:40 EDT Derrick L. Shoemake, 50, of Moreno Valley, Calif., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Dolly M. Gee in the Central District of California. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Former Chief Financial Officer of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:03:48 EDT Delton de Armas, a former chief financial officer (CFO) of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. (TBW), was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for his role in a more than $2.9 billion fraud scheme that contributed to the failure of TBW. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Three Former Executives Convicted for Roles in $200 Million Fraud Scheme Involving Fair Financial Company Investors By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:54:08 EDT Three former executives of Fair Financial Company, an Ohio financial services business, were found guilty for their roles in a scheme to defraud approximately 5,000 investors of more than $200 million, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; Joseph H. Hogsett, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana; and Special Agent in Charge Robert Holley of the FBI in Indiana announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nan Former Chief Investment Officer of Stanford Financial Group Pleads Guilty to Obstruction of Justice By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:53:47 EDT Laura Pendergest-Holt, 38, the former chief investment officer of Houston-based Stanford Financial Group, pleaded guilty today to obstructing a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation into Stanford International Bank (SIB), the Antiguan offshore bank owned by convicted financier Robert Allen Stanford. Full Article OPA Press Releases