nia Five Brothers Charged in Human Trafficking Scheme That Smuggled Young Ukrainian Migrants By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:19:44 EDT An indictment unsealed today in Philadelphia charged Omelyan Botsvynyuk, Stepan Botsvynyuk, Mykhaylo Botsvynyuk, Dmytro Botsvynyuk, and Yaroslav Botsvynyuk, a/k/a Yaroslav Churuk, with extortion and conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) for their alleged involvement in a human trafficking operation. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Northern Virginia Business Owner Indicted for Failing to Pay Employment Taxes By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 15:11:36 EDT Eric Jon Eisenhower was arraigned in federal court in Alexandria, Va., on an indictment that alleges that he failed to collect, account for and pay over to the Internal Revenue Service more than $200,000 in withholdings from employees’ paychecks between 2004 and 2008. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Against California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to Enforce the Employment Rights of Former Air Force Reservist By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:17:38 EDT The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a consent decree with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation that, if approved by the U.S. District Court, will resolve the department’s complaint filed in May 2009, alleging violations of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Justice Department Resolves Lawsuit Alleging Disability Discrimination by Ventura County, California By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:56:13 EDT The Justice Department today announced a consent decree resolving a lawsuit filed against Ventura County, Calif., alleging that the county violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it refused to hire a qualified applicant for a children’s social services position because she is deaf and required reasonable accommodations. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia California Man Indicted in Las Vegas for Filing False Liens Against Federal Employees & Filing False Tax Forms By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:32:36 EDT A Las Vegas federal grand jury has indicted Thanh Viet Jeremy Cao, a resident of Orange County, Calif., for filing false liens against federal employees and corruptly obstructing the administration of the federal tax laws. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding the U.S. Department of Defense of More Than $450,000 By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:33:56 EDT Jonathan Feeney is charged with using the U.S. mails to execute a scheme involving fraudulent invoices to defraud the U. S. Department of Defense. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:19:19 EDT A Virginia man pleaded guilty today to charges related to his possession and distribution of images containing child pornography. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 14:00:15 EDT A Bedford, Va., man pleaded guilty today to transporting, receiving and possessing child pornography. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Estonian Hacker Extradited to the United States to Face Computer Hacking Charges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 18:12:37 EDT Sergei Turikov, 26, of Tallinn, Estonia, has been extradited to the United States to face charges of hacking into a computer network operated by an Atlanta-based credit card processing company. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Justice Department Sues Two California Residents to Bar Them from Promoting Alleged Tax Sham Trusts By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 15:47:03 EDT The United States has sued Gwenn Wycoff and Frank Ozak of Los Angeles seeking to bar them from promoting the formation and operation of “common-law” trusts for the purpose of tax avoidance. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Northern Virginia Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Failing to Pay Employment Taxes By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:14:33 EDT Eric Jon Eisenhower, a resident of Fairfax Station, Va., pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Alexandria, Va., for failing to collect, account for and pay over to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) more than $200,000 in withholdings from employees’ paychecks between 2004 and 2008. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia California Man Sentenced to Serve 295 Months in Prison in Child Pornography Case By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:40:07 EDT David Grummer of San Diego was sentenced late Friday to 295 months in prison following his conviction on 18 counts of receipt of child pornography and five counts of possession of child pornography. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Three Pennsylvania Men Indicted for Cross Burning By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:52:22 EDT Michael Bealonis and Kenneth Stiffey, Jr., of Robinson, Penn., and Michael Bracken, of Bolivar, Penn., were indicted this week by a federal grand jury on charges stemming from a cross burning in the yard of an African-American juvenile in November 2009. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Justice Department Sues California Man to Stop Tax Schemes That Allegedly Cost the Treasury at Least $30 Million By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:46:39 EDT The United States has asked a federal court to permanently bar a California man from promoting alleged sham pension-plan and welfare-benefit-plan tax fraud schemes. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia California Man Charged with Attempting to Extort Sexually Explicit Images from Minor By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:17:07 EDT According to an indictment dated June 24, 2010, and unsealed today, James Dale Brown, 27, is alleged to have used the Internet social networking website Facebook to communicate with a minor female identified as Jane Doe. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia California Man Sentenced for Hate Crime and Mail Fraud By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 14:39:04 EDT Eric Clawson, 28, of San Francisco, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Morrison C. England, Jr., for depriving the civil rights of an African-American man when he assaulted the victim in a bar. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Justice Department Files Lawsuit Alleging Religious Discrimination Against the City of Walnut, California By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:12:37 EDT The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the city of Walnut, Calif., alleging that the city violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA), when, in 2008, it denied a conditional use permit to the Chung Tai Zen Center so that it could build and operate a Buddhist house of worship at property it then owned in the city. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia California Resident Sentenced to 72 Months in Prison for Laundering $2.5 Million in Illegal Proceeds from Sale of Stolen Credit Card Information By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:29:13 EDT Cesar Carranza, a resident of Long Beach, Calif., was sentenced today to 72 months in prison for his role in laundering $2.5 million dollars in proceeds derived from several stolen credit card information schemes. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Southern California Medical Center to Pay U.S. $2.2 Million to Resolve Fraud Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:46:09 EDT The El Centro Regional Medical Center in Imperial County, Calif., has agreed to pay the United States $2.2 million, plus interest, to settle allegations that it defrauded Medicare. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Federal Court Bars Multi- Million Dollar Tax Fraud Scheme Operating in Southern California By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:08:43 EDT A federal court in Los Angeles has permanently barred three Huntington Beach men from preparing federal tax returns for customers. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia California Man Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Child Pornography Offenses By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 19:31:07 EDT Elden Ray Cibart, 61, of Redding, Calif., was sentenced today to 60 months in prison and a lifetime term of supervised release for possession and receipt of child pornography. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Four California Police Officers Indicted for Civil Rights Charges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 18:41:02 EDT A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging former Fresno, Calif., Police Department (FPD) Officers Christopher Coleman, 42; Paul Van Dalen, 44; and Sean Plymale, 41; and current FPD Sergeant Michael Manfredi, 50, with civil rights and obstruction of justice offenses related to the assault of a man in their custody in October 2005. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Northern Virginia Couple Indicted for Conspiracy, Bank Fraud and Tax Evasion By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:10:46 EDT A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Va., returned an indictment against a married couple from Fairfax Station, Va., for conspiracy, bank fraud and tax evasion. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Providing Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization and Encouraging Violent Jihadists to Kill U.s. Citizens By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:15:07 EDT Zachary Adam Chesser, 20, of Fairfax County, Va., pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Liam O’Grady to a three-count criminal information that included charges of communicating threats against the writers of the South Park television show, soliciting violent jihadists to desensitize law enforcement, and attempting to provide material support to Al-Shabaab, a designated foreign terrorist organization. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia California-based Mailing Firms to Pay $4.2 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations for Underpayment of Postage By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:55:13 EDT California-based companies Quicksort Inc., Quicksort LA Inc. and Quicksort Sacramento Inc. have agreed to pay the United States $4.2 million to settle allegations that Quicksort violated the False Claims Act by falsely representing the level to which it had pre-sorted mailings in order to obtain discounted postage rates from the U.S. Postal Service. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Texas Businessman Pleads Guilty in Virginia to Role in $100 Million Fraud Scheme Involving Life Settlements By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:51:07 EDT Eric M. Kurz, 46, of The Woodlands, Texas, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering in conjunction with his actions as a wholesaler of investment products for A&O, a group of businesses that acquired and marketed life settlements to investors. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia California Company and Two Executives Indicted for Their Alleged Participation in Scheme to Bribe Officials at State-owned Electrical Utility in Mexico By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:17:48 EDT Lindsey Manufacturing Company, an Azusa, Calif., company and two of its executives were indicted today for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to pay bribes to Mexican government officials at the Comisión Federal de Electricidad, a state-owned utility company. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia San Diego County, California, Attorney Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:46:00 EDT Craig Shaber, a practicing attorney from San Diego County, Calif., pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Anthony J. Battaglia to one count of tax evasion for the 2000 tax year. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Virginia Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Defrauding the U.S. Department of Defense of More Than $450,000 By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:30:33 EDT A Virginia man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison in connection with a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Defense of more than $450,000. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Virginia Couple Charged with Tax Crimes By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:18:55 EDT A Newport News, Va., federal grand jury has indicted a married couple for conspiring to defraud the United States. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Virginia Man Arrested for Plotting Attacks on D.C.-area Metro Stations with People He Believed to Be Al-Qaeda Members By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:38:15 EDT Farooque Ahmed, 34, of Ashburn, Va., was arrested today for attempting to assist others whom he believed to be members of al-Qaeda in planning multiple bombings at Metrorail stations in the Washington, D.C., area. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Virginia Information Technology Director Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison for Hacking Former Employer’s Website By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:53:07 EDT A fired information technology director for Transmarx LLC, a Richmond, Va., company, was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for hacking into his former employer’s website. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Virginia Man Sentenced to 66 Months in Prison for Child Pornography Offenses By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 10:51:24 EST Gary Lee Rimmer, 56, was indicted in June 2010 and charged with one count of possession of child pornography and one count of distribution of child pornography. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Virginia Contractor and Its President to Pay United States to Settle Allegations of Falsely Obtaining Hubzone Contract By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:21:55 EST CFP Group, located in McLean, Va., and its president, Roberto Clark, have agreed to pay the United States $150,000 to settle claims that they used false statements to obtain a contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Northern Virginia Businessman Pleads Guilty to Bank and Tax Fraud By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:57:04 EST Kevin Shaffer of Sarasota, Fla., and Washington D.C., pleaded guilty to bank fraud and tax evasion before Alexandria, Va., federal district court Judge Gerald Bruce Lee. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Northern Virginia Business Owner Sentenced to Prison for Failing to Pay Employment Taxes By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:04:15 EST U.S. District Court Judge Ellis sentenced Eric Jon Eisenhower, a resident of Fairfax Station, Va., to 19 months in prison and ordered him to pay $88,826.79 in restitution to the IRS. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Virginia Man Sentenced to 96 Months in Prison for Child Pornography Charges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:18:43 EST John Michael Carter, 42, pleaded guilty on Aug. 5, 2010, in U.S. District Court in the Western District of Virginia to one count of transportation of child pornography, one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia California Woman Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Prison for Human Trafficking Charge By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:28:14 EST Fang Ping Ding was sentenced in federal court late yesterday to 37 months in prison for confiscating the passport, visa and other documents of a woman from the People’s Republic of China in order to maintain control over the victim and force her to work as an unpaid, live-in domestic servant. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Pennsylvania Contractor Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud Conspiracy By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:17:41 EST The owner of a Langhorne, Penn., asbestos abatement company pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer Speaks at the “Focus on Recovery’’ Biennial National Procurement and Grant Fraud Conference By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:52:46 EST "The Criminal Division, along with our partners in the U.S. Attorneys Offices, is firmly committed to supporting you in our collective mission to prevent and deter any attempts to defraud the American people of the money invested in our future through the Recovery Act," said Assistant Attorney General Breuer. Full Article Speech
nia California UBS Client Charged with Hiding Assets in Secret Swiss Bank Account By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:13:51 EST Jeffrey Chatfield of San Diego pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Nita Stormes to a criminal information charging him with filing a false tax return related to a Swiss bank account that he maintained at UBS. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Justice Department Files Lawsuit in California Against Titan Laboratories Inc. and Its Owner to Enforce the Employment Rights of Army Reserve Member By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:57:37 EST The Justice Department today announced that it has filed a lawsuit alleging that Titan Laboratories Inc., and its owner Harvey Berger willfully violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 by discriminating against and failing to reemploy U.S. Army reservist Miguel Orozco Garduño. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Jury Convicts Oakland, California, Patient Recruiter for Participating in Wheelchair Scam to Defraud Medicare By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:02:57 EST On Monday, after a one-week trial in federal court in Los Angeles, a jury found Donna K. Wells, 52, guilty of one count of health care fraud. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Justice Department Reaches Agreement with Virginia to Protect Rights of Military and Overseas Voters By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:48:36 EST The Justice Department today announced that it has reached an agreement with Virginia officials to help ensure that military service members and U.S. citizens living overseas have an opportunity to participate fully in future federal general elections. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Former Bell, California, Police Officer Sentenced to Nine Years on Federal Civil Rights Charge for Sexual Assault By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:39:34 EST A judge sentenced Feliciano Sanchez, a former officer with the Bell, Calif., Police Department, to nine years in federal prison and three years of supervised release for sexually assaulting a female motorist and violating her civil rights. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Former Member of Virginia House of Delegates Charged with Bribery and Extortion By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 17:48:23 EST A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia returned an indictment today charging Phillip A. Hamilton, a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, with allegedly soliciting employees of Old Dominion University for a paid position at the same time he was introducing legislation to fund the position. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Pennsylvania Odometer Tamperer Sentenced to 100 Months in Prison By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:36:18 EST Yakov Babchinetskiy, 43, of Huntingdon Valley, Pa., was sentenced today in Philadelphia by U.S. District Court Judge Legrome D. Davis to 100 months in prison plus three years of supervised release for his role in a conspiracy to alter odometers on used motor vehicles, provide false odometer statements, and commit wire and securities fraud. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Two Men Plead Guilty to Federal Hate Crime Charge Related to Desecration of Synagogue and Churches in Modesto, California By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:05:49 EST Brian Lewis of Modesto, Calif., and Abel Mark Gonzalez of Morgan Hill, Calif., pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to conspiring to violate the civil rights of congregants of Congregation Beth Shalom, a synagogue in Modesto, Calif. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia Justice Department Settles Lawsuit in California Against Titan Laboratories Inc. and Its Owner to Enforce the Employment Rights of Army Reserve Member By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:57:16 EST The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a settlement on behalf of U.S. Army reservist Miguel Orozco Garduño (Orozco) in its lawsuit against Titan Laboratories Inc., and its owner Harvey Berger. Full Article OPA Press Releases
nia 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