form Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling Resentenced to 168 Months for Fraud, Conspiracy Charges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 16:30:55 EDT Former Enron Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey K. Skilling has been resentenced to 168 months in prison on conspiracy, securities fraud, and other charges related to the collapse of Enron Corporation. In addition to the prison sentence, Skilling, 59, was ordered to forfeit approximately $42 million to be applied toward restitution for the victims of the fraud at Enron. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Executive at Florida-Based Lender Processing Services Inc. Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Role in Mortgage-Related Document Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:22:08 EDT A former executive of Lender Processing Services Inc. (LPS) – a publicly traded company based in Jacksonville, Fla. – was sentenced today to serve five years in prison for her participation in a six-year scheme to prepare and file more than 1 million fraudulently signed and notarized mortgage-related documents with property recorders’ offices throughout the United States. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Alabama Corrections Officer Convicted of Federal Civil Rights Offenses and Obstruction of Justice for Beating Death of an Inmate By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:33:18 EDT The Justice Department announced that yesterday a federal jury convicted a former corrections officer of the Alabama Department of Corrections, of two civil rights violations and five obstruction of justice-related violations in connection with the beating death of former inmate Rocrast Mack. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Mississippi Corrections Officer Sentenced for Orchestrating Assault on Inmate By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:29:56 EDT A corrections officer at the Stone County Regional Correctional Facility in Stone County, Miss., was sentenced today to serve one year in federal prison and ordered to pay restitution of $6,000 for ordering the beating of an inmate at the detention facility in violation of federal civil rights laws. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Department of Health and Human Services Employee Sentenced to Prison for Wire Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 14:21:42 EDT A former employee of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (HHS-ASPR) was sentenced today to serve six months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the United States by submitting fraudulent employment offers in order to claim retention bonuses totaling $138,875 Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Swiss Banker Pleads Guilty to Failure to Report Foreign Bank Account By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 17:15:34 EDT Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division Kathryn Keneally and U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag for the Northern District of California announced that Pius Kampfen of Mill Valley, Calif., pleaded guilty today to an information charging him with willful failure to file the required reports of foreign bank accounts (FBAR) for a Swiss bank account he controlled. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Officers of American Mortgage Specialists Inc. Sentenced for $28 Million Fraud Against BNC National Bank By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 17:44:14 EDT Scott N. Powers, the former CEO of Arizona-based mortgage loan originator American Mortgage Specialists Inc. (AMS), and David McMaster, a former officer of AMS, were sentenced today to serve 96 and 188 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a $28 million scheme to defraud North Dakota-based BNC National Bank. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Alabama Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to Obstructing Justice in Federal Criminal Civil Rights Investigation of Beating Death of an Inmate By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 18:24:25 EDT The Justice Department announced today that Joseph Sanders, 32, a former corrections officer of the Alabama Department of Corrections, pleaded guilty to obstructing justice in an investigation into the beating death of former inmate Rocrast Mack. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Preschool Director Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 12:21:51 EDT The Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that Susan C. Valentine, a resident of Fairfax County, Va., pleaded guilty today to tax evasion. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former U.S. Army Reserve Captain Pleads Guilty in Nevada to Bribery Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:14:59 EDT A former U.S. Army Reserve captain pleaded guilty today to accepting more than $90,000 in bribes from contractors while he was deployed to Iraq, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden of the District of Nevada. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Justice Department Enters into Far-reaching Agreement with the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to Reform the Puerto Rico Police Department By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 14:32:46 EDT he Justice Department today entered into a sweeping civil rights agreement with the commonwealth of Puerto Rico to modernize and reform the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD). Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former CEO and Former CFO of ArthroCare Corp. Charged with Orchestrating $400 Million Securities Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 15:04:41 EDT 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 by falsely inflating ArthroCare’s earnings by tens of millions of dollars, announced Acting Assistant Attorney Mythili Raman of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Robert Pitman of the Western District of Texas. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer and Four Associates Sentenced for Carrying out Bribery and Alien Smuggling Activities Along Mexican Border By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 13:57:17 EDT 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 Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Owner of Employee Leasing Company Sentenced to Federal Prison for Failing to Pay Payroll Taxes to the IRS By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 15:52:13 EDT 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. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form US Army Sergeant Pleads Guilty in Georgia to Stealing Identity Information from US Army Computer System By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 16:37:30 EDT Ammie Brothers, 29, of Columbus, Ga., a sergeant in the U.S. Army, pleaded guilty today to unlawfully obtaining personal information from the U.S. Army’s Army Knowledge Online computer system. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Owner of Two Florida Airline Fuel Supply Companies Charged for Role in Scheme to Defraud Illinois-Based Ryan International Airlines By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:57:31 EDT A former owner and operator of two Florida-based airline fuel supply service companies made his initial appearance today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in West Palm Beach on charges of participating in a scheme to defraud Illinois-based Ryan International Airlines. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Senior Executive of ArthroCare Corp. Pleads Guilty in $400 Million Securities Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 09:43:26 EDT A former senior executive of ArthroCare Corp., a publicly traded medical device company based in Austin, Texas, pleaded guilty for his role in a scheme to defraud the company’s shareholders and members of the investing public by falsely inflating ArthroCare’s earnings, announced Acting Assistant Attorney Mythili Raman of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Robert Pitman of the Western District of Texas. The plea was taken under seal on June 24, 2013, and unsealed late yesterday. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Investment Banker and His Associate Sentenced for Insider Trading Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 09:42:28 EDT A former San Francisco investment banker and his college friend were sentenced yesterday to 16 months in prison for their roles in an insider trading scheme involving two impending corporate mergers, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag of the Northern District of California. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Three Former UBS Executives Sentenced to Serve Time in Prison for Frauds Involving Contracts Related to the Investment of Municipal Bond Proceeds By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 17:04:27 EDT Three former financial services executives were sentenced today in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for their participation in frauds related to bidding for contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other municipal finance contracts. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Senior Executive of French Power Company Charged in Connection with Foreign Bribery Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 14:50:05 EDT A former senior executive of a French power and transportation company has been charged in a second superseding indictment for his alleged participation in a scheme to pay bribes to foreign government officials. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Owner of Los Angeles Medical Equipment Supply Company Sentenced for Conspiring to Defraud Medicare By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 15:40:16 EDT The owner and operator of a durable medical equipment (DME) supply company was sentenced today to serve 24 months in prison for conspiring to submit nearly $1 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Washington, D.C. Accountant Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 18:05:25 EDT The Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today that John T. Hoang, of Woodbridge, Va., pleaded guilty in federal district court in Washington, D.C., to willfully aiding and assisting in the preparation of false income tax returns for tax year 2004. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former FBI Special Agent and Two Co-Conspirators Charged with Bribery Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 16:12:56 EDT A former FBI agent and two others have been charged in the Southern District of New York with engaging in a bribery scheme to secure confidential, internal law enforcement documents about a prominent individual in Bangladesh. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Federal Fugitive Sentenced in California for Nationwide Foreclosure Scam By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 17:28:56 EDT Glen Alan Ward, 48, a former Los Angeles resident who fled to Canada and was a federal fugitive for 12 years, was sentenced today to serve 132 months in prison for aggravated identity theft and bankruptcy fraud in connection with his leading role in a nearly 15-year foreclosure-rescue scam that fraudulently postponed foreclosure sales for more than 800 distressed homeowners. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Sevierville, Tenn. Resident Convicted of Tax Evasion By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 18:59:08 EDT The Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today that Jimmie Duane Ross of Lehi, Utah, and formerly of Sevierville, Tenn., was convicted today of five counts of tax evasion following a jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Heber City, Utah, Resident Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Claims for Tax Refunds By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 19:10:49 EDT The Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that April J. Rampton, 42, formerly of Heber City, Utah, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for filing false claims for income tax refunds. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Georgia Tax Return Preparers Sentenced for Tax Fraud By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 16:53:57 EDT The Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that former professional tax return preparers Greene Wylie Sheppard, Sabrina Johnson-Lavant and Chandra Henderson were sentenced this month to serve 56 months, 18 months, and 8 months in prison, respectively, for conspiring to defraud the United States by filing false tax returns in order to receive fraudulently-inflated refunds for their clients. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Owner of Liquor Store Pleads Guilty to Tax Crime and Selling Cutting Agents to Local Drug Dealers By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 18:18:36 EDT Southfield, Mich., resident Bashar Saroki pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return and selling drug paraphernalia, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Lorain County, Ohio, Corrections Officer Charged for Assaulting an Inmate By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 16:13:52 EDT Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Jocelyn Samuels, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio Steven M. Dettelbach and Special Agent in Charge for the FBI Cleveland Field Office Stephen D. Anthony, announced today that former Lorain County, Ohio corrections officer Marlon Taylor, 47, of Vermilion, Ohio, was charged in the U.S. Court for the Northern District of Ohio with one count of deprivation of rights under color of law. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Owner of Los Angeles Medical Equipment Supply Company Pleads Guilty to $2.6 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:17:02 EDT A former owner of a Los Angeles-area medical equipment supply company pleaded guilty today to a $2.6 million Medicare fraud scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Alabama Postal Employee Pleads Guilty for His Involvement in a Fraudulent Tax Refund Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:08:10 EDT Antoine Green, a former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama to crimes related to his involvement in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme, the Justice Department announced. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Utah Chiropractor Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:05:55 EDT The Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that today Douglas R. Madsen, a former chiropractor from Ephraim, Utah, was sentenced by the U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups to 33 months in prison and resitutition of over $500,000 following a conviction for attempted evasion of payment of income tax in the District of Utah. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form MRI Diagnostic Testing Company, Imagimed LLC, and Its Former Owners and Chief Radiologist to Pay $3.57 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 17:01:31 EDT New York-based Imagimed LLC, the company’s former owners, William B. Wolf III and Dr. Timothy J. Greenan, and the company’s former chief radiologist, Dr. Steven Winter, will pay $3.57 million to resolve allegations that they submitted to federal healthcare programs false claims for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) services. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Conax Flordia Corp. Settles Allegations It Provided Improperly Tested Equipment and Non-Conforming Electronic Parts for Use by the Military and NASA By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 18:08:37 EDT Conax Florida Corp. and related companies have agreed to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that the company submitted false claims to the government for improperly tested inertia reels and non-conforming voltage references. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former North Carolina Probation Officer Sentenced for Coercing Probationer into Sexual Acts By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:36:01 EDT Jocelyn Samuels, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division and Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, announced today that former North Carolina Department of Correction’s Division of Community Corrections Probation Officer Willie James Steele Jr., 43, has been sentenced for violating the constitutional rights of a female probationer that he was supervising by coercing her into sexual acts on two separate occasions. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Three Former Broker-dealer Employees Plead Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court to Bribery of Foreign Officials, Money Laundering and Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 13:46:18 EDT Three employees of a New York-based U.S. broker-dealer have pleaded guilty for their roles in bribery schemes involving two state economic development banks in Venezuela. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Bernalilo County Corrections Officer Sentenced to Prison for Obstructing Justice By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 18:55:00 EDT The Justice Department announced today that Kevin Casaus, 24, a former corrections officer at the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced this morning to serve 15 months in federal prison followed by one year of supervised release for his conviction on obstruction of justice and falsification of records charges. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Lorain County Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to Assaulting an Inmate By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 18:26:32 EDT A former Lorain County, Ohio corrections officer pleaded guilty today to one count of deprivation of rights under color of law, announced Jocelyn Samuels, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former St. Louis Police Officer Indicted for Assaulting Two Juveniles and One Adult By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 18:06:42 EDT A federal grand jury in St. Louis has indicted Stan Lee Stanback, 47, a police officer formerly with the Velda City Police Department, on charges related to the assaults of two juveniles and one adult on Sept.17, 2008. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former South Pittsburg, Tenn., Mayor and Co-conspirator Plead Guilty to Conducting Illegal Gambling Business By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 17:09:27 EDT A former mayor of South Pittsburg, Tenn., and a co-conspirator pleaded guilty today in Chattanooga, Tenn., to conducting an illegal gambling business, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special Agent in Charge Kenneth Moore of the FBI’s Knoxville, Tenn., Field Office. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Airline Executive Sentenced to Prison for Schemes to Defraud Illinois-Based Ryan International Airlines By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 18:37:37 EDT A former executive of Ryan International Airlines, a charter airline company located in Rockford, Ill., was sentenced today to serve 87 months in prison and to pay restitution for participating in kickback schemes to defraud Ryan. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Navy Reservist Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Sexual Exploitation of Multiple Minors to Produce Child Pornography By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 15:24:58 EDT Anthony K. Mastrogiovanni, 30, of Crofton, Md., was sentenced today to serve 25 years in prison for sexually exploiting more than 30 male juveniles – ranging from 9 to 16 years of age – in Maryland and Louisiana to produce child pornography. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Alabama Real Estate Investor Pleads Guilty to Making False Statement in Connection with Real Estate Foreclosure Auction Investigation By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 15:28:57 EDT A former investor in the Alabama real estate foreclosure auctions industry pleaded guilty today to one count of making false statements. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Piedmont Regional Jail to Reform Medical and Mental Health Care at the Facility By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 18:28:05 EDT Today the Department of Justice filed a complaint and a simultaneous settlement agreement in the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to ensure that prisoners at the Piedmont Regional Jail in Farmville, Va., receive appropriate medical and mental health care. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Federal Contractor Petitions to Plead Guilty to Unlawfullly Disclosing National Defense Information and Distributing Child Pornography By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 15:47:48 EDT Donald John Sachtleben, a former FBI bomb technician who later worked as a government contractor for the agency, has filed a petition to plead guilty to newly filed charges of unlawfully disclosing national defense information relating to a disrupted terrorist plot. Sachtleben previously had filed a petition to plead guilty to charges of possessing and distributing child pornography resulting from a separate investigation. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former President of Qualcomm’s Global Business Operations Indicted for Insider Trading By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 16:47:21 EDT Jing Wang, 51, of Del Mar, Calif., a former Executive Vice President and President of Global Business Operations for Qualcomm Inc., was charged with insider trading in shares of both Qualcomm and Atheros Communications Inc. using a secret brokerage account and an offshore shell company in the British Virgin Islands. Wang was also charged with conspiring with his brother, co-defendant Bing Wang, 53, and his former stock broker to obstruct an ongoing U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation and laundering the proceeds of his insider trading using a second offshore shell company and secret brokerage account. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Tuscaloosa Police Sergeant Sentenced to Ten Years for Sexually Assaulting Woman in Custody By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 19:07:10 EDT Jason Glenn Thomas, 35, a former City of Tuscaloosa Police sergeant in Tuscaloosa, Ala., was sentenced today to serve ten years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for sexually assaulting a Tuscaloosa woman in violation of federal civil rights laws. A special assessment of $100.00 was also imposed. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Owner of Los Angeles Medical Clinic Management Company Indicted in $13 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 09:19:18 EDT The former owner of a Los Angeles medical clinic management company has been indicted for his role in a $13 million scheme to defraud Medicare. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Owner of Los Angeles Medical Equipment Supply Company Indicted in $4 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 09:20:41 EDT A former owner of a Los Angeles medical equipment supply company has been indicted for allegedly engaging in a $4 million Medicare fraud scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
form Former Employee of Florida Property Management Company Sentenced to Serve Time in Prison for Wire Fraud By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 16:29:36 EDT A former residential sales manager of a Florida property management company was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison today in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, in Orlando, for his participation in a wire fraud scheme involving housing repair contracts for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Department of Justice announced. Full Article OPA Press Releases