va Six Former Executives of California Valve Company Charged in $46 Million Foreign Bribery Conspiracy By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 17:43:58 EDT Six former executives of an Orange County, Calif.-based valve company were charged today in connection with a conspiracy to secure contracts by paying bribes to officials of foreign state-owned companies as well as officers and employees of foreign and domestic private companies. The contracts resulted in net profits to the company of approximately $46.5 million. According to the indictment, the defendants allegedly engaged in a bribery conspiracy from approximately 1998 through 2007. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Owner of Alabama Tire Store Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:29:45 EDT Timothy Smith, a resident of Cullman, Ala., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Birmingham to one count of tax evasion, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Utah Natural Gas Producers Agree to Air Emission Reductions, Conservation Practices By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:42:27 EDT Six energy companies, in three settlements, have agreed to install pollution control equipment at a cost of over $6 million to comply with the Clean Air Act at their natural gas producing facilities in the Uinta Basin, near Vernal, Utah. The facilities are located on the Uintah & Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Connecticut Accountant Pleads Guilty to Income Tax Evasion By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 6 May 2009 17:18:54 EDT Frank P. DiMartino, an accountant from Orange, Conn., pleaded guilty today to charges of tax evasion. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Former Image Entry Inc., VP Pleads Guilty to Securities and Wire Fraud Conspiracy, and Tax Evasion By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 15 May 2009 17:27:24 EDT Michael Wayne Sulfridge, a resident of Union Grove, Ala., and former vice president of corporate finance at Image Entry, Inc. (Image Entry), pleaded guilty today to fraud and tax evasion charges stemming from the companys 2001 acquisition by Sourcecorp, Inc. (Sourcecorp). Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Attorney General Eric Holder at the University of Pennsylvania Department of Criminology Commencement Ceremony By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 19 May 2009 10:38:13 EDT "You will be starting your service at a time when your government is placing a new and long overdue value on the scientific skills you have developed in this program." Full Article Speech
va U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Joins Other Circuits in Invalidating Tax Losses Claimed in Son of Boss Tax Shelter By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 18 May 2009 17:59:11 EDT On May 15, 2009, the Fifth Circuit, in Klamath Strategic Investment Fund v. United States (No. 07-40861), affirmed the district courts decision denying over $50 million in claimed tax losses arising from the taxpayers investment in a Son of Boss (BLIPS) tax shelter. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against the Newark, New Jersey, Public Schools to Enforce the Employment Rights of Naval Reservist By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 26 May 2009 13:56:55 EDT The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Newark, N.J., on behalf of U.S. Naval Reserve member George Lawton against the Newark Public Schools (NPS) alleging violations of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA). Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Christine A. Varney to Participate in Eighth Annual International Competition Network Conference in Zurich, Switzerland By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 28 May 2009 13:15:11 EDT Christine A. Varney, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Departments Antitrust Division, will participate in the eighth annual International Competition Network (ICN) conference in Zurich, Switzerland, from June 3-5, 2009. At the conference, senior government antitrust officials, private-sector antitrust experts from around the world, and representatives from intergovernmental organizations will meet to discuss competition issues. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Los Angeles Area Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Tax Evasion Used Frivolous Tax Defier Arguments By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 29 May 2009 16:49:31 EDT Giancarlo Pertile was sentenced to prison for tax evasion yesterday afternoon. U.S. District Judge A. Howard Matz sentenced Pertile, the former owner of Art Marble Design Inc., in Moorpark, Calif., to 60 months in federal prison and ordered Pertile to pay a fine of $75,000. In January 2009, Pertile was convicted by a Los Angeles federal jury of five counts of tax evasion for the years 1998 through 2002. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Attorney General Vacates Compean Order, Initiates New Rulemaking to Govern Immigration Removal Proceedings By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 13:06:14 EDT Attorney General Eric Holder today vacated the order issued in Matter of Compean by Attorney General Mukasey in January and announced his intention to initiate a new rulemaking proceeding for regulations to govern claims of ineffective assistance of counsel in removal proceedings. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Massachusetts Couple Charged with Tax Evasion By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 16:14:37 EDT Frederick Allen and Kimberlee Allen, both of Harwich, Mass., were arraigned today before Magistrate Judge Marianne B. Bowler in Boston on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, tax evasion and failure to file tax returns. The indictment alleges that the Allens conspired to defraud the United States of assessing and collecting federal income taxes from 1998 through April 2009. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Wisconsin Couple Sentenced for Forcing a Woman to Work as Their Domestic Servant for 19 Years By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 16:24:43 EDT Jefferson Calimlim Sr. and his wife, Elnora Calimlim, both medical doctors in Milwaukee, Wis., were each sentenced today to 72 months in prison for forcing a woman to work as their domestic servant and illegally harboring her for 19 years in their Brookfield, Wis., residence. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Nevada to Enforce Employment Rights of U.S. Army Reservist By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:56:20 EDT The Department today filed a lawsuit against the state of Nevada and its Office of the State Controller alleging it violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) by refusing to promptly reemploy Arthur Ingram when he returned from active military duty and then by firing him after he filed a USERRA complaint. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Phoenix Asphalt Paver Convicted of Tax Evasion By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:30:57 EDT John D. Stacey, a resident of Phoenix, was convicted today of income tax evasion, corrupt interference with the due administration of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and multiple counts of fraudulent use of a social security number. A federal jury convicted Stacey of all counts of the indictment following a three week trial before Judge Neil V. Wake in Phoenix. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Former Promoter of Abusive Trusts Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:22:21 EDT Roderick Prescott, a resident of Orem, Utah, and a former principal of National Trust Services (NTS) in San Jose, Calif., and later Selma, Ore., pleaded guilty today to tax evasion. Prescott admitted to evading at least $550,000 in personal income taxes for 1998 and 1999. Prescott was scheduled to begin trial on July 7, 2009, before Chief U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken in Eugene, Ore. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Five Companies Agree to $21 Million Settlement for Environmental Damages in Pennsylvania By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 13:48:20 EDT Five companies have agreed to compensate the United States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania nearly $21.4 million in cash and valuable property to address natural resource damages resulting from decades of zinc smelting operations at the Palmerton Zinc Pile Superfund site in northeast Pennsylvania. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Justice Department Signs Agreement with Fayette County, Pennsylvania, to Ensure Civic Access for People with Disabilities By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 13:33:45 EDT The Justice Department today announced an agreement with Fayette County, Pa., to improve access to all aspects of civic life for persons with disabilities. The agreement was reached under the Department’s Project Civic Access initiative, which aims to bring state and local governments into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Union Pacific Railroad Company Agrees to Settle Clean Water Act Violations in Nevada By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 18:23:11 EDT Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has agreed to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act in Nevada by restoring 122 acres of mountain-desert streams and wetlands, implementing storm water controls at its construction sites, and paying a civil penalty. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Former UBS Banker Sentenced to 40 Months for Aiding Billionaire American Evade Taxes By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:59:12 EDT Former UBS banker, Bradley Birkenfeld of Weymouth, Mass., has been sentenced to 40 months incarceration by Judge William J. Zloch in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. On June 19, 2008, Birkenfeld pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Tennessee Demolition and Salvage Companies Indicted for Clean Air Act Violations and Defrauding the United States By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:25:05 EDT Two demolition and salvage companies and three of their respective owners and supervisors were indicted today by a federal grand jury in Chattanooga, Tenn. The indictment describes a year-long scheme in which the former Standard Coosa Thatcher plant in Chattanooga was illegally demolished while still containing large amounts of asbestos. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Justice Department Seeks Removal of Detroit-Area Man Who Shot Jews While Serving as Nazi Policeman By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:07:31 EDT The Department has initiated removal proceedings against a Troy, Mich., resident based on his participation in violent acts of persecution while serving as an armed member of the Nazi-sponsored Ukrainian Auxiliary Police (UAP) in occupied L’viv, Ukraine, during World War II. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Pennsylvania Businessman Pleads Guilty and Is Sentenced in Puerto Rico Corruption Case By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:46:56 EDT Dr. Candido Negron Mella pleaded guilty and was sentenced today for his participation in a corruption scheme involving the 2000 Resident Commissioner campaign of a former governor of Puerto Rico. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Federal Court Shuts Down Nevada Tax Return Preparer By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:34:02 EDT A federal court has permanently barred Francis Kenneth (Frank) Albert of Sparks, Nev., from preparing federal income tax returns for others. The court found that Albert repeatedly engaged in fraudulent or deceptive conduct in preparing returns. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Owner of Tennesse Salvage and Demolition Company Pleads Guilty to Environmental Crimes By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:55:17 EDT Gary Fillers pleaded guilty to one criminal felony count for conspiring to violate the Clean Air Act’s “work practice standards” related to the proper stripping, bagging, removal and disposal of asbestos. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli's Testimony "Advancing Freedom of Information in the New Era of Responsibility" By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:49:10 EDT "We at the Department are especially committed to encouraging compliance with the Act and to fulfilling President Obama's goal of making this Administration the most open and transparent in history." Full Article Testimony
va Former New Jersey Firefighter Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 18:44:25 EDT Matthew Fox, a former Atlantic City, N.J., firefighter, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Jerome B. Simandle in Newark, N.J. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Owner of Alabama Tire Store Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 15:13:19 EDT Timothy Smith, a resident of Cullman, Ala., was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for tax evasion. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Attorney General and Education Secretary Call for National Conversation on Values and Student Violence By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 13:05:29 EDT “Youth violence isn’t a Chicago problem, any more than it is a black problem or a white problem. It’s something that affects communities big and small, and people of all races and colors. Today is the beginning of what will be a sustained, national effort on behalf of this entire administration to address youth violence and to make our streets safe for everyone,” Holder said. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Moldovan National Pleads Guilty to Forced Labor Trafficking By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 16:48:00 EDT A Moldovan national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Kansas City, Mo., for his role in a forced labor trafficking scheme that victimized workers in 14 states. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Against Nevada Company to Enforce the Employment Rights of Air Force Reservist By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:09:09 EDT "This settlement demonstrates our vigilant protection of the employment rights of our servicemembers, and our commitment to vigorous enforcement of the laws that protect them," said Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Former Promoter of Abusive Trusts Sentenced for Tax Evasion By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:56:53 EDT Roderick Prescott, a resident of Orem, Utah, and a former principal of National Trust Services (NTS) in San Jose, Calif., and later Selma, Ore., has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for tax evasion, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Justice Department to Monitor Elections in Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:26:54 EST On Nov. 3, 2009, the department will monitor elections in the following jurisdictions to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and other federal voting rights statutes: the cities of Lowell and Springfield, Mass.; the city of Hamtramck, Mich.; Middlesex County and the borough of Penns Grove, N.J.; Orange County and Queens, N.Y., and the city of Philadelphia. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Rhode Island Couple Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:31:07 EST Chief Judge Mary M. Lisi sentenced Albert Martin to 51 months in prison and Lorraine Martin to one year and one day in prison. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against MasTec Advanced Technologies to Enforce the Employment Rights of Army Reserve Member By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:41:24 EST The department filed a lawsuit in federal court in West Virginia alleging that MasTec Advanced Technologies willfully violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 by discriminating against a U.S. Army Reserve member on the basis of his military service and by failing to offer Burress an appropriate reemployment position when he returned from military service. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Against Newark, New Jersey, Public Schools to Enforce the Employment Rights of U.S. Naval Reservist By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 17:57:15 EST The department announced today that it has entered into a consent decree with the Newark Public Schools (NPS) that will resolve its lawsuit on behalf of George Lawton, a naval reservist, against NPS alleging it violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA). Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Two Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, Men and Four Police Officers Indicted for Hate Crime and Related Corruption By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:39:01 EST A federal grand jury has returned multiple indictments arising out of a fatal racially motivated beating and related police corruption in Shenandoah, Pa. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, Christine Varney, Issues Statement on European Commission Microsoft Settlement By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:01:50 EST “The Antitrust Division commends the efforts of the European Commission and Microsoft Corporation, which have announced that they have reached a comprehensive settlement resolving their disputes under European competition law." Full Article OPA Press Releases
va North Carolina Ginseng Dealer Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Export of Ginseng Valued Over $100,000 By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:33:00 EST Howard William Ledford of Hayesville, N.C., was sentenced today in federal court in the Western District of North Carolina to serve one year in prison for illegally selling and transporting wild American ginseng into Georgia. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Phoenix Asphalt Paver Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:49:53 EST John D. Stacey of Mesa, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Neil V. Wake to 77 months in prison and ordered to pay $1.5 million dollars in restitution on Jan. 7, 2010. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Two Cincinnati Dentists Plead Guilty to Conspiracy, Tax Evasion on Eve of Trial By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:50:37 EST Bradley C. Brennecke, a resident of Pleasant Plain, Ohio, and Bruce A. Mrusek, a resident of Maineville, Ohio, pleaded guilty late Tuesday to conspiracy and tax evasion charges before District Court Judge Michael R. Barrett in Cincinnati. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, Country Club Alleging Discrimination By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:15:27 EST The lawsuit alleges that the Valley Club adopted a racially-discriminatory policy to bar summer camps from using its facilities after a group of predominantly African-American school children visited the facility. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va United States Transfers Three Guantanamo Bay Detainees to Slovakia By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:42:09 EST The United States is grateful to the Government of Slovakia for its willingness to support U.S. efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Businessman Convicted for Evading $1.9 Million in Taxes on Sales of Ozone-Depleting Greenhouse Gases By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:58:15 EST Dov Shellef, a businessman from Great Neck, N.Y., was convicted today on 86 counts, following a five-week jury trial, for conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service in the collection of approximately $1.9 million in excise taxes due on sales of the ozone-depleting greenhouse gas known as CFC-113. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va First Extradition from El Salvador to the United States Brings Salvadoran National Back to Serve Prison Sentence on Texas State Sexual Assault Charges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:40:09 EST “Today’s extradition brings a criminal to justice and paves the way forward in our law enforcement partnership with El Salvador,” said Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Against MasTec Advanced Technologies to Enforce the Employment Rights of Army Reserve Member By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 16:19:17 EST The Department has reached a settlement in its lawsuit against MasTec Advanced Technologies on behalf of Eugene C. Burress, a U.S. Army Reserve member, alleging that MasTec willfully violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA). Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Attorney General Eric Holder Delivers Remarks at the Federal Bar Association’s Advancement of Social Justice Luncheon By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:11:47 EST "Today, it’s also my pleasure to join you in recognizing Kathleen Straus and in celebrating the example of public service reflected in Wade McCree’s life and career," said Attorney General Holder. Full Article Speech
va Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli Speaks at Harvard VAWA Event By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 10:29:53 EST We at the Justice Department share a vision where men, women, boys, girls and communities can live in a world without the fear of violence. Our discussion today takes another step towards raising awareness. If we’re going to do this, we are going to have to do it together. Full Article Speech
va Pennsylvania Woman Indicted in Plot to Recruit Violent Jihadist Fighters and to Commit Murder Overseas By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 15:09:06 EST An indictment was unsealed today charging Colleen R. LaRose, aka "Fatima LaRose," aka "Jihad Jane," with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to kill in a foreign country, making false statements to a government official and attempted identity theft. Full Article OPA Press Releases
va Statement of the Attorney General on Senate Judiciary Committee’s Approval of the Fair Sentencing Act By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:52:58 EST "I applaud the work of the Senate Judiciary Committee, particularly Chairman Leahy, Ranking Member Sessions and Senators Durbin and Graham, in taking such an important step toward reforming our sentencing laws. I look forward to the Senate and the House approving this legislation quickly so that it can be signed into law." Full Article Speech