BALTIMORE, MARYLAND A federal grand jury this week returned two indictments charging five Baltimore City Department of Public Works employees and six commercial trash haulers with being involved in a…
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U.S. Department of Justice Cases
Defendants Sentenced For a Scheme Involving Luxury Houses and Golf Course
ASHEVILLE, N.C. A federal court judge this week sentenced five of eleven defendants charged in connection with a scheme involving the development of Seven Falls, a golf course and luxury homes…
Man Conned 32 Investors Out of Millions, Facing Up to 20 Years in Prison
SAN DIEGO A 68-year-old man, who raised $8.3 million by lying to 32 investors, plead guilty to wire fraud in federal court and is facing up to 20 years behind bars…
59-Year-Old Female Broker Stole $10 Million from Aetna Life Insurance Company
CONNECTICUT Business owner, Bonny J. Hebert, of Killington, Vermont, admitted to stealing $10.3 million in premiums from Aetna Insurance Company, using the money for personal expenses and to run her business,…
Defendants Sold Phony Indian Tribe Memberships to Prevent Deportation
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS A Brownsville man and woman admitted selling membership in a non-recognized Indian tribe as part of a fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson, officials stated. Humberto Reveles, 60,…
Mexican Drug Organization Smuggled 2,200 Pounds of Heroin Into U.S.
PENNSYLVANIA A 108-count indictment named 37 people who allegedly ran a multi-state narcotics trafficking organization that imported 2,200 pounds of heroin into the United States from Mexico, according to authorities. The…
Bank Agrees to Pay $212.5 Million for Underwriting Bad Mortgage Loans
TENNESSEE First Tennessee Bank N.A. agreed to pay $212.5 million for underwriting bad mortgage loans that were insured by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal…
Two Admit Scamming Consumers Through Phony Debt Relief Services
CALIFORNIA Two people Athena Maldonado, 30, and Christopher Harati, 31, both of Orange County, California, plead guilty Monday to duping consumers by portraying debt relief companies as law firms and attorney-based companies that…
Chinese Immigrant Involved in “Black Market” Forfeits Money and Loses U.S. Citizenship
LOS ANGELES The owner of a Fashion District import-export business plead guilty Friday to federal charges stemming from an investigation into “Black Market Peso Exchange” schemes that are used by international…
Woman Allegedly Stole Elderly Victims’ IDs to Get $500,000 in Unemployment Payments
LOS ANGELES, CALIF. A federal grand jury indicted a woman who stole identities of elderly victims to defraud California’s unemployment insurance program out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, officials said…
24-Year-old Man Sentenced to 15 Years in “Sextortion” Child Pornography Case
LOS ANGELES A federal judge today sentenced Jeremy Brenden Sears, Moorpark, California, to 15 years in prison for producing child pornography in “extortion” case, officials said. Sears used social networking websites to trick,…
Fed Program Making It Harder to Hide Money in Swiss Banks – “There is no safe haven”
WASHINGTON D.C. Tax dodgers or criminals trying to hide drug profits in Swiss banks will find it more difficult to do so, the U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday. Swiss Banks are self-reporting…