WICHITA, KS—A former city clerk of Altoona, Kan., was sentenced Tuesday to six months in jail for bank fraud, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. She also was ordered to pay more than…
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U.S. Department of Justice Cases
Clothing Factory Manager Indicted for Offering Bribe to Labor Investigator
LOS ANGELES – The manager of Seven-Bros Enterprises in La Puente, Howard Quoc Trinh, 41, of Arcadia, was indicted for offering $10,000 in bribes to a Department of Labor Wage and Hour Investigator,…
“Shooting Tattoos” Investigation of Police Nears Completion; Grant for Body Cameras Submitted
OXNARD, CALIF. – An internal investigation of the Oxnard Police Department related to the so-called shooting tattoos that are “earned” if an officer is involved in a shooting is expected to be completed…
DOJ’s First Online Marketplace Prosecution Results in E-Commerce Seller Admitting to Price Fixing
WASHINGTON—A former executive of an e-commerce business that sold posters, prints and framed art admitted that he conspired with others to fix the prices of posters sold through Amazon Marketplace, the officials…
Miami Cop Indicted for Providing False Police Reports To Fix Bad Credit Ratings
MIAMI-DADE – A police officer who falsified reports to fix bad credit ratings has been indicted, officials stated. The police reports would falsely represent that the customers had reported to the Miami-Dade…
Middle School Teacher Arrested for Trying to Have Sex with 14-Year-old Girl
ROCHESTER, NY— A middle school teacher who tried to meet a 14-year-old girl and had in his possession a box of condoms was arrested last week and charged with enticement of a minor to…
Feds: Cup of Coffee Purchase With $100 Bogus Bill Helped Take Down A Uganda-Based Counterfeit Ring
PENNSYLVANIA – A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh indicted four suspects who operated a counterfeit ring that used a website, “Community X,” to manufacture, sell, buy and distribute counterfeit bills, officials announced…
NYPD’s 2012 Officer of the Year Will Be Sentenced in June for Drug Dealing
NEW YORK – NYPD’S 2012 Officer Of The Year will be sentenced in June after he plead guilty last week to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 11 pounds of cocaine….
Doctor and 25 Other Physicians Admit to Accepting Bribes for Blood Test Referrals
NEWARK, NJ— A doctor along with 25 other physicians admitted to accepting millions of dollars in bribes in exchange for sending patients blood samples to Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC, officials The “elaborate” and…
The Owner of LuLu Billiards Pleads Guilty to Bribing a Zoning Appeals Official
ATLANTA—The owner of LuLu Billiards wanted to operate as a nightclub with a dance floor and to make sure this happened, he bribed an official with the county’s zoning board of appeals…
Feds: Two Black Panthers Plotted to Set Off Explosives During Ferguson Protests
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI— Olajuwon Davis and Brandon Orlando Baldwin were indicted on charges involving the conspiracy to maliciously damage and destroy, by means of explosives, a building, vehicle and other property related to…
Two Who Support Jihad Charged with Trying Build Powerful Bombs to Detonate in U.S.
BROOKLYN – Two women were charged with conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction – bombs – that they intended to detonate in the U.S. and kill Americans, officials said. Officials said…