WASHINGTON D.C. – The U.S. Justice Department announced Monday that it has reached a $7 billion settlement –the largest penalty of its kind — with Citigroup Inc. for misleading investors about securities…
Welcome to Other Voices
“Other Voices” is a new section on American Justice Notebook web site, which will be launched on Tuesday with a column by Attorneys Robyn Bramson and Scott Wippert, who represented Brandon McInerney…
You Have a Greater Chance of Dying From the Flu Then Being Killed By a Shark
Here are some facts about shark attacks from National Geographic: 93% of shark attacks from 1580 to 2010 worldwide were on males. In 2010, North American Waters had 42% of all confirmed…
Former CEO of Employee Retirement System Pleads Guilty to Corruption Charges
SAN FRANCISCO – The former CEO of the California Public Employee Retirement System, known as CalPERS, plead guilty Friday to getting hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash along with gifts in…
LA Residents Who Illegally Released 2,000 Minks in Illinois Indicted
CHICAGO — Two California men who allegedly released about 2,000 minks from cages were indicted this week for damaging a mink farm. One defendant, Tyler Lang, 25, was arrested Thursday by FBI…
A CHP Investigation Into the I-10 Beating of a Woman Is Suspect
By Raul Hernandez [email protected] It was a jaw dropping incident, and after the video was launched into Cyberspace, it sparked immediate outrage along with cries of police brutality. On a busy highway,…
Four Police Officers Facing Charges Involving the Beating of a Man
GEORGIA — A grand jury indicted Georgia law enforcement officers for civil rights violations and obstruction of justice in connection with the beating of a man at the Bainbridge BikeFest in 2012,…
Russian Hacker Arrested for Stealing Credit Card Information from Retail Stores
WASHINGTON D.C. -A Russian hacker was arrested in Guam this weekend for stealing information from retail sales cash registers and installing malicious software to steal credit cards, officials announced this week. Roman…
A Medical Device Inventor Going to Prison for Hiding Money from IRS
CALIFORNIA – A medical device inventor was sentenced on Monday to six months in prison for hiding more than $8 million in foreign bank accounts, federal officials announced. Ashvin Desai, of San…
Hospital Worker Who Stole Patients IDs to File False Tax Returns Pleads Guilty
A hospital worker who stole patients’ personal identification information to filed false tax returns plead guilty Tuesday to one count of aggravated identity theft, according to authorities. Kamarian D. Millender, of Dothan,…
Moving Company to Pay $500,000 for Over Billing; Whistleblower Will Get $86,000
A moving company will pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for over billing the federal government to transport its employees relocating to duty stations within the United States, officials announced Tuesday. RE/MAX…
Mafia Boss and Three Others Convicted of Taking Over a Texas Mortgage Company and Looting It
NEW JERSEY: A member and associate of Lucchese organized crime Mafia family along with an attorney and a CEO were convicted last week of taking over and looting FirstPlus Financial Group Inc, a…