LOUISIANA A leader of a coupon counterfeiting ring plead guilty today to participating in a conspiracy to sell counterfeit coupons using the “Silk Road” online marketplace, federal officials said. Beau Wattigney, 30,…
Fugitive Involved In a Multi-Million-Dollar Fraud Scheme Extradite to U.S.
NEW JERSEY Eighteen years after disappearing from his court trial, a fugitive was arrested in Greece and extradited to the U.S. to serve a 10-year-sentence for his involvement in an untaxed diesel…
Family Members Indicted for Multi-Million-Dollar Scheme Involving Export-Import Bank
FLORIDA Three family members concocted phony invoices for sales of merchandise that never occurred to swindle Export-Import Bank of the United States bank and commercial lenders, according to officials. Guillermo M. Sanchez, 60,…
Bankruptcy Filings Down But More Repeat Filers
There were less people who filed for bankruptcy in 2014 compared to 2013, according to officials. But more repeat bankruptcy filers. These bankruptcy statistics are included in a report required by the…
Dutch-Turkish National Extradited to U.S. to Face Terrorism Charges
WASHINGTON D.C. U.S. authorities extradited Irfan Demirtas, aka Nasrullah, 56, a dual Dutch-Turkish national who made his first court appearance on Monday. Demirtas was extradited to the U.S. to face federal charges…
L.A. County Housing Authority Agrees to Pay $2 Million to Resolve Racial Discrimination Case
LOS ANGELES Blacks with Section 8 housing vouchers were discouraged and excluded from living in the cities of Lancaster and Palmdale, which teamed with the Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles…
Leader of Phony Medical Clinic Scam Who Defrauded Medicare Sentenced to 20 Years
LOS ANGELES A federal judge sentenced the leader of a group linked to a phony Glendale medical clinic that defrauded Medicare and Medi-Cal was sentenced to 20 years in prison, officials said…
Feds: Cuban Deported To Ecuador for Sex Trafficking Cuban Women into Prostitution
GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported a Cuban national who is linked to human trafficking Cuban women to Ecuador, ICE officials announced today ICE extradited Yoeldis Melian-Mastrapa, 29, to Ecuador. Melian-Mastrapa…
“Hedge Fund Manager” Stole $2.6 Million from Investors With Ponzi Scheme (Video)
SAN DIEGO Paul Moore IV had a success story and many believed it. Moore told investors he earned an undergraduate degree in economics from a respected state university, had worked as a…
Sheriff Arpaio Agrees to Stop Unlawful Targeting and Detention of Hispanics During Worksite Raids
ARIZONA Controversial Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the U.S. Justice Department Civil Rights Division reached a partial settlement in a civil rights lawsuit that also names Maricopa County as a…
Two Found Guilty of Stealing Money Earmarked for Veterans Will Be Sentenced in October
SAN DIEGO Two defendants, Judith Paixao and Kevin Lombard, a husband and wife who embezzled federal funds intended for job training, benefits and equipment for injured Marines returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, will…
Construction Co. Executives Guilty of Bribery of Foreign Officials for Contracts
NEW JERSEY Two former company executives plead guilty today to bribery of foreign officials in India, Indonesia, Vietnam and Kuwait to land construction management contracts, officials said today. Louis Berger International Inc.,…