VIRGINIA — The president of an international hotel brokerage firm was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison for conducting a wide-ranging set of multi-million dollar fraud schemes involving the sale of several…
Apartment Manager Sexually Harassed Female Tenants; Owners Agree to Pay More Than $500,00 As Damages
MICHIGAN – The owners of the Alger Meadows Apartments in Grand Rapids, Michigan, have agreed to pay $550,000 as damages and to terminate property manager Dale VanderVennen’s role in managing the complex…
Google Tip Results in Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Having Child Pornography
CALIFORNIA — A Google tip reported to National Center for Missing & Exploited Children resulted in a man being convicted of receiving and distributing child pornography and getting a 30-year sentence, according to…
Man Who Set a Bomb Off at the DA’s Office Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison
OREGON— A 47-year-old man who wanted to “destroy” the District Attorney’s Office was sentenced on Monday to 15 years in prison after his conviction for malicious destruction of property by explosion for…
Gang Associate Sentenced to More Than 13 Years for Racketeering Conspiracy
LOS ANGELES – An associate of the Armenian Power gang,, who was convicted for his role in a racketeering conspiracy that included stealing personal and financial information of elderly bank customers for…
Mastermind of $20 Million Fraud Scheme Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison
LOS ANGELES – A federal judge on Monday sentenced the mastermind of a $20 million health care fraud scheme based at a Glendale medical clinic to eight years in prison for overseeing a…
Former CEO Sentenced to 14 Years For Masterminding an $18 Million Ponzi Scheme
TENNESSEE – The former chief executive officer of Hanover Corporation was sentenced Friday to serve 14 years in prison and ordered to pay $14.7 million in restitution for orchestrating an $18 million…
Another “Pill Mill” Doctor Sentenced to Prison For His Role in a Phony Pain Clinic Operation
GEORGIA – Another so-called pill-mill doctor was sentenced to federal prison this month for his role in operating a “pill-mill” clinic in 2011, federal officials said. Dr. Najam Azmat, 57, of Waycross, Georgia,…
Chinese National Indicted for Hacking Into Computers to Steal Secrets from Defense Contractors
LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury has indicted a Chinese national on five felony offenses stemming from a computer hacking scheme that involved the theft of trade secrets from American defense…
Former Owner of LA Medical Management Company Admits to Stealing Millions from Medicare
WASHINGTON D.C. – The former owner of a Los Angeles medical clinic management company pleaded guilty Friday in connection with his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare out of millions of…
Airline Pilot Convicted of Having Sex with a Female Minor Who He Met on Website
WHEELING, WV—A commercial airline pilot for Republic Airways has been convicted of traveling across state lines in order to have sex with a minor female, officials said. Mustafa Momoun Bazbaz, 28, of…
Bookkeeper Who Stole Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars From Two Employers Is Facing Lengthy Prison Sentence
KANSAS CITY, MO— A bookkeeper who stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from two employers could be sent to prison for more than 30 years when she is sentenced, according to officials….