Virginia-Based Contractor to Pay $6.5 Million to Settle Allegations of False...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 18, 2014. Vector Planning and Services Inc. (VPSI), an information technology, systems engineering, program management and consulting firm headquartered in Chantilly,...
View ArticleJustice Department Reaches Settlement with Ganado School District to Ensure...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 18, 2014. The Justice Department announced today that it has entered into a settlement agreement with the Ganado Unified School District in Ganado, Ariz., to ensure...
View ArticleFormer Puerto Rico Correctional Officer Sentenced for Scheme to Smuggle...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 18, 2014. A former correctional officer at the Puerto Rico Department of Corrections was sentenced to serve 37 months in prison for attempting to smuggle heroin into...
View ArticleFormer Chief Executive Officer of Oil Services Company Pleads Guilty to...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 18, 2014. The former chief executive officer of PetroTiger Ltd., a British Virgin Islands oil and gas company with operations in Colombia and offices in New Jersey,...
View ArticleFormer Maryland Corrections Officer Convicted for Beating Inmate and Ensuing...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 20, 2014. The Justice Department announced that James Kalbflesh, a former correctional officer at the Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) in Hagerstown, Md., was...
View ArticleTwo Florida Men Sentenced for Defrauding Thousands of Homeowners in $4...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 20, 2014. Two Florida men were sentenced today to serve 84 months in prison for defrauding thousands of homeowners in a $4 million nationwide home loan modification...
View ArticleGeorgia Real Estate Investor Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging and Fraud at Public...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 20, 2014. A Georgia real estate investor pleaded guilty today for her role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions...
View ArticleCompany’s Green Claims for Plastic Lumber Misleading
FTC Order Requires Firm to Have Distributors Take Down Ads With Unsupported Claims Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--February 21, 2014. A Wisconsin-based manufacturer of plastic lumber products has agreed to...
View ArticleNew Jersey Doctor Who Provided Spa Services Pleads Guilty in Medicare Fraud...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 21, 2014. Dr. Chang Ho Lee, 68, of Palisades Park, N.J., pleaded guilty today to health care fraud and agreed to forfeit more than $3.4 million in fraud proceeds....
View ArticleEndo Pharmaceuticals and Endo Health Solutions to Pay $192.7 Million to...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 21, 2014. Pharmaceutical company Endo Health Solutions Inc. and its subsidiary Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Endo) have agreed to pay $192.7 million to resolve criminal...
View ArticleOttawa Man Sentenced to More Than Seven Years in Federal Prison for Receiving...
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- An Ottawa, Illinois man was sentenced yesterday to 7 1/2 years in federal prison for amassing a large collection of child pornography over more than four years. The defendant,...
View ArticleFBI: Michigan Men Charged in Robbery of Bradford National Bank in Highland
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Ramsey Z. Fakhouri, 22, and Alexander P. Gerth, 18, both of Troy,...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Woman Sentenced for Her Role in Deadly Firebombings
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 21, 2014. Kidada Savage, 31, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to life in prison for her role in the Oct. 9, 2004, firebombing that killed six members of a federal...
View ArticleReputed Aryan Brotherhood of Texas Gang Leader and a Fellow Gang Member Plead...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 21, 2014. An alleged general of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas gang (ABT) and a fellow gang member pleaded guilty today to racketeering charges related to their...
View ArticleDept. of Justice Statement on the Apprehension of Joaquin ‘Chapo’ Guzman Loera
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 22, 2014. Today Mexican authorities announced the capture of Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman Loera, the alleged leader of the Sinaloa Cartel. The Sinaloa Cartel is designated a...
View ArticleAction Filed Against Four California Companies and Six Individuals to Stop...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 24, 2014. The government has asked a federal court in California to issue an injunction shutting down the importation and sales activities of four California companies...
View ArticleJustice Department Files Lawsuit Against Missouri National Guard to Enforce...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 24, 2014. The Department of Justice announced today the filing of a lawsuit against the Missouri National Guard (MNG) alleging that the MNG violated the Uniformed...
View ArticleJustice Department Resolves Lawsuit Alleging Disability-Based Discrimination...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 24, 2014. The Justice Department announced today that a federal district court judge in Jackson, Miss., approved a settlement of the department’s lawsuit against the...
View ArticleFormer Employee of Florida Airline Fuel Supply Company Pleads Guilty to...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 24, 2014. A former employee of a Florida-based airline fuel supply service company pleaded guilty today to obstructing an investigation into fraud and anticompetitive...
View ArticleThree Plead Guilty to Bank Secrecy Act Violations in Connection with Check...
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 24, 2014. Three men have pleaded guilty in Brooklyn, N.Y., for their roles in a check cashing scheme designed to evade anti-money laundering reporting requirements,...
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