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New Hampshire Asbestos Abatement Company Sentenced for Defrauding Union Benefit Funds BOSTON – An asbestos removal company was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with a scheme to pay union members at non-union rates and without benefits by setting-up and paying union members through a separate corporate entity. AQE Inc. of Windham, […]
Former Cay Clubs Chief Financial Officer Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Conspiracy, Bank Fraud and Tax Offenses The former Chief Financial Officer of Cay Clubs Resorts and Marinas (Cay Clubs) was sentenced to 40 years in prison, after having been previously convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy, bank fraud, and tax offenses. […]
Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Settlement Of Bank Secrecy Act Suit Against Former Chief Compliance Officer At Moneygram For Failure To Implement And Maintain An Effective Anti-Money Laundering Program And File Timely SARS Thomas E. Haider Agrees to a Three-Year Bar from Performing a Compliance Function at a Money Transmitter and to Pay a Civil […]
Former Minister Of Mines For The Republic Of Guinea Convicted Of Receiving And Laundering $8.5 Million In Bribes From Chinese Companies Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Kenneth A. Blanco, the Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, announced that MAHMOUD […]
Owners Of Biofuel Company Indicted On Conspiracy And False Statement Charges WASHINGTON – A Pennsylvania biofuel producer and two of its officers were indicted on May 3, 2017, on conspiracy and false statements charges for participating in a scheme that generated over $10 million in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) renewable fuels credits (RIN credits) […]
Former Regions Bank Executive Agrees to Plead Guilty in $5 Million Bribery and Wire Fraud Scheme BIRMINGHAM – A former senior vice president at Regions Bank has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges in a $5 million bribery and wire fraud scheme, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and FBI Special Agent in […]
Parma couple charged for conspiring to avoid paying taxes; people used as hotel housekeeping falsely treated as independent contractors A Parma couple was charged in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to avoid paying taxes, in which people used to clean hotels and motels were falsely treated as independent contractors, Acting U.S. Attorney […]
Concert Promoter Arrested on Federal Fraud Charges that Allege He Solicited Investment Money that Was Never Used for Music Events LOS ANGELES – A concert promoter with operations in Dallas, Texas and West Hollywood has been arrested on federal wire fraud charges in a case that alleges he defrauded investors in connection with concerts and […]
Nixa Man Pleads Guilty to Illegal Bitcoin Exchange SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Nixa, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to conducting an illegal money transmitting business by exchanging bitcoin for cash without a license. Jason R. Klein, 37, of […]
Dr. Jian Dong Sentenced to Seventy Months for Grant Fraud Corporations founded by Dr. Dong fined over $12 million in federal court hearing this morning Contact Person: Eric Klumb (843) 727-4381 Columbia, South Carolina —- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Dr. Jian Yun Dong, aka John Dong, was sentenced to seventy months […]