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Financial Fraud: Five Defendants Stole Money From The E‑rate Program, Billing The E-rate Program For Equipment And Services

Vendors, Consultants, And School Administrator Charged In Wide-Ranging Scheme To Defraud Federal “E Rate” Subsidy Program Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney, Assistant Director in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (the “FBI”), David L. Hunt, Inspector General of the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC-OIG”), […]

Financial Fraud: Gregory Schnabel Sentenced For Defraud The Federal Government And The Public Through Unlawful Renewable Fuel Credit Schemes

Ohio Man Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for Renewable Fuel Fraud The owner of a company that bought and sold renewable fuel and fuel credits was sentenced to serve 63 months in prison to be followed by a three year term of supervised release and $26,244,437.06 in restitution for his role in a conspiracy […]

Financial Fraud: CEO and CFO of Washakie Renewable Energy Charged With Laundering Proceeds of a Mail Fraud Scheme

CEO and CFO of Utah Biodiesel Company and California Businessman Charged in $500 Million Fuel Tax Credit Scheme A federal grand jury sitting in the District of Utah has returned an indictment, which was unsealed today, charging the CEO and CFO of Washakie Renewable Energy (WRE), a Utah-based biodiesel company, and a California businessman with […]

Financial Fraud: 22 Defendants Charged With Conspiracy to Traffic in Counterfeit Goods, Smuggling, Money Laundering, Immigration Fraud

22 Charged With Smuggling Millions of Dollars of Counterfeit Luxury Goods From China Into the United States Defendants Trafficked Items that Included Fake Louis Vuitton and Tory Burch Handbags, Michael Kors Wallets, Hermes Belts and Chanel Perfume Earlier today, six indictments and one criminal complaint were unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging […]

Financial Fraud: Harry Meir Mimoun Amar Sentenced For Participating in One Particular Fraud Scheme – BEC

Israeli-Moroccan Man Sentenced to 43 Months in Prison in International Business E-Mail Compromise Scheme Fraud Scam Defrauded Companies of Millions of Dollars WASHINGTON – Harry Meir Mimoun Amar, a resident and citizen of Israel and Morocco, was sentenced today to 43 months in prison for taking part in an international conspiracy to trick mid-level corporate […]

Financial Fraud: Tessicar Karelle Jumpp Sentenced For Orchestrating a Lottery Fraud

Jamaican Woman Sentenced for Lottery Scam Targeting Elderly Victims ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Jamaican citizen was sentenced today to six years in prison for orchestrating a lottery fraud that scammed elderly victims out of approximately $385,000. “The financial and emotional harm these scams cause elderly victims and their family members can be devastating,” said G. […]

Financial Fraud: Olayinka Olaniyi And Damilola Solomon Ibiwoye Pleaded Guilty Of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, Computer Fraud And Aggravated Identity Theft

Jury convicts cybercriminal for hacking universities ATLANTA – Olayinka Olaniyi, a citizen of Nigeria, was convicted by a federal jury on August 9, 2018, after a three-day trial, on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, computer fraud and aggravated identity theft. Co-defendant, Damilola Solomon Ibiwoye, pleaded guilty to similar charges and was sentenced on […]

Financial Fraud: Hiteshkumar Patel Pleaded Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Aggravated Identity Theft, Wire And Mail Fraud

South Abington Man Sentenced To Over 19 Years In Prison For Fraud And Identity Theft Scheme SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Hiteshkumar Patel, age 52, a resident of South Abington Township, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on August 9, 2018, by United States District Court Judge […]

Financial Fraud: 3M Company Agrees to Pay For Violated The False Claims Act Selling or Causing To Be Sold Defective Earplugs

3M Company Agrees to Pay $9.1 Million to Resolve Allegations that It Supplied the United States with Defective Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs COLUMBIA, South Carolina —- United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina Sherri Lydon, in conjunction with the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), announced today that the […]