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Natick Attorney and Former City of Worcester Housing Official Indicted on Fraud Charges BOSTON – A real estate developer and a former City of Worcester housing official were charged in U.S. District Court in Worcester this week in connection with a $2.3 million fraud scheme relating to the redevelopment of a multi-family property in Worcester. […]
Cannon Design to pay $12 million as part of criminal enforcement agreement Cannon Design will pay a $12 million penalty, implement a series of corporate reforms and divest itself from a large project in California to resolve the company’s criminal liability for the conduct of more than a dozen employees, including paying bribes and kickbacks […]
Third Defendant in Fraud Scheme Pleads Guilty COLUMBUS, Ohio – Richard Morin, 48, of Portland, Connecticut pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court here today to one count of conspiracy, a crime punishable by up to five years in prison, for his role in a scheme that defrauded a Columbus-based company out of between $250,000 and […]
Member of the Simple City Criminal Organization Pleads Guilty to a Racketeering Conspiracy and Aggravated Identity Theft Used the Identities of More Than 230 Victims to Engage in Fraudulent Financial Transactions Greenbelt, Maryland – Sylvia Price, a/k/a “Deez Nuts,” age 50, of Suitland, Maryland pleaded guilty today to conspiring to participate in a racketeering conspiracy […]
Inmate Sentenced for Operating a Fake Jury Duty Money Laundering Scheme from Georgia State Prison ATLANTA – Autry State Prison inmate Reginald Perkins has been sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison for laundering $1 million in fraud proceeds arising from a “jury duty” telemarketing scam conducted by inmates at Georgia Department of […]
U.S. Attorney John H. Horn Delivers Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on “Protecting Older Americans from Financial Exploitation” Introduction Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Blumenthal, and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the Department of Justice’s efforts aimed at combatting elder financial exploitation. Protecting our nation’s seniors from […]
Owner of Costa Rican Call Center and Two Others Plead Guilty to Defrauding Elderly through Offshore Sweepstakes Scheme Two U.S. citizens and a Canadian citizen have pleaded guilty for their roles in a $9 million “sweepstakes fraud” scheme to defraud hundreds of U.S. residents, many of them elderly, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell […]
Delaware Restaurant Owner Indicted for Attempting to Bribe an IRS Employee On June 7, 2016, in the District of Delaware, Domenico Procope was indicted for bribery of a public official. Procope had been arrested on May 18, 2016, for knowingly and corruptly offering and promising something of value to an employee of the Internal Revenue […]
Former Nevada Liquor Store Owner Convicted of Conspiracy to Defraud the United States, Assisting in Filing False Corporate Returns and Tax Evasion Skimmed Cash and Gave Preparer False Set of Books to Evade Reporting Nearly $4 Million in Sales A federal jury sitting in the District of Nevada found the former co-owner of three Las […]
Tennessee Business Owner Sentenced to Prison for Failing to Pay More Than $8 Million in Employment Taxes Spent $6.2 million on Personal Expenses from Business Accounts while Failing to Pay U.S. Treasury A Germantown, Tennessee, resident and business owner was sentenced today to one year in prison and ordered to pay more than $10 million […]