Financial Fraud

Colleyville Businessman Sentenced to 84 Months in Federal Prison For Role in a Ponzi Oil and Gas Fraud Scheme FORT WORTH, Texas — James VanBlaricum, 78, of Colleyville, Texas, was sentenced today before Senior U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means

Business Owner Arraigned Following Indictment On Fraud, Perjury and Election-Related Offenses Defendant Also Faces Charges in Two Separate Federal Indictments WASHINGTON – Keith D. Forney, 58, of Clinton, Md., was arraigned today on charges of engaging in corrupt election practices,

Former Gulf Breeze Attorney Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison for Bank Fraud, Embezzlement, and Money Laundering Charges PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Richard Michael Colbert, 56, of Pensacola Beach, was sentenced today to 40 months in prison and ordered to pay

Three sentenced for five million dollar tax fraud ATLANTA – Kim A. Earlycutt, Shannon A. King, and Marcia Farmer, have been sentenced for conspiring to submit false tax returns totaling more than $5 million over the course of four years.

Action for Defrauding a Program for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities Settles for Approximately $2 M SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two Bay Area companies and the two individuals who head them will pay approximately $2 million to resolve federal and state False

Nigerian Man Sentenced for Role in “Business Email Compromise” Scheme That Caused $3.7 Million Loss to U.S. Companies DALLAS — A Nigerian citizen in the U.S. on a student visa was sentenced today before U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to

Palm Desert Man Arrested in Stock Scheme that Targeted Nearly 100 Elderly Victims across U.S. and Allegedly Caused over $1 Million in Losses SANTA ANA, California – A Palm Desert man who is accused of running a stock investment scheme

Former Postal Employee Convicted for Fraudulently Obtaining Workers’ Compensation Benefits GREAT FALLS – The United States Attorney’s Office announced a federal court convicted Deborah Joy Durand of False Statements to Obtain Federal Employees’ Compensation Benefits, Wire Fraud, False Claims Relating

Volkswagen Engineer Sentenced for His Role in Conspiracy to Cheat U.S. Emissions Tests DETROIT, Michigan – James Robert Liang, a Volkswagen engineer, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sean F. Cox of the Eastern District of Michigan to 40

Former Minister Of Mines For The Republic Of Guinea Sentenced To 7 Years In Prison For 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

United States Files Complaints to Forfeit More Than $11 Million From Companies That Allegedly Laundered Funds To Benefit Sanctioned North Korean Entities WASHINGTON – The United States filed two complaints today seeking imposition of a civil money laundering penalty and

Former CEO of Arthrocare Corporation Convicted for Orchestrating $750 Million Securities Fraud Scheme A federal jury today convicted the former chief executive officer of ArthroCare Corporation, a publicly traded medical device company based in Austin, Texas, for his role in

Former Assistant Chief of Staff of the U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet Charged in Massive Navy Corruption Scandal; Pleads Guilty to Bribery Conspiracy Assistant U.S. Attorneys Mark W. Pletcher (619) 546-9714 and Patrick Hovakimian (619) 546-9718 SAN DIEGO – U.S. Navy

Navy Contractor Admits Accepting Funds from Port Engineer Administering Contracts Involving his Company Assistant U.S. Attorney Phillip L.B. Halpern (619) 546-6964 SAN DIEGO – Alfonso Liburd, the President and Chief Executive Officer of San Diego-based defense contractor NEVWEST, Inc. (“NevWest”),

Former Lebanon Airport Operator Indicted for $707,000 Fraud Scheme JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that the former owner of a fixed base operation at the Lebanon, Mo.,

PHH Agrees To Pay $74 Million To Resolve Alleged False Claims Act Liability Arising From Mortgage Lending NEWARK, N.J. – PHH Corp., PHH Mortgage Corp. and PHH Home Loans (PHH) have agreed to pay the United States $74,453,802 to resolve

Former Cocoa Company Executives Arrested For Defrauding Lenders Of $400 Million Peter G. Johnson, Peter B. Johnson, and Thomas Reich submitted false financial reports to banks to secure and maintain a $400 million credit line to Transmar Commodity Group Ltd.

Richmond Business Owner Sentenced To Five And A Half Years In Prison For Fraud In Credit Repair Scheme Baltimore, Maryland – Senior U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Benjamin Bland, age 41, of Richmond, Virginia, to five and a

Longtime Con Man Sentenced to 8 Years in Federal Prison for Role in $3 Million Gold Investment Scheme that Bilked 7 Investors LOS ANGELES – A Beverly Hills man who has a long history of swindling investors and admitted most