Public Corruption

Financial Fraud: GEORGE PHILLIP TIGER Plead Guilty To Bribery Concerning Programs Receiving Federal Funds

Tiger Enters Guilty Plea To Federal Bribery Charge MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Bristow, Oklahoma, resident GEORGE PHILLIP TIGER, age 69, entered a guilty plea today to Bribery Concerning Programs Receiving Federal Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 666(a)(1)(B), punishable […]

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Financial Fraud: Ruel Hamilton Pleaded Guilty To Accepting More Than $40,000 In Bribes

Dallas City Council Member Carolyn Davis Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes Friday morning, four-term Dallas City Council Member Carolyn Davis pleaded guilty to accepting more than $40,000 in bribes, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox. According to plea papers, Council Member Davis actively sought these bribes from a real

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Financial Fraud

Financial Fraud: DAVID HANSON And CLIFFORD KEEN Pleaded Guilty To Conspiracy To Commit Honest Services Wire Fraud And Soliciting a Bribe

Two Former St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Deputies Plead Guilty for their Roles in Kickback and Bribery Scheme Involving Contract for Privatization of Work Release Program in St. Tammany Parish NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DAVID HANSON, age 61, from Abita Springs, Louisiana, and CLIFFORD “SKIP” KEEN, age 50, from Covington,

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Financial Fraud: Jhonnita L. Williams Sentenced For Her Part In a False-Invoice Scheme

Former MARTA administrator sentenced to prison for taking more than $520,000 in fraud scheme ATLANTA – Jhonnita L. Williams, a former department administrator at the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), has been sentenced for her part in a false-invoice scheme that resulted in MARTA paying more than $520,000 for maintenance projects where no worked

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Public Corruption: PAUL DEAN Plead Goilty to His Role in a Scheme to Obtain Approval of Gun Licenses in Exchange For Cash Payments

Former New York City Police Department Official Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Bribe Police Officers In Connection With Gun License Bribery Scheme Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the guilty plea of PAUL DEAN, to his role in a scheme to obtain approval of gun

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ANNE AROSTE

Financial Fraud: ANNE AROSTE Indicted on Federal Fraud And Identity Theft

Claims Specialist at Social Security Administration Arrested on Fraud and Identity Theft Charges for Allegedly Misappropriating at Least $680,000 in Fraudulent Benefits CHICAGO — A claims specialist for the U.S. Social Security Administration has been indicted on federal fraud and identity theft charges for allegedly approving and pocketing at least $680,000 in fraudulent benefits. ANNE

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Financial Fraud; Public Corruption

Financial Fraud: Senator Carlos I. Uresti Charged With One Count of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud And One Count of Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering

Federal Grand Jury Indicts Texas State Senator Carlos Uresti In San Antonio today, a federal grand jury returned two separate indictments against District 19 Texas State Senator Carlos I. Uresti announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division. Three other

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Bribery and Extortion Charges

Financial Fraud: Group Of Individuals Guilty of Wire Fraud, Bribery and Extortion Charges

Four Individuals Guilty Of Conspiracy To Commit Federal Programs Bribery, Honest Services Wire Fraud And Extortion Six co-conspirators plead guilty SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico– Today, after a 25-day trial before U.S. District Court Judge Pedro A. Delgado-Hernández, three women and one man were found guilty of wire fraud, bribery and extortion charges, announced U.S. Attorney

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Financial Fraud

Financial Fraud: George E. Smith Sentenced For a Fraud Scheme

Chicago Businessman Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Grant Fraud Scheme Springfield, Ill. – A Chicago businessman has been ordered to serve 24 months in prison for a fraud scheme that resulted in two state agencies awarding separate, but nearly identical, grants to his not-for-profit entity in September 2008. U.S. District Court Judge Sue E.

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Financial Fraud

Financial Fraud: Gilbert Urrabazo Pleaded Guilty to a Federal Charge in Connection With a Bribery and Kickback Scheme

Former Crystal City Councilman Pleads Guilty to Role in Bribery and Kickback Scheme In Del Rio this afternoon, former Crystal City Councilman Gilbert Urrabazo pleaded guilty to a federal charge in connection with a bribery and kickback scheme involving city contracts announced United States Attorney Richard Durbin, Jr., and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher

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