Thursday, September 2, 2010

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Six Indicted in Human Trafficking Scheme that Exploited 400 Thai Farm Workers
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:55:52 -0500

Six individuals were charged in Honolulu, Hawaii with engaging in a conspiracy to commit forced labor and document servitude. The defendants allegedly coerced the labor and services of approximately 400 Thai nationals brought by the defendants to the U.S. from Thailand to work on farms across the country under the U.S. federal agricultural guest worker program.



Polar Air Cargo LLC to Plead Guilty, Pay $17.4 Million in Price Fixing Conspiracy
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:55:32 -0500

Polar Air Cargo LLC has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $17.4 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix the cargo rates charged to certain customers for international air cargo shipments between the United States and Australia.



Founder and President of Medical Equipment Company Charged with $87 Million Fraud
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:54:48 -0500

Charles K. Schwartz, the founder and president of Allied Health Care Services Inc., an Orange, New Jersey durable medical equipment corporation, was charged with fraudulently obtaining more than $87 million from banks based on phony lease agreements.



Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty to Operating $80 Million Ponzi Scheme
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:54:21 -0500

Corey N. Johnston, of Lakeville, Minnesota, pled guilty to operating a Ponzi scheme that defrauded at least 17 lenders in Minnesota and several other states. According to the government's investigation, the lenders suffered losses in excess of $79 million.


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