Six Indicted in Human Trafficking Scheme that Exploited 400 Thai Farm Workers
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:51:42 -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.
Former Engineering Firm Exec Sentenced in Texas for $3 Million Embezzlement
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:47:48 -0500
Christopher McCullough, currently of Frederic, Colorado and formerly of Houston, Texas, was sentenced to 51 months in prison for his embezzlement of more than $3 million while serving as the chief financial officer of LJA Engineering, a Houston-based company.
Military Contract Employee Guilty in Bribery Scheme Related to Contracts for Iraq War
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:38:16 -0500
Dorothy Ellis, of Texas City, Texas, a former senior employee of a U.S. military contractor, pled guilty to conspiracy to pay $360,000 in bribes to U.S. Army contracting officials stationed at a U.S. military base in Kuwait.
Polar Air Cargo LLC to Plead Guilty, Pay $17.4 Million in Price Fixing Conspiracy
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:35:28 -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.
Georgia Police Officer Guilty of Public Corruption, Drug Trafficking Offenses
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:32:40 -0500
Lucius T. Solomon, III, of Atlanta, Georgia, formerly an officer with the Atlanta Police Department, pled guilty to corruption and drug charges in connection with providing protection in exchange for money for what he believed to be multi-kilogram cocaine deals.
Founder and President of Medical Equipment Company Charged with $87 Million Fraud
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:29:29 -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.
Arizona Felon Sentenced for Illegal Possession of Firearm
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:25:34 -0500
Delwyn Aaron Randall, of Cove, Arizona, who had previously been convicted of conspiring to distribute marijuana, was sentenced to 33 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Kentucky Inmate Sentenced for Assaulting a Federal Corrections Officer
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:22:46 -0500
Adam Oliveri, a former inmate at Big Sandy Prison in Inez, Kentucky, was sentenced to 17.5 years in prison for stabbing a corrections officer in the head, back, and arm with a prison made weapon. As a result of Oliveri's attack, the officer suffered from several injuries.
Indiana Inmate Sentenced for Possession of a Weapon
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:18:32 -0500
Alvin Bear Heels, Jr., an inmate at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana, was sentenced to 24 months following his guilty plea to possession of contraband--in this case, a metal shank.
Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty to Operating $80 Million Ponzi Scheme
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:15:30 -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.
Tennessee Corrections Officers Sentenced for Civil Rights Violations
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:04:46 -0500
Harold Hutcheson, a former captain at the Northwest Correctional Complex (NCC), in Tiptonville, Tennessee, and Joshua Ryan Jones and Roger Forrester, former officers at NCC, were sentenced for violating the civil rights of an inmate and then lying about it during the state and federal investigations.
Pennsylvania Man Charged with Attempted Bank Robbery
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:59:49 -0500
Anthony Brashears, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged with attempting to rob a Citizens Bank branch in Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania Men Charged with Selling Stolen Merchandise on eBay
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:54:20 -0500
Nathan Allen Kriegler, Ryan A. Pollack, and Evan F. Appel were indicted in Pennsylvania on wire and mail fraud charges in connection with a scheme to defraud approximately 19 retail corporations out of approximately $543,500.67 worth of merchandise.
Wisconsin Man Sentenced for Armed Bank Robbery
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:08:59 -0500
Tiran Jenkins, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison without the possibility of parole for armed bank robbery, brandishing a firearm during the commission of that robbery, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Eleven Indicted in California in Connection with Multi-Agency Pharmacy Investigation
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:04:08 -0500
A federal grand jury in San Francisco, California indicted 11 defendants for participating in three separate but related conspiracies to distribute controlled substances through online pharmacies outside the scope of professional medical practice.
California Man Pleads Guilty to Extortion
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:01:19 -0500
Michael Tsan, of San Francisco, California, pled guilty to interfering with commerce by threats and violence, admitting that he extorted a Chinatown business owner through the use of force and fear and attempted to induce the victim to part with property.
Michigan Man Charged in Ohio for Fraud Scheme
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:55:26 -0500
Douglas L. Lepo, of Sterling Heights, Michigan, was charged in Ohio with one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud in connection with allegedly devising a scheme to defraud various consumers in Ohio and elsewhere by fraudulently enticing them to purchase a business opportunity from the company he worked for.
Paint Manufacturing Chemist Pleads Guilty in Illinois to Stealing Trade Secrets
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:12:34 -0500
David Yen Lee, a former chemist for paint manufacturing company Valspar Corp., pled guilty in Chicago, Illinois to theft of trade secrets, admitting that he stole numerous formulas and other proprietary information valued up to $20 million as he prepared to go to work for a competitor in China.
Mayor, Chief of Police Indicted in Louisiana on Public Corruption Charges
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:59:02 -0500
Derek A. Lewis, the mayor of Port Allen, Louisiana, and Frederick W. Smith, the chief of police for Port Allen, were indicted on charges of allegedly obtaining cash and other things of value worth approximately $20,000 from business people in exchange for using their official positions with the city of Port Allen for the benefit of the business people in connection with transactions represented to be worth over $5,000,000.
Three Plead Guilty in Georgia to Roles in $6.5 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:55:11 -0500
Alfredo Rasco and Niurka Rasco, both of Miami, Florida, and Iris Oswald, of St. Simons Island, Georgia, pled guilty in Savannah, Georgia to their roles in a scheme to defraud Medicare of $6.5 million.
Connecticut Man Sentenced for Drug, Gun Offenses
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:50:36 -0500
Andre Whitfield, of New Haven, Connecticut, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on charges of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
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