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A former New York businessman, who disappeared the same day a federal jury sitting in the U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey, began deliberating in his tax evasion and fraud trial, was caught while in Greece more than 18 years after his conviction, and appeared in federal court in the District of New Jersey on Friday, July 17, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

Three family members were indicted for their alleged participation in a scheme to defraud Miami-area lenders and the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank), announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida.

The United States filed a complaint seeking to permanently bar a former Staten Island, New York, man and the tax preparation business he operates from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced on July 20.

Louis Berger International Inc. (LBI), a New Jersey-based construction management company admitted to violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and agreed to pay a $17.1 million criminal penalty to resolve charges that it bribed foreign officials in India, Indonesia, Vietnam and Kuwait to secure government construction management contracts. Two of the company’s former executives also pleaded guilty to conspiracy and FCPA charges in connection with the scheme.

A 28—count indictment was filed charging a Sheffield Lake man with providing material support to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), as well as firearms and narcotics violations.

A former Washington, D.C., public school teacher and tax return preparer and her son, a current Washington, D.C., public school teacher and former tax return preparer, were sentenced to prison Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

The Department of Justice announced Thursday that Mercantil Bank (Schweiz) AG, Banque Cantonale Neuchâteloise and Nidwaldner Kantonalbank have reached resolutions under the department’s Swiss Bank Program.

Three owners and the CEO of a government contracting company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, all of whom are retired Army National Guard colonels, Wednesday were indicted for their alleged participation in a scheme to bribe an active-duty Army National Guard colonel in order to obtain millions of dollars of Army National Guard marketing, retention and recruitment contracts.

A Fort Buchanan Army Reserve Staff Sergeant pleaded guilty Wednesday to bulk cash smuggling of $113,050 and theft of government property worth $6,302 while serving in Afghanistan.