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U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an 11-count indictment charging DAVID C. JACKSON, also known as “C. David Manns,” “Charles Jackson” and “Andrew D. Smithson,” 53, and ALEX HURT, also known as “Alex Dante,” 45, with various offenses related to an advance fee fraud scheme that defrauded individuals out of several million dollars on December 23.

Earlier Tuesday, United States Congressman Michael Grimm pleaded guilty at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, to aiding and assisting the preparation of a false tax return. Since 2011, Grimm has served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing New York’s 11th Congressional District, which includes the borough of Staten Island and parts of the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City.

Tuesday, A former FBI special agent pleaded guilty to bribery charges, admitting that he provided internal law enforcement documents and other confidential information about a prominent citizen of Bangladesh for use by a political rival in exchange for cash.

A Brooklyn, New York, tax preparer was indicted by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of New York and charged with 30 counts of aiding in the preparation of false income tax returns, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced following her Dec. 22 arrest and the unsealing of the indictment.

A major Israeli international bank admitted that it conspired to aid and assist U.S. taxpayers to prepare and present false tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by hiding income and assets in offshore bank accounts in Israel and elsewhere around the world.

Alstom S.A. (Alstom), a French power and transportation company, pleaded guilty Monday and agreed to pay a $772,290,000 fine to resolve charges related to a widespread scheme involving tens of millions of dollars in bribes in countries around the world, including Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the Bahamas.

The United States has filed a civil False Claims Act complaint against Omnicare Inc. alleging that it solicited and received millions of dollars in kickbacks from pharmaceutical manufacturer Abbott Laboratories, the Justice Department announced Monday. Omnicare is the nation’s largest provider of pharmaceuticals and pharmacy consulting services to nursing homes.

Ten Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) gang members and associates were sentenced to prison this week for their roles in the violent ABT enterprise, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced Thursday that a former Rite Aid Corporation Vice President and a New Jersey businessman have been charged in connection with a $14.6 million, surplus inventory sales/kickback scheme.