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U.S. Navy Petty Officer First Class Daniel Layug pleaded guilty in the Southern District of California to accepting more than $10,000 in cash, consumer electronics and travel expenses from a foreign defense contractor in exchange for classified and internal Navy information.

Credit Suisse AG pleaded guilty to conspiracy to aid and assist U.S. taxpayers in filing false income tax returns and other documents with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The guilty plea by the Swiss corporation is the result of a years-long investigation by U.S. law enforcement authorities that has also produced indictments of eight Credit Suisse executives since 2011; two of those individuals have pleaded guilty so far.

Barry V. Voss of St. Paul, Minnesota, pleaded guilty to failure to pay over employment taxes , announced Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department's Tax Division Justice, U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger for the District of Minnesota and Special Agent in Charge Kelly R. Jackson of the St. Paul Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)- Criminal Investigation.

Four businessmen involved in the development, operation and ownership of restaurants, including Cadillac Ranch restaurants, in Ohio and elsewhere in the United States, pleaded guilty to tax charges, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.

Marubeni Corporation, a Japanese trading company involved in the handling of products and provision of services in a broad range of sectors around the world, including power generation, was sentenced for its participation in a scheme to pay bribes to high-ranking government officials in Indonesia to secure a lucrative power project.

The United States filed a complaint to bar Laquanda O. Gilmore (aka Laquanda Garrott) and her company, L&g Associates LLC, from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced. The complaint alleges that Gilmore has prepared returns that falsely claim fuel-tax and earned income tax credits.

A patient recruiter who participated in a Medicare fraud scheme that totaled almost $14.5 million was sentenced in Detroit to serve 86 months in prison.

Jeffrey Wayne Scott, 48, of Wilmington, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to tax evasion in Raleigh, North Carolina, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Scott was indicted on Nov. 25, 2013, for five counts of personal income tax evasion and one count of filing a false corporate tax return. He pleaded guilty to one count of willfully attempting to evade his personal income tax for tax year 2007.

The former mayor of Martin, Kentucky has been convicted of intentionally violating voters’ civil rights during her reelection campaign in 2012.

Two California men were charged for their involvement in a microcap stock kickback scheme.