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David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kimberly K. Mertz, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that two individuals pleaded guilty on last Friday in New Haven federal court to conspiracy charges stemming from a scheme to direct illegal campaign contributions into the campaign of a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives. Joshua Nassi, 34, of Fairfield, and Benjamin Hogan, 33, of Southington, each pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Janet Bond Arterton to one count of conspiracy to make false statements to the Federal Election Commission and to impede the FEC’s enforcement of federal campaign finance laws.

A husband and wife from Greer, South Carolina were sentenced on last Thursday, April 11, 2013, for filing false tax returns, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

Former Internal Revenue Service agent-turned-tax preparer Steven Martinez was sentenced on last Friday by U.S. District Court Judge William Q. Hayes to almost 24 years in prison for defrauding clients of more than $11 million and then plotting their murders to prevent them from testifying about the theft.

Frederic Cilins, 50, a French citizen, has been arrested and accused of attempting to obstruct an ongoing investigation into whether a mining company paid bribes to win lucrative mining rights in the Republic of Guinea.

A jury convicted Stephen M. Kerr and Michael Quiel yesterday on federal tax charges stemming from their failure to disclose secret offshore bank accounts in Switzerland, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Kerr and Quiel, prominent Phoenix businessmen, were each convicted of two counts of filing false individual income tax returns for 2007 and 2008 . Kerr was also convicted of two counts of failing to file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR). San Diego attorney Christopher M.

Guity Kashfi of Los Angeles, was charged in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California with conspiracy to defraud the United States, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) announced. A signed plea agreement was filed along with the charging document.

Stephanie Charboneau, aka Stephanie Shankel, 34, of Fountain, Colorado, formerly a specialist in the United States Army, has been indicted in the District of Colorado for her alleged role in assisting the thefts of fuel in Afghanistan and laundering the proceeds of crime, Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Criminal Division announced.

A former senior partner from the accounting firm KPMG LLP who oversaw KPMG’s audit practice for the Pacific Southwest was charged Thursday for his involvement in an alleged insider trading scheme, announced U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California André Birotte, Jr. and Bill L. Lewis, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI in Los Angeles.

Douglas L. Swenson, 64, of Eagle, Idaho; Mark A. Ellison, 64, of Boise, Idaho; David D. Swenson, 35, of Boise, Idaho; and Jeremy S. Swenson, 40, of Meridian, Idaho, were indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in Boise for conspiracy to commit securities fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, and interstate transportation of stolen property stemming from their involvement in the DBSI Group of Companies (DBSI), U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho Wendy J. Olson announced.

A former U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS-OIG) special agent in charge and another special agent were indicted in the Southern District of Texas late yesterday for their roles in a scheme to falsify records and to obstruct an internal field office inspection, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special Agent in Charge Armando Fernandez of the FBI San Antonio Field Office.