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Larry Murphy,54, of Antioch, Tennessee, and Anny Castillo, 30, of Madison, Tennessee, were sentenced on February 15, 2013, on federal bribery charges stemming from the fraudulent issuance of Tennessee driver licenses, announced Jerry E. Martin, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.

An employee of a Texas securities firm and a broker-dealer who conspired with him and others to artificially pump up the stock prices of several publicly traded companies were sentenced to prison terms today for their roles in the $1 million scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office Valerie Parlave.

A criminal indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Damian Perna, a financial advisor from Oceanside, Long Island, with conspiracy to commit insider trading. Perna is charged with conspiring with others to trade in securities of publicly traded corporations registered under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 during the period from June 2011 through October 2012.

The owner of an Ocean County, New Jersey architectural and engineering firm Tuesday admitted filing fraudulent tax returns on behalf of his firm, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

Cynthia Suratos Lorica was sentenced on February 25, 2013, to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $1 million in restitution for bank fraud and tax evasion, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.

United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced Monday that former Acadiana Outreach Center employee Sandra Degeyter, 61, of Lafayette, pleaded guilty to a one-count bill of information charging her with conspiracy to commit bribery.

The United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that Todd Roberts, 47, of Old Saybrook, was sentenced Monday by United States District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to three years of probation for obstructing a federal audit.

Aaron F. Broussard, age 64, a resident and former two-term president of Jefferson Parish, was sentenced Monday to 46 months by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Hayden Head from the Southern District of Texas, for his involvement in a conspiracy to commit bribery, wire fraud, and theft concerning programs receiving federal funds, announced U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente, FBI Special Agent in Charge Michael Anderson, and IRS-Criminal Investigative Division Acting Special Agent in Charge Damon Rowe.

U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced last Friday that Hilda Josephine Hernandez-McMullen, 47, of Anchorage, Alaska, pled guilty on February 14, 2013, to eight separate felony counts based on her role assisting others in opening bank accounts and fraudulently negotiating tax refund checks using stolen identities.

The Department of Justice announced last Friday that the government has joined a civil lawsuit alleging that Lance Armstrong, Johan Bruyneel and Tailwind Sports LLC and Tailwind Sports Corporation (Tailwind) submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) in connection with its sponsorship of a professional bicycle racing team by regularly employing banned substances and methods to enhance their performance, in violation of the USPS sponsorship agreements.