Law Enforcement
Topeka Lawyer Charged with Stealing from Clients’ Trust Funds
A Topeka lawyer has been charged in federal court with stealing more than $460,000 from clients’ trust funds, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said yesterday.
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Former President of Lexington Company Sentenced to 18 Years for Multi-Million-Dollar Fraud Scheme
The former president of a Lexington-based company was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for defrauding thousands of investors nationwide out of more than $18 million.
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Woodbury Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty
David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Thomas Thorndike, 62, of Milford, pleaded guilty today before Chief United States District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to one count of aiding and assisting the preparation of a false federal income tax return and one count of willfully filing a false return.
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Former New York Police Department Officers Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court for Their Roles in Conspiracies to Distribute Firearms and Stolen Goods
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that three former New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers were sentenced in Manhattan federal court for their respective roles in conspiracies to illegally transport firearms and other stolen goods across state lines.
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Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Loan Fraud and Bribery
ohn W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Deborah Atherton, 55, Black River Falls, Wisconsin, was sentenced wednesday by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to four years and two months in federal prison for her role in a loan fraud scheme and a separate bribery scheme involving contracts awarded by the Ho-Chunk Nation.
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Forty Defendants Charged in Separate Schemes that Resulted in Thousands of Identities Stolen and Millions of Dollars in Identity Theft Tax Filings
Wednesday federal charges were filed against 40 defendants in 20 separate cases, dealing with thousands of stolen identities and millions of dollars of fraudulent identity theft tax filings. This’s cases reaffirm the joint federal and local commitment to crack-down on stolen identity tax refund (SITR) fraud perpetrators.
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Former Camden Police Officer Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison for Civil Rights Violations
Former Camden Police Officer Kevin Parry, 32, of Brooklawn, New Jersey, was sentenced on October 10, 2012, to 20 months in prison for illegally searching homes, stealing money, planting evidence, and lying in court, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
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Four Individuals Charged for Participating in Tax Refund Fraud Schemes Involving Nearly $1.5 Million
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Toni Weirauch the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division (“IRS-CI”)
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Gulf Cartel Figure and Five Others Sentenced to Prison in Bribery Scheme
Juan Carlos De La Cruz Reyna, 37, has been sentenced to another 11+ years in federal prison after having been convicted of bribery of a public official, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced yesterday.
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