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Mark Gary, 39, of Duluth, made an initial appearance today before United States Magistrate Judge Gerrilyn G. Brill on a federal charge of bribing a Gwinnett County Commissioner in 2009 to secure approval of a proposed waste transfer station in which he held a personal stake.

An Essex County, New Jersey contractor was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for paying bribes to an employee of a container ship terminal facility at a port in Union County in order to secure contracts for construction projects, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

Bruce Gregory Harrison III of Greensboro, N.C., was sentenced today to 144 months in prison following his December 2011 conviction for payroll tax fraud and other crimes, announced Kathryn Keneally, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Tax Division; Ripley Rand, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina; and Richard Weber, Chief of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - Criminal Investigation.

U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Hernan Alexis Moreno, age 32, of Rosedale, Maryland, today to 33 months in prison; and his brother, Edwin Javier Mejia, age 29, of Middle River, Maryland, to two years in prison for conspiring to commit extortion in connection with a scheme in which they paid over 50 police officers to arrange for their car repair company, Majestic, rather than a city-authorized company, to tow vehicles from accident scenes and make repairs.

U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that former city of Buffalo Common Council Member Brian C. Davis, 43, of Buffalo, New York, who pleaded guilty to theft concerning programs receiving federal funds, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.

Hyung Lim, a former technology company employee, pleaded guilty today in Manhattan federal court to conspiracy to commit securities fraud based on his involvement in an insider trading scheme, announced Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Mary Galligan, the Acting Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the FBI.

The United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that two executives of a company that operated a network of automated teller machines were sentenced today by United States District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven for their roles in a multimillion dollar bank fraud scheme.

U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Lawrence Charles, 40, of Buffalo, New York, pleaded guilty to stealing $15,000 from the city of Buffalo, a governmental agency which receives federal funding.

A federal jury in New York City today convicted three former financial services executives for their participation in frauds related to bidding for contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other municipal finance contracts , the Department of Justice announced.

S. Amanda Marshall, United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, today announced that Ellis K. McCoy, 61, of Hillsboro, Oregon, pleaded guilty to accepting more than $164,000 in bribes in connection with his former employment as the Transportation Division Manager, Parking Operations, Portland Bureau of Transportation. McCoy admitted that from January 2002 through July 2011, he accepted checks and cash totaling approximately $164,500 and gifts and travel valued up to $20,000 paid by executives of two companies who supplied smart parking meters and other services to the city of Portland.