Local Restaurant Chain Owners Charged with Cheating the IRS of Millions of Dollars
Robert Mattei, Leo McGlynn, Brian Welsh, Joseph Donnelly, and Elena Ruiz—the owners and managers of the Nifty Fifty’s restaurant chain—were charged today by information in a tax evasion conspiracy that cheated the Internal Revenue Service by failing...
Former Investment Advisor Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Stealing More Than $233,000 from Clients
David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Michael Brady, 37, of Newington, formerly of Bolton, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 36 months of...
Former Deputy Chief Information Officer for Wayne County Pleads Guilty to Accepting $13,000 in Cash from a Private Contractor Because of His Official Acts
David Edwards, the former deputy chief information officer for Wayne County pleaded guilty today to taking illegal gratuities from a private contractor because of his official acts, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
Physician from Raton Pleads Guilty to Trafficking in Prescription Drugs
This morning in Albuquerque federal court, Gilbert Christopher Aragon, Jr., 48, pled guilty to a five-count criminal information charging him with violating the federal narcotics laws by unlawfully trafficking in prescription drugs and related...
Three Former Financial Services Executives Convicted for Roles in Conspiracies Involving Investment Contracts for the Proceeds of Municipal Bonds
A federal jury in New York City today convicted three former financial services executives for their participation in conspiracies related to bidding for contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other municipal finance contracts,...
Former Office Manager Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison in $217,000 Scam Against a Federal Government Commission
Carmelita Hines, 48, of Waldorf, Maryland, was sentenced today to a 20-month prison term on a charge of wire fraud in an embezzlement scheme that cost her former employer more than $200,000, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen, Jr. and James W....
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Cameron County and District Attorney Armando Villalobos and Attorney Eduardo “Eddie” Lucio in Connection with a Bribery and Extortion Scheme
Western District of Texas United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Armando Fernandez, San Antonio Division, announced the arrests of and a federal grand jury indictment charging Cameron County and District Attorney Armando...
Former CFO of Willimantic Non-Profit Admits Embezzling More Than $348,000
David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that William Lavimoniere, 51, of Plainfield, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford...
