Politics

Miami Resident Pleads Guilty in Identity Theft Tax Fraud Scheme Involving the Sale of a Tax Refund Check

A Miami resident pled guilty for his involvement in an identity theft tax fraud scheme involving the sale of a tax refund check.

FBI 2015 Crime Statistics: Increase in Violent Crime, Decrease in Property Crime

The FBI released its annual compilation of crimes reported to its Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program by law enforcement agencies from around the nation. Crime in the United States, 2015 reveals a 3.9 percent increase in the estimated number of...

Utah Business Owner Convicted of Dealing in Firearms without a License and Filing False Tax Returns

A Salt Lake County, Utah man was convicted by a federal jury of one count of dealing in firearms without a license and five counts of filing false tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the...

Alabama Pill Mill Doctor Charged with Illegal Prescribing and Health Care Fraud

Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged a former north Alabama physician, who was the nation’s highest Medicare prescriber of opioid painkillers at the height of his practice, with illegally prescribing controlled substances and with a health care...

FBI Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Fidel Urbina Arrested

After 17 years on the run, a Chicago man who is one of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives is now in custody, announced Michael J. Anderson, special agent in charge of the FBI Chicago Field Office. Mr. Anderson is joined by Superintendent of the...

Los Angeles Jury Convicts Medical Clinic Owner for Health Care Fraud and Tax Fraud

A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted the owner of a medical clinic for his role in a health care fraud scheme and for filing false income tax returns.

Three Individuals Indicted for Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

A federal grand jury sitting in Portland, Oregon returned an indictment, unsealed on 21 September, charging three individuals with federal crimes related to hundreds of false federal income tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney...

Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty to Concealing Income from Undeclared Panamanian Bank Account

A Weston, Connecticut man, who used a Panamanian bank account to conceal over $1.5 million in income from the sale of duty-free alcohol and tobacco products pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to conceal assets and income from the Internal...