Politics

Former U.S. Consulate Official Sentenced to 64 Months in Prison for Receiving Over $3 Million in Bribes in Exchange for Visas

A former U.S. Foreign Service Officer, Michael T. Sestak, 44, was sentenced on August 14 to 64 months in prison on federal charges in a scheme in which he accepted more than $3 million in bribes to process visas for non-immigrants seeking entry to the...

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Albanian National Sentenced to 16 Years’ Imprisonment for Attempting to Support Terrorism

Earlier August 13, at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn, Agron Hasbajrami, an Albanian citizen and resident of Brooklyn, was sentenced to 16 years in prison based on his June 2015 guilty plea to...

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Florida Investment Advisor Pleads Guilty to Orchestrating $9 Million Investment Fraud Scheme

A Tampa, Florida, area investment advisor pleaded guilty Thursday to perpetrating a $9 million investment fraud scheme involving Facebook stock.

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Missouri Hospital Agrees to Pay United States $5.5 Million to Settle Alleged False Claims Act Violations

Two Southwest Missouri health care providers have agreed to pay the United States $5.5 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by engaging in improper financial relationships with referring physicians, the Justice...

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U.S. Citizen Sentenced in Connection with Costa Rica-Based Business Opportunity Fraud Ventures

A U.S. citizen charged in connection with the operation of a series of fraudulent business opportunities based in Costa Rica was sentenced to prison Wednesday in Miami, the Justice Department announced.

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Former Executive Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Bribe Panamanian Officials

A former regional director of SAP International Inc. pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by participating in a scheme to bribe Panamanian officials to secure the award of government technology...

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Technology Integration Group Agrees To Pay $5.9 Million To Settle False Claims Act Allegations

PC Specialists Inc., doing business as Technology Integration Group (TIG), has agreed to pay the United States $5.9 million to settle allegations that the company inflated the price of computers sold through another company to the National Nuclear...

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California Woman Sentenced To Over 10 Years For Her Role In Defrauding Elderly Through Offshore Sweepstakes Scheme

A California woman was sentenced to 130 months in prison for her role in a half-million dollar Costa Rica-based “sweepstakes fraud” scheme that victimized hundreds of U.S. residents.

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