Politics

Norwegian Shipping Company and Engineering Officers Charged in Second Indictment with Environmental Crimes and Obstruction of Justice

A U.S. federal grand jury in Lafayette, Louisiana, has returned a three-count indictment charging Det Stavangerske Dampskibsselskab AS (DSD Shipping) and four employees with violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and obstruction of...

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Puerto Rico Superior Court Judge Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Accepting Bribes in Connection with Vehicular Homicide Trial

A Puerto Rico Superior Court Judge was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison being convicted earlier this year of accepting bribes to acquit a businessman of vehicular homicide charges. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice...

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Two Georgia Sisters-in-Law and Former Tax Return Preparers Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring to Defraud the United States

Two Georgia sisters-in-law were sentenced in the U.S. District Court in Macon on June 10, Georgia, for their involvement in a conspiracy to defraud the United States, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice...

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Woman Indicted and Arrested for Defrauding the Internal Revenue Service Defendant Faces a Forfeiture Allegation of $227,653.22

On June 3, 2015, a federal grand jury returned a 46-count indictment charging Mariely Malavet-Rivera for wire fraud, theft of public money and aggravated identity theft announced U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez for the District of Puerto...

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Former U.S. Army Specialist Pleads Guilty to Taking a Bribe While Deployed in Afghanistan

A former specialist with the U.S. Army pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe from an Afghan truck driver at Forward Operating Base Gardez, Afghanistan (FOB Gardez), in exchange for allowing the driver to take thousands of gallons of fuel from the base...

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Former President of Riverside General Hospital Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison in $158 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

The former president of a Houston hospital, his son and a co-conspirator were sentenced Tuesday to 45 years, 20 years and 12 years in prison, respectively, for their roles in a $158 million Medicare fraud scheme.

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Oregon Woman Pleads Guilty for Conspiring to File Fraudulent Income Tax Returns Claiming More than $1 Million in Refunds

A Portland, Oregon, woman pleaded guilty on Friday before U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Jones in the District of Oregon for conspiring to file fraudulent federal income tax returns that claimed refunds of more than $1 million, announced Acting...

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Construction Service Company Owner Pleads Guilty to Fraud Conspiracy and Tax Violation Involving Contract with the New York Power Authority

The owner of a Bardonia, New York, construction service company pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and filing a false tax return, the Department of Justice, the IRS and the New York State Inspector General...

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