Politics

Former Fort Drum Employee Sentenced for Making False Statement

On April 2, 2015, ANTHONY B. FELDER (44) of Redwood, New York, was sentenced to two years of Probation and a $5,000 fine by the Honorable David E. Peebles, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Marion F. Robey, Director, Major...

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Chicago Prepaid Cell Phone Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Filing False Federal Income Tax Returns

A business owner of Chicago based prepaid phone stores pleaded guilty to federal income tax fraud, admitting that he filed four false tax returns, resulting in a tax loss to the United States of more than $174,093, beginning in 2009 on April 2. The...

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Philadelphia Woman Arrested on Suspicions of Trying to Join ISIL

Keonna Thomas, a/k/a “Fatayat Al Khilafah,” a/k/a “YoungLioness,” 30, of Philadelphia, was charged by Criminal Complaint with knowingly attempting to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, announced...

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U.S. Army National Guard Soldier and His Cousin Indicted for Conspiring to Support Terrorism

Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon of the Northern District of Illinois and Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Holley of the FBI’s Chicago Field Office announced today that two Aurora,...

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U.S. Army National Guard Soldier and His Cousin Indicted for Conspiring to Support Terrorism

Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon of the Northern District of Illinois and Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Holley of the FBI’s Chicago Field Office announced that two Aurora, Illinois,...

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New York Doctor Admits Taking Bribes in Test-Referral Scheme with New Jersey Clinical Lab

A doctor with a practice in Rockville Centre, New York, admitted accepting bribes in exchange for test referrals as part of a long-running and elaborate scheme operated by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of Parsippany, New Jersey, its...

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Senator Robert Menendez and Salomon Melgen Indicted for Conspiracy, Bribery and Honest Services Fraud

Robert Menendez, a U.S. Senator, and Salomon Melgen, a Florida ophthalmologist, were indicted in connection with a bribery scheme in which Menendez allegedly accepted gifts from Melgen in exchange for using the power of his Senate office to benefit...

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Nine Defendants Plead Guilty in $20 Million Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Ring

Alabama and Georgia residents pleaded guilty for their roles in a $20 million stolen identity refund fraud (SIRF) conspiracy, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L....

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