Politics

Retired National Guard Colonel and Former National Guard Sergeant Plead Guilty in Connection with Recruiting Fraud Scheme

A retired colonel and a former sergeant from the U.S. Army National Guard both pleaded guilty Thursday for their roles in a recruiting fraud scheme that caused approximately $14,000 in losses to the U.S. National Guard Bureau, announced Assistant...

Ex-Casino Owner, Nevada Businessman and Former NFL Player Sentenced to Prison in Massive Tax Fraud Scheme

On March 11, a former casino owner from Henderson, Nevada, a former businessman from Las Vegas and a former NFL punter from Upland, California, were sentenced the day before in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas to serve prison time and ordered to pay...

RBS Trader Admits Defrauding Customers in Multimillion Dollar Securities Fraud Scheme

U.S. Attorney Deirdre M. Daly of the District of Connecticut, Special Inspector General Christy Romero for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) and Special Agent in Charge Patricia M. Ferrick of the FBI’s New Haven Division announced that...

Utah Resident Sentenced for Tax Evasion and Filing a False Return

A Kaysville, Utah, man was sentenced Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah to serve 27 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $174,684 in restitution.

Third Ocean Shipping Executive Pleads Guilty to Price Fixing on Ocean Shipping Services for Cars and Trucks

An employee of Japan-based Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) pleaded guilty Tuesday and was sentenced to 15 months in a U.S. prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to fix prices, allocate customers and rig bids of international ocean shipping...

Florida Home Health Care Company Agrees to Pay $1.1 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

Recovery Home Care Inc., Recovery Home Care Services Inc. (collectively Recovery Home Care) and National Home Care Holdings LLC have agreed to pay $1.1 million to resolve allegations that the Recovery Home Care entities violated the False Claims Act...

Total Petroleum Puerto Rico Corp. Agrees to Spend $1.6 Million to Improve Leak Detection in at Least 125 Gas Stations Across Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands

Growing worries that endocrine disruptors can damage your health will be raised in MEPs’ questions to health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis on Monday at 19.00. Scientists link these chemicals, present in many everyday products, to a rise in foetal...

Three Defendants Charged with One of the Largest Reported Data Breaches in U.S. History

An indictment was unsealed against two Vietnamese citizens who resided in the Netherlands, for their roles in hacking email service providers throughout the United States on March 5. The guilty plea of one of the defendants was also unsealed at the...