Politics

Former Bank Employee Sentenced to Federal Prison for Bank Fraud

A former bank officer with Texas State Bank has been ordered to federal prison for defrauding her former employer, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Sondra Tredaway, 65, of Mission, was the former manager of the Texas State Bank...

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Former Ku Klux Klan Officer Pleads Guilty to Committing Perjury During Investigation into Cross-Burning

Pamela Morris, former secretary of a chapter of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in Ozark, Alabama, pleaded guilty to committing perjury during a grand jury’s investigation into a racially motivated cross-burning in the U.S. District Court for the Middle...

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Henderson County Woman Guilty of Embezzlement

A 54-year-old Murchison, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales.

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Mercer County Woman Admits Paying Bribes and Engaging in Fraud

A Mercer County, New Jersey woman admitted paying bribes to a former Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employee who worked as a supervisory engineer at the VA’s campus in East Orange, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

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Illinois State Representative Derrick Smith Convicted of Taking $7,000 Bribe

Illinois State Representative DERRICK SMITH (10th District) was convicted on federal corruption charges for accepting a $7,000 cash bribe in March 2012 to write an official letter of support for a daycare center that he believed was seeking a state...

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Former Arlington County Employee Sentenced for Taking Bribes

Francisco Samayoa Hernandez (“Samayoa”), 33, of Silver Spring, Maryland, was sentenced to 24 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for receiving bribes in connection with his work as a tax assessor supervisor at the...

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Former Rabobank Trader Pleads Guilty for Scheme to Manipulate Yen Libor

A former Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A. (Rabobank) Japanese Yen derivatives trader pleaded guilty for his role in a conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud by manipulating Rabobank’s Yen London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR)...

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Virginia Businessman Pleads Guilty to Employment Tax Fraud and Theft from Employee Benefit Plan

William P. Danielczyk Jr., formerly of Oakton, Virginia, pleaded guilty to one count of willful failure to collect and pay over employment taxes for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 2010, and one count of theft or embezzlement from an employee benefit...

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