Former Fulton County Deputy Pleads Guilty to Soliciting Kickbacks
Former Fulton County Deputy Sheriff Reginald Warren pleaded guilty in federal court to charges that he demanded bribe payments from security officers assigned to work at the city of Atlanta’s public swimming pools.
Former Burnham Village Clerk Charged with Stealing at Least $650,000 from Revenue Payments and Filing False Tax Return
The former longtime elected clerk for the Village of Burnham was charged with stealing more than $650,862 from her office at the south suburb’s village hall and using most of the cash to gamble at casinos. The defendant, Nancy Dobrowski, was charged...
Hattiesburg Businessman Pleads Guilty to Federal Kickback Scheme
Local businessman and former Hattiesburg Fire Chief T.L. Pittman, Jr., 82, pled guilty in U.S. District Court to a kickback scheme that defrauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis, FBI Special Agent in Charge...
Government Settles False Claims Act Allegations Against Florida-Based Baptist Health System for $2.5 Million
Baptist Health System Inc. (Baptist Health), the parent company for a network of affiliated hospitals and medical providers in the Jacksonville, Florida, area, has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle allegations that its subsidiaries violated the...
Campaign Worker Pleads Guilty to Buying Votes in a Donna, Texas, School Board Election
A campaign worker pleaded guilty for paying voters to vote in the November 2012 school board election in Donna, Texas, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth...
Justice Department Sues to Stop Miami Tax Return Preparers
The United States has asked the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in Miami to stop Lazaro Jesus Toyos, Shirley Ester Almazan, Dilma Toyos Garcia and Daniel Almazan, and their companies L. Toyos Tax Service Inc., Toyos Garcia Tax...
Significant organised crime operation
WA and Australian Government agencies attached to Project Tricord and Operation Polo executed a series of search warrants this morning, Saturday 3 May 2014, as part of their ongoing efforts to identify, target and dismantle organised crime syndicates...
Bush Officials Should Be Held Accountable for Post-9/11 Abuse and Religious Profiling, Attorneys Argue
Attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a federal court of appeals to allow a case to go forward against high-level Bush administration officials alleged to have ordered the post-9/11 immigration sweeps, detention, and racial...
