Foreign Bribery Charges Unsealed Against Former Chief Executive Officers of Oil Services Company
Two former chief executive officers of PetroTiger Ltd. – a British Virgin Islands oil and gas company with operations in Colombia and offices in New Jersey – have been charged for their alleged participation in a scheme to pay bribes to foreign...
White Plains Federal Grand Jury Indicts Former Chief Financial Officer on Charges He Embezzled $5.7 Million From His Employer
Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced that a grand jury sitting in White...
Three Northern California Real Estate Investors Agree to Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging at Public Foreclosure Auctions
Three Northern California real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty for their roles in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced.
Abbott Laboratories Pays U.S. $5.475 Million to Settle Claims That Company Paid Kickbacks to Physicians
Abbott Laboratories has agreed to pay the United States $5.475 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to induce doctors to implant the company’s carotid, biliary and peripheral vascular products, the...
Not-so-happy New Year – man to face court over 29kg meth seizure
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has charged a 25-year-old Canley Heights man with attempting to possess approximately 29kg of methamphetamine disguised as vitamin capsules.
Nearly 700 tax criminals convicted in 2013 in UK
Between January and the end of November UK HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigations led to 690 successful convictions – up from 477 in 2012, and the highest since the 2010 Spending Review. These convictions led to sentences totalling 355 years in...
The Year in Review: A Look at FBI Cases, Part 2
With our partners in the law enforcement and intelligence communities, the FBI worked thousands of investigations during 2013, from cyber crimes to espionage and multi-million-dollar fraud schemes. As the year draws to a close, we take a look back at...
The Year in Review: A Look at FBI Cases, Part 1
The U. S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) worked thousands of investigations during 2013, involving everything from extremists bent on terror to cyber thieves, financial fraudsters, and murder and hostage situations. As the year comes to a close...
