Politics

Judge Sentences Bucks County Investment Adviser to Four Years in Embezzlement Scheme

David Rothman, 50, of Richboro, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 48 months in prison for wire fraud and money laundering. Rothman was the vice president of Rothman Securities Inc. (RSI), an investment brokerage firm in Southampton, Pennsylvania.

Two Indicted in $15 Million Investment Fraud Scheme That Victimized National National Hockey League Players and Long Island Investors

An indictment was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn charging Phillip A. Kenner, a former financial adviser to several former and current National Hockey League (NHL) players, and Tommy C. Constantine, also known as Tommy C. Hormovitis, a former...

Department of Defense Employee Pleads Guilty to Submitting False Claim for Housing Allowance

A Department of Defense (DOD) employee has pleaded guilty to filing a false claim with the DOD while stationed in the Republic of Korea (ROK) to fraudulently obtain $64,000 in housing allowance, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili...

Internet Pharmacy Website Affiliate Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Return

Pamela B. Reid pleaded guilty last night to one count of filing a false individual income tax return for the 2006 tax year, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Reid was charged in the District of Minnesota by an...

Former El Paso County Assistant District Attorney Indicted by Federal Grand Jury in Connection with Bribery Scheme

In El Paso, FBI agents arrested a former El Paso County Assistant District Attorney Antonio Reyes based on a federal grand jury indictment charging him with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and the deprivation of honest services, announced United...

Business Owner Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Embezzle $1.3 Million from State Fund

Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Missouri business owner pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to his scheme to embezzle more than $1.3 million from the Missouri Petroleum...

U.S. Attorney Joseph Hogsett Announces Sentencing of Indianapolis Woman After Bank Fraud, Tax Evasion Convictions

United States Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett announced that U.S. District Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson has sentenced Michele Spurgeon to 60 months (five years) in federal prison and has ordered the defendant to pay more than $1.7 million in restitution to a...

Brooklyn Clinic Owner Sentenced for Role in $77 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

The owner of a Brooklyn medical clinic was sentenced to serve 15 years in prison for her leading role in a $77 million Medicare fraud scheme.