Politics

Wabaunsee County Woman Indicted for Embezzling from Bio-Security Research Institute

A Wabaunsee County woman has been indicted on charges of embezzling from the Bio-Security Research Institute at Kansas State University, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.

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UBS Securities Japan Co. Ltd. Sentenced for Long-Running Manipulation of LIBOR

UBS Securities Japan Co. Ltd. (UBS Securities Japan), an investment bank, financial advisory securities firm, and wholly owned subsidiary of UBS AG, was sentenced for its role in manipulating the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), a leading...

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Halliburton Pleads Guilty to Destruction of Evidence in Connection with Deepwater Horizon Disaster and is Sentenced to Statutory Maximum Fine

Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Halliburton) pleaded guilty to destroying evidence pertaining to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster and was sentenced to the statutory maximum fine, the Justice Department announced.

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Art Dealer Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court to $80 Million Fake Art Scam, Money Laundering, and Tax Charges

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that art dealer Glafira Rosales pled guilty in Manhattan federal court to participating in a scheme to sell more than 60 fake works of modern art to two New...

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Former Vicksburg Mayor Pleads Guilty to Bribery

Paul Winfield, 40, former mayor of the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, pled guilty in U.S. District Court to bribery in connection with a pre-event disaster contract for the city of Vicksburg, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special...

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Former General Manager Sentenced in Taxi Bribery Scheme

Arthur A. Boulette, 64, of Dunedin, Florida, was sentenced to 12 months and a day in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for accepting more than $100,000 in cash bribe payments from taxicab drivers in exchange for giving them priority...

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Massachusetts Businessman Indicted for Tax Crimes

The Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that Richard L. Furnelli, formerly of Holyoke and South Hadley, Mass., was indicted in Springfield, Mass. Furnelli is charged in a nine-count indictment with one count of obstructing...

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Two Doctors and a Salesman Admit Roles in Bribes-for-Test-Referrals Scheme Involving New Jersey Clinical Laboratory

Two New Jersey doctors and a company salesman pleaded guilty to their roles in a long-running bribes-for-test-referrals scheme operated by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of Parsippany, New Jersey; its president; and numerous associates,...

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