Former Bergen County Democratic Chairman Indicted on Racketeering Charges
A federal grand jury indicted Joseph A. Ferriero, the former chairman of the Bergen County Democratic Organization (BCDO), charging him with a racketeering scheme involving kickbacks paid to a public official, soliciting and accepting bribes as a...
Former Lake Forest Park Water Clerk Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud in Embezzlement Scheme
The former office manager of the Lake Forest Park Water District pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Seattle to wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan. Jackee Bormann-Zweekhorst, 41, used a variety of schemes to embezzle more than $...
Former Customs and Border Protection Officer Sentenced to More Than Six Years for Receiving Bribes to Allow Aliens to Enter the U.S. Illegally
Former Customs and Border Protection Officer Hector Rodriguez was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez to serve 78 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for bribery, bringing in aliens for financial gain...
Computer Technology Firm CEO to Plead Guilty to Bank Fraud and Money Laundering
Sojin Lim, 60, of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, chief executive officer and vice president of General Technologies Corporation, d/b/a CompUtopia, has agreed to plead guilty to one count each of bank fraud and money laundering in connection with an...
Debt Collection Agency Executive Who Bribed Bank Official Sentenced
Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Patrick Pinto, 45, of Bohemia, New York, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to two years of probation, the first six...
Austin Horse Trainer Sentenced to Federal Prison in Multi-Million-Dollar Money Laundering Conspiracy Involving Los Zetas Drug Trafficking Proceeds, Extortion, and Bribery
In Austin, Eusevio Maldonado Huitron, a 50-year-old horse trainer residing in Austin, was sentenced to 97 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a complex conspiracy to launder millions of dollars in...
Former Bernalilo County Corrections Officer Sentenced to Prison for Obstructing Justice
The Justice Department announced that Kevin Casaus, 24, a former corrections officer at the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was sentenced this morning to serve 15 months in federal prison, followed by...
Former Wayne County Official Sentenced for Falsifying Documents to Conceal Bribery Scheme
A former Wayne County official was sentenced to more than three years in prison for obstructing justice in the investigation of a bribery and extortion scheme, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced.
