Politics

Brooklyn Resident Pleads Guilty in Connection with $13 Million Kickback and Health Care Fraud Scheme

Brooklyn resident Gregory Konoplya, 57, pleaded guilty in federal court in the Eastern District of New York to conspiracy to pay and receive illegal health care kickback payments in connection with his role in a $13 million health care fraud scheme....

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Army Soldier Pleads Guilty in Denver to Bribery Charges for Facilitating Thefts of Fuel in Afghanistan

Former U.S. Army Specialist Stephanie Charboneau pleaded guilty to bribery charges for her role in the theft of fuel at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Fenty, near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the...

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Alabama Man Pleads Guilty to Cashing Fraudlent Tax Refund Checks

David Haigler, of Montgomery County, Ala., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama to one count of theft of public funds and to one count of passing U.S. Treasury checks with forged endorsements, the Justice Department...

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Four Army National Guard Soldiers Plead Guilty in Connection with Bribery and Fraud Schemes to Defraud the U.S. Army National Guard Bureau

Four current and former soldiers of the U.S. Army National Guard pleaded guilty for their roles in bribery and fraud schemes that caused a total of more than $210,000 in losses to the U.S. Army National Guard Bureau.

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Three Ex-Executives of USA Dry Van Trucking Company Charged in Alleged $26 Million Fraud Scheme

Sergio Lagos, 44, Aurelio “Jim” Aleman, 59, and Oscar Barbosa, 50, have been arrested following the return of a six-count federal indictment charging wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.

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Two Forsyth City Coucilmen Plead Guilty to Accepting Bribes

Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that two former councilmen of the city of Forsyth, Georgia, James Edward Calloway and Desi Surtane Hansford, pled guilty in United States District Court in Macon,...

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Secret Interrogation Tapes Should Be Public, Attorneys Argue

In a case filed on behalf of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), attorneys argued that video recordings of CCR client Mohammed al Qahtani at Guantanamo Bay should be released to the public under the Freedom of Information Act.

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Former Employee Admits Theft from Coeur d’Alene Tribe

Angeline Morago George, 36, of Plummer, Idaho, and Portland, Oregon, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit theft from a tribal organization, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. George and co-conspirator Billy E. Moffitt, 26, of...

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