Politics

New York Maintenance and Construction Company Owner Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court to Failing to Pay Payroll Taxes

Kathryn Keneally, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Tax Division, announced the guilty plea of Thomas Nastasi III, 46, of Mt. Kisco, N.Y., to one count of willful failure to pay the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) the payroll...

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Local Business Executive Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud the United States

The former vice president of a Detroit based construction management firm entered a plea of guilty today as part of the ongoing federal investigation and prosecution involving the Garden View Estates public housing project in Detroit, Michigan, United...

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Marietta Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Filing False Claims with the IRS

Arnold Tobias Gervais, has been sentenced for defrauding the IRS of more than $3.4 million in federal income tax refunds while he was in state custody.

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Former City of Buffalo Employee Sentenced for Stealing Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars from Parking Meters

U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced that James Bagarozzo, 57, of Buffalo, New York, who was convicted of stealing $210,000 from the city of Buffalo, a governmental agency that receives federal funding, was sentenced to 30 months in prison...

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Former Consultant Pleads Guilty to His Role in Atlanta Public Schools Kickback Scheme

Mahendra Patel has pleaded guilty to conspiring with former Atlanta Public Schools (APS) Chief Information Officer (CIO) Jerome Oberlton to receive kickbacks in exchange for Oberlton using his influence at APS to award a $780,000 computer project to...

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Fourteen More Army National Guard Recruiters and Soldiers Charged in Ongoing Bribery and Fraud Investigation

Fourteen current and former recruiters and soldiers of the U.S. Army National Guard have been charged in the Southern District of Texas for engaging in a multi-year scheme to defraud the U.S. Army National Guard Bureau, announced Acting Assistant...

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Federal Jury Convicts James ‘Whitey’ Bulger

Following a two-month long trial in U.S. District Court, a federal jury convicted James J. Bulger, holding him responsible for the murder of 11 people, as well as numerous counts of extortion, money laundering, drug dealing, and firearms possession....

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Former City of Buffalo Employee Sentenced for Stealing Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars from Parking Meters

U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced that James Bagarozzo, 57, of Buffalo, New York, who was convicted of stealing $210,000 from the city of Buffalo, a governmental agency that receives federal funding, was sentenced to 30 months in prison...

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