Former Washington, D.C. Accountant Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud
The Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that John T. Hoang, of Woodbridge, Va., pleaded guilty in federal district court in Washington, D.C., to willfully aiding and assisting in the preparation of false income tax returns...
CCR Condemns Manning Verdict, Questions Future of First Amendment
While the "aiding the enemy" charges (on which Manning was rightly acquitted) received the most attention from the mainstream media, the Espionage Act itself is a discredited relic of the WWI era, created as a tool to suppress political dissent and...
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Man in Connection with Alleged Diesel Fuel Theft at Military Facility
A federal grand jury sitting in Charleston indicted a Red House man in connection with an alleged theft scheme that took thousands of dollars’ worth of diesel fuel from a military facility located in Putnam County, announced U.S. Attorney Booth...
Former St. Louis Executive of Chicago-Area Company Pleads Guilty in $3.9 Million Invoicing Fraud Scheme
A former vice president of a company that was based in west suburban Downers Grove pleaded guilty to engaging in a fraudulent invoicing scheme in which he obtained more than 100 company checks totaling more than $3.9 million and stole the money for...
Collin County Man Admits Embezzling Approximately $1 Million from Employer, Hudson Advisors LLC, in Wire Fraud Scheme
Steven Chen Yu, 39, of Allen, Texas, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul D. Stickney this morning and pleaded guilty to an information charging wire fraud in connection with his attempt to embezzle approximately $1 million from his employer,...
Former Bookkeeper Sentenced to More Than Seven Years for Embezzling More Than $1.3 Million from Mountaineer Racetrack
United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld, II announced that Anita Ambler, 49 years old of Virginia, was sentenced on July 29, 2013, in Wheeling by Judge Frederick P. Stamp, Jr. to 87 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised...
Former Corrections Officer Sentenced to Three Months in Jail and Six Months of Home Detention for Bribery Charge
April Johnston, a former corrections officer, was sentenced to three months in jail and six months of home detention for accepting money to bring contraband into a District of Columbia correctional facility, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen,...
Manhattan U.S. Attorney and FBI Assistant Director in Charge Announce Insider Trading Charges Against Former Equity Research Analyst
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced conspiracy charges against...
