Politics

President of New Jersey-Based Financial Services Firm Pleads Guilty in Multi-Million-Dollar Securities Fraud

The president of an investment and financial services firm admitted defrauding dozens of investors New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, and elsewhere of $5 million and evading taxes, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

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U.S. Joins False Claims Act Lawsuit Alleging Illegal Physician Compensation by Mobile Health Firm

The government has intervened in a False Claims Act lawsuit against Infirmary Health System Inc. and its related entities—IMC-Diagnostic and Medical Clinic P.C., Diagnostic Physicians Group P.C., and Infirmary Medical Clinics P.C.—the Department of...

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Naples Residents Plead Guilty to Tax Fraud for Failing to Pay Employment Taxes

The Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that Anthony Chaudhuri and Margaret Chaudhuri, of Naples, Fla., pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy to defraud the United States.

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US Joins False Claims Act Lawsuit Alleging Illegal Physician Compensation by Mobile, Ala., Health Firm

The government has intervened in a False Claims Act lawsuit against Infirmary Health System Inc. and its related entities: IMC-Diagnostic and Medical Clinic P.C., Diagnostic Physicians Group P.C. and Infirmary Medical Clinics P.C., the Department of...

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Sheriff Irvin F. Hingle Sentenced for Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud and Bribery

Age 61, a resident of Belle Chasse, Louisiana, was sentenced to 46 months’ imprisonment by U. S. District Judge Sarah R. Vance after he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente. In addition to the term of...

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Former Orleans Parish Deputy John P. Sens Sentenced for Conspiracy to Commit Bribery

John P. Sens, 52, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt for conspiracy to commit bribery, announced U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente. In addition to the term of...

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U.S.Postal Service Mail Carrier Convicted for Involvement with Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Conspiracy

A jury found Vernon Harrison, of Montgomery, Ala., guilty of one count of conspiring to file false claims, eight counts of mail fraud, eight counts of aggravated identity theft and six counts of embezzlement from the U.S. mail, the Justice Department...

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Former Bank Branch Manager Pleads Guilty in Federal Court to Embezzling Nearly $250,000

United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced that Deborah D. Radcliff, age 51, of Weston, West Virginia, a former branch manager of the Weston branch of Huntington National Bank, entered pleas of guilty on July 3, 2013, before Magistrate...

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