Politics

Businessman Pleads Guilty to Violating Campaign Finance Law, Admits Disguising Source of More Than $150,000 in Contributions

Lee A. Calhoun, an executive for a Washington, D.C.-based company, pled guilty to a federal charge stemming from a scheme in which he and others helped disguise the actual source of more than $150,000 in campaign contributions.

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Former Supervisory Official at New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development Sentenced to 18 Months’ Imprisonment for Accepting $100,000 Bribe

Earlier, Luis Adorno, formerly the supervisory construction project manager of the Department of Architecture and Construction Engineering at the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), was sentenced to a term of...

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Miami-Dade Department of Public Works Employee Charged with Accepting Bribes from Contractor

Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce the filing of a criminal complaint charging...

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Leader of Massive Tax Refund Fraud Scheme Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Melvin Duarte pled guilty in Manhattan federal court for his role in a scheme to fraudulently generate and then steal more than $50 million in federal tax...

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Former Bank President Charged with 18 Counts of Bank Fraud

United States Attorney James L. Santelle announced today that David J. Langemak, age 41, formerly of Plymouth, Wisconsin, and former bank president of Community Bank and Trust (CB&T), Plymouth Branch, was indicted June 18, 2013, on 18 counts of...

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Former Atlanta Police Officer Sentenced to Prison for Accepting Bribes

Elton Augustin, a former Atlanta Police Department officer, was sentenced to two years in prison for conspiring to accept bribes and lying to FBI agents.

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Bank Teller Admits Stealing Money from CD Accounts

Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Michelle Laudato, 35, of Farmington, waived her right to indictment and pleaded guilty before United States Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford...

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Former Business Manager Sentenced to 18-Month Prison Term for Stealing More Than $730,000 from D.C. Law Firm

William B. McNichols, 48, who handled accounting and other financial matters for a Washington, D.C. law firm, was sentenced to an 18-month prison term for embezzling more than $730,000, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen, Jr. and Valerie Parlave...

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