Politics

Former Chicago Alderman and Nebraska Executive Among Three Convicted After Federal Bribery Conspiracy Trial

A former Chicago alderman, the head of a $1 billion Nebraska-based prescription medication provider, and another man were convicted of conspiracy to commit bribery of a fictitious public official to purportedly obtain business from the Los Angeles...

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Debt Collection Agency Executive Pleads Guilty to Bank Bribery Charge

Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Patrick Pinto, 44, of Bohemia, New York, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in...

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Former Part-Owner of Litigation Funding Company Admits Defrauding Business Partners in $869,492 Kickback Conspiracy

The former part-owner and underwriter for New York-based litigation funding company The Law Funder LLC admitted in Newark federal court to participating in a secret kickback scheme that defrauded his former business partners of approximately $869,492...

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Former Credit Union Teller Sentenced for Embezzling from Customer Accounts

Virginia Mecham, 40, of Ammon, Idaho, was sentenced in federal court in Pocatello to two months in prison, followed by two months of home detention, for embezzlement by a credit union employee, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S....

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Former Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to Bribery Charge

Jonathan Womble, 36, a former corrections officer at the District of Columbia Jail, pled guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy to commit bribery for accepting $400 in cash in return for smuggling drugs and other contraband into the facility,...

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Axius CEO Roland Kaufmann Sentenced for Conspiracy to Pay Bribes in Stock Sales

Roland Kaufmann, CEO of Axius Inc., was sentenced to serve 16 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to bribe purported stock brokers and manipulate the stock of a company he controlled, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman...

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Cleveland Man Found Guilty of Trying to Use Explosives to Destroy a Bridge in Northeast Ohio

A Cleveland man was found guilty of trying to use explosives to destroy a bridge in Northeast Ohio, announced Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the Cleveland...

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Fate of Kaboni Savage Co-Defendant Determined

The federal jury that voted in favor of death for drug kingpin Kaboni Savage voted in favor of life for Savage co-defendant Steven Northington, 41. Savage was formally sentenced to death last week by U.S. District Court Judge R. Barclay Surrick. He is...

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