Utah Man Charged with Filing False Claims for Tax Refunds
A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an indictment charging Dick Reid Jenkins, a resident of Heber City, Utah with eighteen counts of presenting false claims to the United States.
Former Chief of St. Clair Fire Protection District and Ladue Fire Department Sentenced on Federal Fraud and Tax Charges
Eric Hinson was sentenced to 35 months in prison on mail fraud and multiple tax evasion charges involving his misuse of approximately $593,236 of St. Clair Fire Protection District funds between January 2006 and September 2011. As a result of the...
County Commissioner Sentenced for Attempted Extortion and Bribery
Al J. Hurley, a former county commissioner in Sumter County, Ga., was sentenced to 36 months in prison stemming from his acceptance of illicit payments in exchange for his official efforts to secure government contracts for a private contractor,...
Managing Partner of U.S. Broker-Dealer Charged in Manhattan Federal Court with Participating in Massive International Bribery Scheme
A managing partner of a U.S. broker-dealer was arrested on felony charges arising from a conspiracy to pay bribes to a senior official in Venezuela’s state economic development bank, Banco de Desarrollo Económico y Social de Venezuela (BANDES).
Alabama Man Indicted for Multi-state Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme
Christopher Cordelle Davis, of Montgomery County, Ala., was indicted by a federal grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama for his role in a scheme to file fraudulent tax returns using stolen identities, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue...
President of New Jersey Clinical Laboratory, Six Salesmen Admit Bribing Doctors for More Than $100 Million in Test Referrals
The president of Parsippany, New Jersey-based Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), three BLS employees, and three associates admitted to a conspiracy in which millions of dollars in bribes were paid to physicians over a number of years in...
Former Sanger Bank Employee Sentenced to Prison for Embezzling $250,000 from Bank
Mary Helen Perez, 50, of Sanger, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to two years and three months in prison for stealing and embezzling from a federally insured bank, announced United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner. Judge O’...
Former Congressman Richard G. Renzi Convicted of Extortion and Bribery in Illegal Federal Land Swap
A former U.S. Congressman and a real estate investor were convicted by a federal jury in Tucson, Arizona, of conspiring together to extort and bribe individuals seeking a federal land exchange.
