Politics

Former Bookkeeper to Serve 24 Months in Prison and Pay More Than $1.8 Million in Restitution for Embezzlement and Tax Evasion

Carolyn Dawson, of Oklahoma City, was sentenced Tuesday to 24 months in prison for embezzling from her former employer, American Plant Products, and for evading federal payroll taxes, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western...

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Consultant for the Florida Department of Transportation Sentenced for Accepting a Bribe

Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office; Michael DePalma, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue...

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Two U.S. Broker-dealer Employees and Venezuelan Government Official Charged for Massive International Bribery Scheme

Two employees of a U.S. broker-dealer and a senior official in Venezuela’s state economic development bank have been charged in New York’s federal court for their alleged roles in a massive international bribery scheme.

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Internet Installer Sentenced for Hijacking Customer’s Internet to Perpetrate Identity Theft Tax Scheme

Corey Thompson was sentenced Tuesday to serve 30 months in prison for his involvement in a sophisticated stolen identity refund fraud conspiracy, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.

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Bank Teller Charged with Embezzling Money from Bank

Last week in federal court, a 64-year-old woman from the southeastern Minnesota community of Wykoff was charged with embezzling approximately $35,520 from the Security State Bank where she was employed as the head teller.

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Ventura County Man Who Profited More Than $1 Million Through Illegal Insider Stock Trades Based on Information Obtained from Former Partner at KPMG Agrees to Plead Guilty to Federal Conspiracy Charge

The owner of a San Fernando Valley jewelry store was charged yesterday with receiving insider information from a senior partner with KPMG LLP and using that confidential information about KPMG’s clients to make illegal stock trades that generated well...

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Former CEO of Newport News Investment Firm Convicted of Fraud

Jeffrey A. Martinovich, 46, of Norfolk, Virginia, was convicted Monday by a federal jury for his involvement in fraud related to the mismanagement of a Newport News-based hedge fund.

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Remarks by FBI Assistant Director in Charge George Venizelos on Arrest of and Charges Against State Senator John Sampson

Monday, we add one more name to the ever-lengthening list of corrupt New York elected officials. We could view this as an achievement for the FBI and federal prosecutors.

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