New Jersey Businessman Pleads Guilty to Tax Charges
Mark Olkowski, 62, of North Wildwood, New Jersey, a business partner in K&O Sporting Goods, pleaded guilty Wednesday to tax charges for filing false personal income tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service from 2006 through 2009. K&O, on...
Vermilion Man Charged with Operating Financial Schemes That Resulted in Nearly 100 Clients Losing $4.4 Million
A Vermilion man was charged with financial crimes that resulted in nearly 100 clients losing more than $4.4 million over a decade, law enforcement officials said Tuesday.
Defendant Charged in White Plains Federal Court with Bank Fraud and Stealing Nearly Half-a-Million Dollars from the IRS
Tuesday announced the arrest of Melanie Ferreira for engaging in a series of frauds, which included cheating the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of nearly half-a-million dollars and perpetrating a bank fraud scheme.
Former Agriculture Commissioner Indicted for Misappropriating Department Funds
A federal indictment was unsealed Monday charging former Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Richard Dwight Farmer, Jr. with misusing and misappropriating money and property belonging to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) during his tenure.
Ralph Lauren Corporation Resolves Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigation and Agrees to Pay $882,000 Monetary Penalty
Ralph Lauren Corporation (RLC), a New York based apparel company, has agreed to pay an $882,000 penalty to resolve allegations that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by bribing government officials in Argentina to obtain improper...
Former Jersey City Council Candidate Admits Mishandling Contributions
Former Jersey City Council candidate Lori Serrano Monday admitted to converting federal funds illegally for her own use, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
Suspect in Boston Marathon Attack Charged with Using a Weapon of Mass Destruction
Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday that Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, a U.S. citizen and resident of Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction against persons and property at the Boston Marathon on April...
U.S. Rights Group Appeals Dismissal of Federal Animal Rights “Terrorism” Challenge
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) appealed the dismissal by a federal judge of a lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of the federal Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) without addressing the central First Amendment question in...
