Politics

Loan Broker Pleads Guilty in Conspiracy to Fraudulently Obtain More Than $100 Million in Small Business Administration-Backed Loans

Joon Park, a/k/a “Joon Pak,” and “Joon Paik,” age 43, of Falls Church, Virginia, pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to commit bank fraud in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain business loans guaranteed by the Small Business...

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Former Fund Manager Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison in Investment Fraud Scheme That Cost Victims More Than $24 Million

A former investment fund manager and radio personality who admitted bilking investors out of millions of dollars by falsely promising to purchase corporate bonds backed by the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) was sentenced Monday's afternoon to...

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Former Chairman and CEO of West End Financial Advisors Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to 42 Months in Prison for Securities Fraud

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that William Landberg, former chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of West End Financial Advisors LLC (“West End”), was sentenced Monday to 42 months in...

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Former California Public Employee System CEO and Former Placement Agent Indicted for Conspiracy and Fraud

A federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted Alfred J. Villalobos, of Reno, Nevada, and Federico R. Buenrostro, Jr., aka Fred Buenrostro, of Sacramento, California, on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, engaging in a false scheme...

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Former Harris County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Lands in Federal Prison for Scheme to Steal Narcotics

Richard Bryan Nutt, 45, a former Harris County Sheriff’s Office (HSCO) deputy, has been sentenced to federal prison for conspiring with others to use his position as a law enforcement officer to steal drug loads from dealers and split the proceeds...

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Two Medicare Beneficiaries Found Guilty of Soliciting Kickbacks in Home Health Care Case

The conviction of the defendants stemmed from the investigation of Safe Home Health Care Inc., a home health agency in Miami that was offering and paying kickbacks to obtain beneficiaries to serve as patients for home health services, mostly physical...

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Customs and Border Protection Officer Arrested for Money Laundering

Phoenix FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven R. Hooper announces the arrest of Customs and Border Protection Officer Lauro Tobias, 59, by the FBI’s Southern Arizona Corruption Task Force. Tobias was arrested on Thursday, March 14, 2013, without...

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Medical Director for Miami-Based Health Care Clinic Sentenced to 144 Months in Prison for Role in $50 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

A former medical director for Biscayne Milieu, a Miami-based mental-health clinic, was sentenced on Friday to serve 144 months in prison for his role in a fraud scheme involving the submission of more than $50 million in fraudulent billings to...

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