Politics

Former Marine Admits Running Elaborate Fraud Scheme to Get Financial Help to Play on PGA Tour

Michael Duye Campbell, 30, of Houston, appeared in federal court in Dallas Wednesday and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis to an information charging one count of mail fraud, stemming from a scheme he ran from 2010 to 2012 to...

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Federal Court Bars Nashville, Tenn., Mo’ Money Taxes Licensee from Preparing Tax Returns

A federal court permanently barred Toney Fields and Trumekia Shaw, who do business as Fields Mo’ Money Taxes in Nashville, Tenn., from preparing federal tax returns, the Justice Department announced Monday.

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Former North Carolina Builder Pleads Guilty to Tax Obstruction

William B. Clayton, a residential builder formerly of Corolla, N.C., pleaded guilty today before Judge Terrence W. Boyle to corruptly obstructing and impeding the due administration of the tax laws, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue...

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Former Head of Yonkers Republican Party Pleads Guilty in White Plains Federal Court to Payroll Tax Fraud

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Toni Weirauch; the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI)

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Former USD Basketball Player Brandon Johnson Sentenced for Conspiring to Commit Sports Bribery

United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced that Brandon Johnson was sentenced on Friday in federal court in San Diego by the Honorable Anthony J. Battaglia to serve six months in custody, followed by one year of supervised release, for his role...

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Federal Jury Convicts Austin Attorney Marc G. Rosenthal in Connection with South Texas Bribery Scheme

In Corpus Christi, a federal jury convicted 51–year-old Austin attorney Marc Garrett Rosenthal of federal charges related to a bribery scheme in South Texas, announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman;, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special...

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Ft. Lauderdale Man Convicted of Money Laundering and Obstruction of Justice in Connection with MBC Fraud

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; and José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue...

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Former Jackson Police Officers Sentenced for Accepting Bribes

Former Jackson Police Officers Monyette Quintel Jefferson, 27; Terence Dale Jenkins, 25; and Anthony Ricardo Payne, Jr., 26, were sentenced in U.S. District Court for accepting bribes from an undercover FBI agent, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and...

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