Corrupt Bank Employee Pleads Guilty to Role in Tax Fraud Conspiracy
U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced last Friday that Hilda Josephine Hernandez-McMullen, 47, of Anchorage, Alaska, pled guilty on February 14, 2013, to eight separate felony counts based on her role assisting others in opening bank accounts and...
United States Joins Lawsuit Alleging Lance Armstrong and Others Caused the Submission of False Claims to the U.S. Postal Service
The Department of Justice announced last Friday that the government has joined a civil lawsuit alleging that Lance Armstrong, Johan Bruyneel and Tailwind Sports LLC and Tailwind Sports Corporation (Tailwind) submitted or caused the submission of false...
Owner of Durable Medical Equipment Company and Two Others Convicted in $11 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
The owner of a now defunct McAllen-area durable medical equipment (DME) business, his wife, and another former employee have been convicted for their roles in a conspiracy and scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid through fraudulent billings, United...
Former Head of Youth-Oriented Non-Profit Pleads Guilty to Tax Charge Involving $110,000 Grant That Funded an Inaugural Ball
Millicent D. West, the former director and chief executive officer of a non-profit organization that promotes youth opportunities, pled guilty last Friday to a criminal tax charge for her role in channeling $110,000 in youth grant funds used to pay...
'Operation Red Zone' nabs $17.3 million in fake NFL merchandise
Vicksburg Mayor Paul Winfield Arrested, Faces Federal Bribery Charge
Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Daniel McMullen of the FBI in Mississippi confirmed that Paul Winfield, mayor of Vicksburg, Mississippi, was arrested at his residence on February 20, 2013, by FBI special agents pursuant to a criminal complaint and...
Civil Forfeiture Complaint Filed in Relation to Alleged Embezzlement by Former Acting President of Southern Vermont College
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on February 20, 2013, it filed a civil forfeiture complaint seeking to forfeit assets in the name of James Beckwith, the former chief financial officer and chief...
Former California Assemblyman Admits Defrauding Banks out of $193,661 by Falsely Claiming to be Identity Theft Victim
Carl Edward Washington, a former California assemblyman who represented the state’s 52nd district, has agreed to plead guilty to federal bank fraud charges, admitting that he bilked financial institutions by falsely claiming to be the victim of...
