Politics

Former Consultant Wesley Wang Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court for Insider Trading

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Wesley Wang, a former consultant with Trellus Management, was sentenced Wednesday to two years’ probation for his participation in insider trading schemes...

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Business Manager Sentenced for Tax Evasion in $257,000 Embezzlement Scheme

Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Columbia, Missouri woman was sentenced in federal court Wednesday for tax evasion related to unreported income from the theft of more than $257,000 from her...

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Former ‘Panama Unit’ Officers Indicted

A federal grand jury has returned a six-count indictment against Jonathan Trevino, Alexis Rigoberto Espinoza, Fabian Rodriguez, and Gerardo Mendoza-Duran, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced Wednesday.

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Disbarred Cedartown Attorney Pleads Guilty to Stealing More Than $2.5 Million from Injured Clients

Miles Lamar Gammage, 59, a recently disbarred attorney from Cedartown, Georgia, pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to charges that he defrauded more than 50 of his seriously injured worker’s compensation clients out of settlement funds they were...

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South Florida Woman Pleads Guilty to Failing to Disclose Income from Swiss Bank Accounts and Agrees to $21 Million Penalty

Mary Estelle Curran of Palm Beach, Fla., pleaded guilty Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to filing false tax returns for tax years 2006 and 2007, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal...

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Former President Pro Term of Oklahoma Senate Sentenced to Serve Five Years’ Probation for Bribery

Former Oklahoma Senate President Pro Tem Michael Steven Morgan, 57, of Stillwater, Oklahoma, was sentenced Tuesday by United States District Judge Robin J. Cauthron to serve five years’ probation for bribery, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States...

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Former Pennsville Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Obstructing Child Pornography Investigation

A former Pennsville, New Jersey Police officer Tuesday admitted obstructing the FBI’s investigation of his alleged possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

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Chinese National Pleads Guilty of Selling $100 Million in Pirated US Software

A Chinese national has pleaded guilty to charges related to selling illegally copied American software worth more than $100 million. U.S. officials say it is one of the most significant cases of copyright infringement ever uncovered by law...

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