Politics

Indian Police Charge TV Channel for Gang-Rape Interview

Renewed protests against public apathy and police incompetence erupted in India Saturday after the boyfriend of the New Delhi gang-rape victim recounted witnessing the gruesome crime. Police are refuting his claims.

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Leader of internet piracy group "IMAGiNE" sentenced in Virginia to 60 months in prison for criminal copyright conspiracy

The leader of the Internet piracy group "IMAGiNE" was sentenced today to 60 months in prison following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Washington, D.C.

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U.S. Army Major Pleads Guilty in South Carolina to Defrauding U.S. Government

A U.S. Army Major has pleaded guilty today to accepting thousands of dollars in gratuities from contractors while he was a U.S. Army captain deployed to Iraq, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal...

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Former Financial Services Broker Sentenced to Serve 18 Months in Prison for Role in Conspiracies Involving Investment Contracts for the Proceeds of Municipal Bonds

A former financial services broker was sentenced today in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, for his participation in conspiracies related to bidding for contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other...

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Former Bookkeeper Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Tax Evasion

Carolyn Dawson, of Oklahoma City, has pled guilty to using interstate wire communications to defraud her former employer, American Plant Products, and to evading federal payroll taxes, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western...

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Colorado Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud the IRS out of $1.8 Million Dollars

Thomas William Quintin, 65, formerly of Denver, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States with respect to claims, and one count of misuse of a Social Security number (SSN), before U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke...

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Former Bank Employees Admit Embezzlement

Megan Horton, 54, of Owego, Tioga County, New York; and Gwenn Gooding, 43, also of Owego, Tioga County, New York, pled guilty Wednesday in United States District Court to the felony crime of bank embezzlement.

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Federal Court Bars Alleged Co-Owner of Las Vegas Instant Tax Service Franchise from Preparing Tax Returns

A Nevada federal court has permanently barred Benyam Tewolde from preparing tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced on last Friday. Tewolde and his wife, Yordanos Kidanits, are the alleged co-owners of an Instant Tax Service...

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