Former Member of Barbados Parliament and Minister of Industry Charged with Laundering Bribes from Barbadian Insurance Company
The former Minister of Industry of Barbados was arrested Friday and had his initial court appearance in connection on August 6 with an indictment charging him with laundering bribes that he allegedly received from a Barbadian insurance company in...
Virginia Tax Return Preparer Indicted For Aiding In False Tax Return Scheme
A federal grand jury has returned an indictment, which was unsealed, charging a Roanoke, Virginia tax return preparer with aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns and filing a false personal tax return, on August 3, announced...
Detroit Area Hospital System to Pay $84.5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Arising From Improper Payments to Referring Physicians
William Beaumont Hospital, a regional hospital system based in the Detroit, Michigan area, will pay $84.5 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act of improper relationships with eight referring physicians, resulting in the submission...
Wells Fargo Agrees to Pay $2.09 Billion Penalty for Allegedly Misrepresenting Quality of Loans Used in Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities
The Justice Department, on August 1, announced that Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and several of its affiliates (Wells Fargo) will pay a civil penalty of $2.09 billion under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA)...
Business Executive Arrested on Foreign Bribery Charges in Connection With Venezuela Bribery Scheme
A dual U.S.-Venezuelan citizen who controlled multiple companies was arrested on foreign bribery charges for conspiring to make, and making, on July 31, corrupt payments to an official of Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company,...
Detroit-Area Restaurant Owner Indicted For Employment Tax Fraud
A federal grand jury sitting in the Eastern District of Michigan, on July 31, returned an indictment charging a Walled Lake, Michigan restaurant owner with 24 counts of failing to account for and pay over employment taxes and one count of willful...
Former Supreme Court Justice Charged with Wire Fraud
United States Attorney Mike Stuart, on July 31, announced that former West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Justice Menis E. Ketchum II, age 75, was charged by Information with wire fraud. Justice Ketchum served as a Supreme Court Justice from...
South Florida Tire Retailer Sentenced To Prison For Excise Tax Conspiracy
A Coral Springs, Florida, tire retailer was sentenced in the Southern District of Florida for conspiracy to defraud the Government, on July 26, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax...
