Corrupt DeKalb County Construction Inspector Sentenced to Federal Prison for Extortion
Neacacha Joyner, 40, of DeKalb County, a Department of Public Works engineering supervisor with DeKalb County who extorted money from a private construction contractor, was sentenced Wednesday by United States District Judge Richard W. Story to serve...
Lawrence Physician, Author Indicted on Tax Evasion Charges
Physician Mary C. Vernon, 60, Lawrence, Kansas, is charged with five counts of tax evasion and one count of making a false statement to a bank in order to obtain a loan, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today. The crimes are alleged to have occurred...
Massachusetts State Representative Stephen Smith Agrees to Plead Guilty to Voter Fraud Charges
A state representative in the Massachusetts General Court has agreed to plead guilty to civil rights violations and resign his elected position for his role in submitting fraudulent absentee ballot applications and casting invalid ballots in multiple...
Miami-Dade Police Officer and Miami Beach Firefighter Sentenced in Drug and Gun Case
Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael B. Steinbach, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce the sentencing of Henry L. Bryant, a former...
Former Army Contractor Employee and Two Former U.S. Army Staff Sergeants Plead Guilty to Roles in Afghanistan Contract Fraud Scheme
A former employee of a U.S. Army contractor and two former U.S. Army staff sergeants pleaded guilty Wednesday for their roles in a fraud scheme involving a contract to provide armored vehicles to the U.S. Military in Afghanistan, announced Assistant...
Amgen Inc. Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge in Brooklyn, NY.; Pays $762 Million to Resolve Criminal Liability and False Claims Act Allegations ΙΙ
Beginning at the launch of Aranesp in 2002 and extending until 2007, Amgen illegally introduced Aranesp for uses and at dosage levels that the FDA had specifically declined to approve due to insufficient clinical evidence to establish their safety and...
Amgen Inc. Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge in Brooklyn, NY.; Pays $762 Million to Resolve Criminal Liability and False Claims Act Allegations Ι
Earlier Wednesday, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, U.S. District Judge Sterling Johnson, Jr. accepted a guilty plea by American biotechnology giant Amgen Inc. (Amgen) for illegally introducing a misbranded drug into interstate...
Former Head of City Agency Sentenced for Stealing Federal Funds
U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced Tuesday that Timothy Wanamaker, 47, former head of a city agency responsible for overseeing the revitalization of Buffalo, who was convicted of theft from programs receiving federal funds, was sentenced...
