Politics

Suburban Chiropractor Sentenced to More Than Six Years in Prison for Defrauding Blue Cross of Nearly $5.9 Million in False Claims

A chiropractor who partly owned six suburban clinics was sentenced on Monday to six-and-a-half years in federal prison for intending to defraud a private health insurance company of nearly $5.9 million and causing an actual loss of more than $2...

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British Contractor Agrees to Plead Guilty to Wire Fraud Conspiracy Related to Iraq Reconstruction Efforts

British contractor APTx Vehicle Systems Limited agreed Monday to plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States, the Coalition Provisional Authority that governed Iraq from April 2003 to June 2004, the government of Iraq and JP Morgan Chase...

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Standard Chartered Bank Agrees to Forfeit $227 Million for Illegal Transactions with Iran, Sudan, Libya, and Burma

Standard Chartered Bank, a financial institution headquartered in London, has agreed to forfeit $227 million to the Justice Department for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).

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Former Dallas Securities Broker Pleads Guilty in Oklahoma for Role in Stock Manipulation Scheme

A former securities broker pleaded guilty on Monday for his role in a scheme to defraud thousands of investors through the manipulation of publicly traded stocks, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s...

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Former Toms River School Administrator Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison for Bribery Scheme

The former supervisor of Athletics and Special Projects for the Toms River, New Jersey Regional School District was sentenced on Monday to 37 months in prison in connection with a scheme to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to the...

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Roy Dixon Indicted for Embezzling More Than $3 Million from Detroit and Pontiac Pension Funds and for Bribing Public Officials

An Atlanta man was charged in an indictment, unsealed to Friday, with defrauding and embezzling more than $3 million from the two city of Detroit pension funds and a city of Pontiac pension fund U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced on Friday.

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Former City Pharmacist Charged in Drug Conspiracy

An indictment was unsealed on Friday charging Arlene Gerson, 46, of Philadelphia, with abusing her position as a pharmacist to conspire with Jeffrey Handy, 33, of Norristown, Pennsylvania, in the illegal distribution of oxycodone, announced United...

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Debt Collection Agency Executive Charged with Bribing Bank Officials

David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, on Friday announced that Patrick Pinto, 44, of Bohemia, New York, was arrested on Friday on a federal criminal complaint charging him with conspiracy to commit bank bribery while...

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