New Jersey Stock Trader Pleads Guilty to Conspiring with San Diego CEO in $28 Million Securities Fraud
United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced that New Jersey-based stock trader Mark Allen Lefkowitz pled guilty yesterday before United States Magistrate Judge William McCurine, Jr. and admitted conspiring with the chief executive officer of a San...
Colorado Tax Defier Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Fraud and Tax Conspiracy
Curtis L. Morris, age 43, of Elizabeth, Colo., was sentenced Monday in Denver to 120 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS...
Manhattan U.S. Attorney and FBI Special Agent in Charge Announce Charges Against Former Hedge Fund Portfolio Manager for $276 Million Insider Trading Scheme Involving Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Trial
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and April Brooks, the Special Agent in Charge of the Criminal Division of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced Tuesday the...
Group of Owned and Affiliated Florida Hospitals Agree to Pay U.S. $10.1 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Morton Plant Mease Health Care Inc. and its affiliated hospitals (Morton Plant) have agreed to pay $10,169,114 to the federal government to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for services rendered to...
New Mexico Man Sentenced to Prison for Stolen Identity Refund Fraud
Douglas Kuester, 43, a tax preparer from Silver City, N.M., was sentenced Monday to 48 months in prison for filing false claims and aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced Monday.
Broker Sentenced to 135 Months in Prison for Bribery, Kickback, Fraud, and Perjury Scheme Involving Toms River Schools
The former insurance broker for the Toms River Regional School District was sentenced on Friday to 135 months in prison for his role in a scheme to pay bribes and other benefits to the then-superintendent of schools to get and maintain a contract to...
San Diego Used Car Wholesaler Sentenced on Tax Evasion
Mohammad Jafar Nikbakht, aka Freydoon Nikbakht, was sentenced Friday to 15 months in prison for evading his individual income taxes, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. According to the indictment and other documents...
Former Police of Puerto Rico Officer Sentenced to 181 Months in Prison for Providing Armed Security for Drug Transaction
A former Police of Puerto Rico officer was sentenced on Friday to 181 months in prison for her role in providing armed security for a drug transaction, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division...
