Politics

Former Vice President of Investor Relations for Carter’s Inc. Indicted in Long-Running Insider Trading Schemes

Eric M. Martin, 42, of Roswell, Georgia, former head of investor relations for Carter’s Inc., the major children’s clothing company,the Wednesday was charged by a federal grand jury with conspiracy, securities fraud, and wire fraud in connection with...

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US Government Intervenes in False Claims Lawsuit Against Fluor Companies

The government has intervened in a lawsuit against Fluor Hanford Inc. and its parent company, Fluor Corporation (collectively Fluor), in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, the Justice Department announced yesterday.

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Mexican Pecan Company Owner Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison for Scheme to Defraud the U.S. Export-Import Bank

The owner of a pecan brokerage company in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico,the Wednesday was sentenced to serve 48 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) of approximately $400,000...

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Former Car Dealer Pleads Guilty to Fraud

John B. Langley, 62, of Harrah, Oklahoma, has entered a guilty plea to making a false statement to a federally insured credit union, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.

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Barbados National Sentenced to Prison for Using Stolen Identities to Obtain Tax Refunds

Andrew J. Watts, a Barbados national, was sentenced in Chicago by U.S. District Judge Joan Gottschall to 114 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution of just under $1.7 million for devising and executing a stolen identity federal income tax...

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Former State Driver’s License Examiner Pleads Guilty to Federal Bribery Charges

Larry Murphy, 54, of Antioch, Tennessee, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to federal bribery charges in connection with the solicitation and acceptance of more than $5,000 in bribes in exchange for issuing driver’s licenses and permits, announced Jerry E....

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Former New Mexico Police Officer Sentenced to Over Four Years in Prison on Sexual Abuse Charges

Lawrence Etsitty , 31, a former police officer with the Navajo Police Department (NPD), the Tuesday was sentenced in federal court on charges related to the sexual abuse of a woman who was in his custody on January 25, 2009.

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Former Jasper County Official Pleads Guilty to Document Fraud

David M. Ketchmark, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the former public administrator of Jasper County, the Tuesday Missouri pleaded guilty in federal court to document fraud, which was part of a scheme...

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