Politics

Covington Businessman Charged with Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud in Aftermath of BP Oil Spill

Bay E. Ingram, age 50, a resident of Covington, Louisiana, was charged today in a bill of information with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Jim Letten.

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Man Sentenced in Boston for Plotting Attack on Pentagon and U.S. Capitol and Attempting to Provide Detonation Devices to Terrorists

Rezwan Ferdaus was sentenced today for plotting an attack on American soil and attempting to provide detonation devices to terrorists.

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Alabama Woman Pleads Guilty to a Sophisticated Million Dollar Identity Theft Scheme

On October 31, Antoinette Djonret pleaded guilty in two cases: one involving the filing of more than a million dollars worth of false tax returns using stolen identities and the other case involving the filing of false tax returns for clients, the...

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Federal Court Permanently Bars Mississippi Woman from Preparing Tax Returns

A federal court has permanently barred Cynthia Carter, a Columbus, Miss., tax return preparer, from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced on Wednesday.

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Former Charter Schools Treasurer Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison for Embezzling Money from Schools

Carl W. Shye, Jr., 57, of New Albany, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 24 months in prison and ordered to repay $472,579.90 in federal funds that he embezzled between 2005 and 2011 while serving as treasurer for four community...

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Court Sentences Andrew Park to Prison for Felony Tax Evasion

Andrew Park, an owner and executive of Asian Village Detroit Inc. (“Asian Village”), Pangborn Technovations Inc. (PTI), and the Security Communication Alert Network (SCAN), was sentenced on Wednesday to one year in prison based on his felony...

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Former Lieutenant in Sheriff’s Office Admits to Making False Statements to FBI

United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated on Wednesday that Fred Allen Inabinett, age 39, of Walterboro, pled guilty Tuesday in federal court in Charleston to making false statements to federal agents, a violation of Title 18, United States Code,...

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Japanese Automobile Parts Manufacturer Agrees to Plead Guilty to Price Fixing and Obstruction of Justice

Nagoya, Japan-based Tokai Rika Co. Ltd., has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $17.7 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices of heater control panels (HCPs) installed in cars sold in the United States and elsewhere, the...

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