Politics

Former Business Executive Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison in Bribery and Kickback Scheme

Harold F. Babb, 61, the former director of contracts at Eyak Technology LLC (EyakTek), was sentenced to 87 months in prison on federal charges stemming from a scheme in which he stole more than $9 million from the United States by submitting invoices...

Family Members in Alabama Plead Guilty in Million Dollar Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme

Several family members, all residents of Montgomery, Ala., pleaded guilty in the Middle District of Alabama to their involvement in a million dollar stolen identity refund fraud scheme, the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)...

Three Former Financial Services Executives Sentenced to Serve Time in Prison for Roles in Conspiracies Involving Investment Contracts for the Proceeds of Municipal Bonds

Three former financial services executives were sentenced today in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, for their participation in conspiracies related to bidding for contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and...

Law Enforcement Officers Indicted on Public Corruption Charges

Two federal indictments were unsealed wednesday in U.S. District Court in Charlotte charging a reserve deputy sheriff with the Gaston County Sheriff’s Office and police officers with the Cherryville Police Department with multiple counts related to...

Additional Charges of Corrupt Receipt of Rewards for Official Action Filed Against Former Pennsylvania State Senator Raphael J. Musto

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced wednesday that two additional charges of corrupt receipt of rewards for official action have been filed against former State Senator Raphael J. Musto, Pennsylvania...

Two Former Jackson Police Officers Plead Guilty to Accepting Bribes

Former Jackson Police Department Patrol Officers Monyette Quintel Jefferson, 27, and Terence Dale Jenkins, 25, pled guilty in U.S. District Court yesterday to accepting bribes from an undercover FBI agent, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI...

Detroit Area Gas Station Owner and His Bookkeeper Sentenced to Prison for Tax Fraud

U.S. District Judge Patrick J. Duggan sentenced Elsayed Kazem “Tom” Safiedine to 21 months in prison and Mary Fawaz to 12 months and one day in prison for tax fraud, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.

Massachusetts Businessman Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion and Conspiracy to Obstruct and Impede the IRS

A federal judge in Boston sentenced Gary Alcock today to 14 months in prison for tax evasion, for conspiring to defraud the United States, and for willfully failing to file tax returns, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS)...