Politics

New York Distributor of Prepaid Phone Cards Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion

Goher Yaqoob, a resident of Roslyn Heights, N.Y., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of New York to tax evasion, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.

Alabama Return Preparers Sentenced to Jail for Tax Conspiracy

James E. Moss and Avada L. Jenkins were both sentenced yesterday to 160 months and 41 months in prison respectively for their involvement in a fraudulent tax return perpetration scheme, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)...

Alabama Return Preparers Sentenced to Jail for Tax Conspiracy

James E. Moss and Avada L. Jenkins were both sentenced yesterday to 160 months and 41 months in prison respectively for their involvement in a fraudulent tax return perpetration scheme, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests 24 during 3-day operation targeting criminal aliens, immigration fugitives in Indianapolis

As part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) ongoing commitment to prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens and egregious immigration law violators, 24 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators were...

Seven Charged for Roles in Illegal Federal Campaign Contributions Scheme

David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kimberly K. Mertz, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that a federal grand jury has charged seven individuals...

Former Chief Information Officer for Wayne County Pleads Guilty to Accepting $70,000 in Bribes from a Private Contractor

Tahir Kazmi, the former chief information officer for Wayne County pleaded guilty today to taking bribes from a private contractor, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.

International fugitive wanted in a financial scheme defrauding investors of more than $100 million captured in Las Vegas

A German man, wanted by law enforcement authorities in Germany for using his Florida financial firm to defraud numerous investors of more than $100 million in a pyramid scheme, was arrested last night by special agents and officers of U.S. Immigration...

Portsmouth, Va., Bail Bondsman Pleads Guilty to Bribing Public Officials

A bail bondsman in Portsmouth, Va., pleaded guilty today in the Eastern District of Virginia for bribing public officials in exchange for receiving favorable treatment, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal...