National stakeholders, international experts discuss establishment of national mechanism to prevent torture in Uzbekistan
A draft law and regulations establishing a national preventive mechanism (NPM) to monitor all places of detention in Uzbekistan were the focus of a roundtable discussion in Tashkent on 31 May and 1 June 2018. The event was organized by the country’s...
Alaskan Husband And Wife Plead Guilty To Willful Failure To Pay Taxes
Kansas Tax Return Preparer Sentenced To Prison For Filing False Tax Returns
in prison for filing a fraudulent income tax return and aiding and assisting in the preparation of fraudulent tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S....
Two Members Of The Jacksonville City Council Indicted For Fraud And Money Laundering
United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Katrina Brown (37, Jacksonville) and Reginald Brown (56, Jacksonville) with one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, twenty-six counts of aiding...
New York Doctor Sentenced To Four Years In Prison For Taking Bribes In Test-Referral Scheme With New Jersey Clinical Lab
A doctor practicing in Staten Island, New York, was sentenced to 48 months in prison for accepting bribes in exchange for test referrals as part of a long-running and elaborate scheme operated by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of...
Louisiana Woman Sentenced In Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
A resident of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana was sentenced to 24 months in prison for her involvement in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme, on May 30, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s...
Former CEO of Detroit-Based Technology Company Pleads Guilty to Bribery
The former chief executive officer of FutureNet Group Inc., an information technology company, pleaded guilty for his role in orchestrating a scheme to bribe an official from the City of Detroit to obtain benefits for FutureNet, on May 30, announced...
Louisiana Contractor Pleads Guilty To Filing A False Tax Return
The owner of general contracting business pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return, on May 30, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans, for...
