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A criminal complaint , on November 20, was unsealed charging the head of a non-governmental organization based in Hong Kong and Virginia and the former Foreign Minister of Senegal with participating in a multi-year, multimillion-dollar scheme to bribe high-level officials in Chad and Uganda in exchange for business advantages for a Chinese oil and gas company (the “Energy Company”) in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

A former Durham, North Carolina, tax return preparer was sentenced to 24 months in prison for aiding and assisting in the preparation of fraudulent income tax returns, on November 16, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Sandra J. Hairston for the Middle District of North Carolina.

A Greensboro, North Carolina, resident was sentenced to 37 months in prison for corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), filing a fraudulent tax return, and bankruptcy fraud, on November 16, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Sandra J. Hairston for the Middle District of North Carolina.

Removing barriers to women’s paid work will encourage more Sri Lankan women to participate in the workforce, finds a new World Bank report. Safe childcare and transportation, early orientation to career development to better prepare girls to enter and remain in the workforce and implementing gender equal labor laws and practices are among recommendations of the report.

A Chicago investment advisor stole more than $5 million from several clients, including his elderly in-laws, and used some of the cash on a mortgage and a luxury automobile, according to federal criminal charges filed, on November 15.

A cardiologist with a practice in Paterson, New Jersey, and his wife pleaded on November 15, guilty to their involvement in a test-referral bribe scheme operated by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of Parsippany, New Jersey, its president and numerous associates, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.

Hector Martinez, a former compliance officer with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), was sentenced to 52 months in prison on federal charges stemming from a scheme in which he stole more than $400,000 from the agency, on November 15.

The Justice Department on November 14, announced that it has obtained an additional $5.4 million for servicemembers whose vehicles were unlawfully repossessed by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. in violation of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA).

A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, man was sentenced to 22 months in prison for identity theft and conspiring to file fraudulent tax refund claims, on November 14, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Interim U.S. Attorney Louis D. Lappen for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

A California resident was sentenced to 54 months in prison for conspiring to file false claims for tax refunds, submitting false claims for tax refunds, mail fraud, and aggravated identity theft, on November 14, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch for the Northern District of California.