John Ageudo Rodriguez, 55, from McAllen, Texas, pleaded guilty on Jan. 16 to conspiracy charges involved with paying kickbacks for prescription referrals, according to a DOJ press release.
Travis Ford, 35, from Glenpool, Okla., the CEO and co-founder of the cryptocurrency investment firm Wolf Capital Crypto Trading LLC, pleaded guilty on Jan. 10 to crimes related to investment fraud, according to a DOJ press release.
Three Russian nationals were charged in an indictment returned on Jan. 7 with crimes related to operating two cryptocurrency mixing services, Sinbad.io and Blender.io, according to a DOJ press release. Alexander Evgenievich Oleynik, 44, and Roman Vitalyevich Ostapenko, 55, were arrested on Dec. 1, 2024, but Anton Vyachlavovich Tarasov, 32, has not yet been apprehended […]
Four individuals and one company pleaded guilty in a conspiracy to rig commercial roofing bids around central Florida in a scam that prosecutors say undermines fair competition, according to a Jan. 10 Justice Department press release.
Jenifer O’Neal, 53, former U.S. Virgin Islands Office of Management and Budget (VI-OMB) director, and Ray Martinez, 56, former U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) police commissioner, have been charged in an indictment unsealed on Jan. 10 with crimes related to a money laundering and bribery conspiracy, according to a DOJ press release.
On Jan. 15, Toyota subsidiary Hino reached a settlement with the federal government and the State of California to resolve allegations they violated the Clean Air Act, according to a DOJ press release.
Erlene King, 71, from Brooklyn, N.Y., pleaded guilty to crimes involved with a scheme to manipulate a matching donations procedure from the Campaign Finance Board (CFB) of New York City, according to a DOJ press release. King admitted to committing wire fraud while working as a treasurer for a primary candidate for Brooklyn Borough President, […]
Anthony Joseph Evans, a 32-year-old man from Tucson, Arizona, has pleaded guilty to charges that he stole $56,000 in cryptocurrency while working as a Special Agent for the U.S. Secret Service in the Phoenix, Ariz., field office in early 2022.
Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, a Japanese national and Yakuza Leader, pleaded guilty on Jan. 8 to his part in a conspiracy to traffic nuclear materials to other countries from Burma, along with weapons charges and narcotics trafficking, according to a DOJ press release.
On Dec. 31, a federal court found Joel Smithers, a former doctor from Martinsville, Va., guilty of multiple charges after a three-week jury trial. This was an affirmation of a previous conviction for the same crimes. A judge ordered the second trial after a U.S. Supreme Court decision changed how judges should instruct juries in […]
William Shane Garrow, 49, from Tulsa, Okla., pleaded guilty on Jan. 8 to charges concerning a scheme to embezzle more than $4.2 million from his clients, according to a DOJ press release. Garrow pleaded guilty to bank fraud and lying on his tax returns.
A couple from Southern California who ran Southern California Medical Center has agreed to pay $15 million to resolve accusations that they allegedly defrauded Medicare and Medi-Cal programs, according to a newly signed settlement.
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