Mother of FCI Petersburg Inmate who Spearheaded Bribery Scheme Sentenced
RICHMOND, Va. – A Baltimore, Maryland, woman was sentenced to 45 months in prison yesterday for her role in a bribery scheme that allowed for …
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Texas Man Charged With Commercial Bribery And Tax Fraud
SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on November 17, 2021, Mark Holmes, age 66, of Hughes Springs, …
Former Crestwood Mayor Pleads Guilty to Participating in Bribery Scheme Involving Red-Light Camera Services
CHICAGO — The former mayor of Crestwood, Ill., pleaded guilty today to a federal corruption charge and admitted improperly soliciting and receiving benefits from a …
Texas Woman Pleads Guilty to Schemes to Procure Adoptions from Uganda and Poland through Bribery and Fraud
U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan annouced that a Texas woman who was a program manager at an Ohio-based international adoption agency pleaded guilty today to schemes …
Texas Woman Pleads Guilty to Schemes to Procure Adoptions from Uganda and Poland through Bribery and Fraud
A Texas woman who was a program manager at an Ohio-based international adoption agency pleaded guilty today in the Northern District of Ohio to schemes …
Panamanian Intermediary in Alleged Bribery Scheme Charged with Money Laundering Extradited to the United States from Guatemala
Luis Enrique Martinelli Linares (Luis Martinelli Linares), 39, a citizen of Panama and Italy, was extradited from Guatemala to the United States today to face …
Dallas Real Estate Developer Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Bribery
A Dallas real estate developer was sentenced today to eight years in federal prison for bribing two former Dallas City Council members, Carolyn Davis and …
Florida Businessman Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Bribery Scheme
A Florida man was sentenced today to three years in prison and ordered to pay a fine of $1,250,000 for engaging in a scheme to …
Current And Former Metropolitan Correctional Center Employees And Inmates Indicted For Bribery, Contraband Smuggling, Narcotics Distribution, And Obstruction Of Justice Offenses
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of …
Former Newark Police Officer Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Bribery and Assisting in Preparing False Federal Tax Return
NEWARK, N.J. – A former Newark police officer was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for soliciting and accepting cash payments from a brothel …
TWO DETROIT POLICE OFFICERS INDICTED FOR BRIBERY AND BRIBERY CONSPIRACY
DETROIT – A federal indictment was unsealed today charging two Detroit police officers—one of whom was a lieutenant who had been in command of the …
Dubuque Woman Pleads Guilty to Distributing Fentanyl that Caused Overdose
A woman who distributed fentanyl to a man who overdosed pled guilty on October 14, 2021, in federal court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Emily Ann …
Kingston Man Charged With Firearms Offense
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on October 15, 2021, Ahmyr Younger, age 19, of Kingston, …
Tampa Woman Sentenced To Federal Prison For Access Device Fraud And Aggravated Identity Theft
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Antoinette Thomas (32, Tampa) to three years in federal prison for access device …
United States Settles with Private School to Resolve Allegations of Disability Discrimination
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The United States has reached a settlement with Sayre School (Sayre), a Lexington-based private school, resolving allegations of disability discrimination and taking …
Longwood Man Sentenced To 60 Years In Federal Prison For Producing Images And Videos Of Himself Sexually Abusing A Child
Orlando, FL – U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Mikel Wayne Nunnally (44, Longwood) to 60 years in federal prison for using a …
Colombian Businessman Charged with Money Laundering Extradited to the United States from Cabo Verde
Alex Nain Saab Moran (Saab), 49, a Colombian citizen, will make his initial appearance in federal court in Miami, Florida, today after being extradited from …
Two Indicted for Drug Trafficking and Hostage Taking
Assistant U. S. Attorneys Mario Peia and Alexandra F. Foster (619) 546-9706/6735 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – October 15, 2021 SAN DIEGO – A federal magistrate …
Jackson Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Drug Trafficking
Jackson, Miss. – A Jackson man was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney …
Tulsa Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Firearms in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime
A Tulsa man who possessed a revolver and shotgun to protect himself and the marijuana he was illegally distributing pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court, …
Federal Grand Jury B Indictments Announced- October
Acting United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the results of the October 2021 Federal Grand Jury B. The following individuals have been charged with …
Missing Person Investigation Results in Three Convictions and a Life Sentence
A man who robbed and murdered another man was sentenced today to life in federal prison. Matthew Barrett Robbins, age 49, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, …
Albany Man Charged with Drug Trafficking Offense
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Wakeem Ricks, age 30, of Albany, was ordered detained today pending trial on a charge that he distributed cocaine base. The …
Springfield Man and Woman Charged with Bank Robbery
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Two Springfield, Illinois, residents – Heather Horrighs, 42, and Theodis Parnell, 50 – were arrested on October 14, 2021, for allegedly robbing …
Reagor Dykes Owner Found Guilty of Lying to Bank
Reagor Dykes Auto Group owner Bart Reagor was convicted today of lying to a bank about his company’s prospects, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the …
DeSoto County Methamphetamine Dealer Sentenced to 90 Months in Federal Prison
Miami, Florida – Today, United States District Judge Aileen M. Cannon sentenced 51-year-old Donald Reid to seven and one-half years in prison for dealing methamphetamine. …
Cheyenne man pleads guilty to drug possession
Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that PHILIP JAY SCALES, age 44, of Cheyenne, Wyoming pleaded guilty to being an unlawful user of …
Former Newark city employee charged with bribery
NEWARK, N.J. – A former Newark city official and officer of the Newark Community Economic Development Corp. (NCEDC), along with two Newark business owners, were …
Man heading to jail after smuggling tons of cocaine using submarine
Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicole Bredariol (619) 546-8419 and Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua Mellor (619) 546-9733 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – October 15, 2021 SAN DIEGO …
Mark Ridley-Thomas Charged Along with Former University Dean in Federal Grand Jury Indictment Alleging Bribery and Fraud Scheme
INDICTMENT LOS ANGELES – Longtime politician Mark Ridley-Thomas and the former dean of the School of Social Work at a university in Southern California …
Former CEO of Braskem Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison for Foreign Bribery and Securities Law Violations
BROOKLYN, NY – Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Jose Carlos Grubisich, a Brazilian national and the former Chief Executive Officer of Braskem S.A. …
Co-Conspirator of Former Norfolk Sheriff Pleads Guilty to Bribery Scheme
NORFOLK, Va. – A Franklin, Tennessee, man pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit honest services mail fraud by paying bribes to secure medical services …
Three Former NYPD Police Officers Plead Guilty to Bribery Scheme
Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Robert Hassett, a former New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) officer, pleaded guilty to conspiring to participate in …
Former Police Department Employee Sentenced in Bribery and Insurance Fraud Schemes
WASHINGTON – A former employee of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) was sentenced today to 78 days in jail, …
Two Former St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Deputies Sentenced to 50 Months Imprisonment for Their Roles in Kickback and Bribery Scheme Involving Contract for Privatization of Work Release Program in St. Tammany Parish
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DAVID HANSON, age 63, from Abita Springs, Louisiana, and CLIFFORD “SKIP” KEEN, age 53, from …
Four Former Employees of Utility Company Plead Guilty in Bribery and Kickback Scheme
Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Patrick McCrann and Richard Zavada, two former employees of a New York-based utility company (the “Company”), pleaded guilty …
Second Old Forge Man Charged With Bribery And Related Offenses
SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on September 28, 2021, James J. Peperno, Jr., age 57, of …
Four deputies heading to prison for conspiring with Mexican drug cartel
Columbia, South Carolina – Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart reported today that three previous deputies with the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office – Carolyn …
World News: Netanyahu to seek parliamentary immunity in corruption cases
Israel’s prime minister says he will seek parliamentary immunity in three corruption cases. It is a rare and contentious move and it is likely to …
World News: Israeli PM Netanyahu indicted on corruption charges
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicted on corruption charges, raising more uncertainty over who will ultimately lead a country mired in political chaos after …