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Hollywood Private Eye Loses Suppression Motion

Posted on December 29, 2007
U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer issued six separate rulings on Friday that went against private eye Anthony Pellicano and five co-defendants, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday; he also refused to suppress evidence in a government case that accused a Hollywood private investigator of illegally wiretapping Hollywood stars...

Stokes Gets 10 Years for Healthcare Fraud

Posted on December 28, 2007
Dr. Robert Stokes was sentenced to 10 years in prison for medical fraud, yet at the same time the federal judge raised questions about the seriousness of the health risk allegedly facing thousands of the dermatologists' former patients.[1]U.S. District Judge Gordon Quist said Thursday that, while the Grand Rapids doctor abused his authority and targeted vulnerable patients, he did not consciously or recklessly risk their health through recycled sutures and unsanitary equipment -- allegations prosecutors hoped would lengthen Stokes' sentence...

Federal Honest Services Fraud Crackdown Yields More Arrests

Posted on December 23, 2007
Roberto Ruiz, former managing director for the Bear Stearns Dallas office, and Christopher Chol-Su Pak, former vice president of the Bear Stearns Dallas office, pleaded guilty to charges related to an ongoing federal public corruption scandal in El Paso County...

Vick Sentenced to 23 Months

Posted on December 18, 2007
Michael Vick was sentenced to 23 months in prison Monday for running a "cruel and inhumane" dogfighting ring and lying about it. The suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback could have been sentenced up to five years by U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson...

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Radler Sentenced for Fraud

Posted on December 18, 2007
U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve sentenced former Chicago Sun-Times publisher F. David Radler to 29 months in prison for taking millions of dollars in unauthorized payments from the tabloid's parent company.[1]St. Eve accepted the plea agreement between Radler and federal prosecutors that gave him a reduced sentence in exchange for pleading guilty and cooperating with government's investigation of a mail fraud scheme at Hollinger International Inc; in addition e was fined $250,000...

Bonds Indicted for Perjury, Obstruction of Justice

Posted on November 16, 2007
Major League Baseball's career home run leader, Barry Bonds, has been indicted on five felony charges in connection with his testimony before a U.S. federal grand jury in 2003 that he never used anabolic steroids or human growth hormone.[1] The indictment tops off a four-year federal investigation into steroid use by elite athletes, of which Bonds has long been considered the primary target...

Kansas Prosecutor Gets New Trial Date: Extortion

Posted on November 14, 2007
A new trial date has been set for a Kansas prosecutor who is facing federal charges related to favors and money he is accused of receiving at a Galena strip club.[1] Cherokee County Attorney Michael Goodrich, who has resigned effective Dec. 1, was supposed to go to trial on Nov...

Homeless Man Arrested for Theft of Trade Secrets

Posted on November 13, 2007
Reynold Sare Chapin, a homeless man, is being charged with theft of trade secrets. Chapin apparently found advance copies of a Nike 2008 catalog in a dumpster, and he was arrested by FBI agents this week at Portland International Airport and charged under the Economic Espionage Act of 1996...

Federal Indictment Issued for Members of Black Mafia Family

Posted on November 08, 2007
A federal indictment has been issued against a group known as the Black Mafia Family, accusing its members of transporting drugs around the country.[1] This is the fifth indictment in the last few years against members of the Atlanta based group.[2]The Black Mafia Family grew into a national, multimillion dollar operation with much of this money coming from hip-hop music...

Haas Sentenced for Tax Fraud

Posted on November 06, 2007
Gene Francis Haas, the owner of an Oxnard machine-tool company, was sentenced to two years in prison for trying to avoid more than $34 million in income taxes by padding the books with false expenses.[1]Haas owns Haas Automation, Inc. which is believed to be the nation's largest computerized machine tool maker...

Kansas City Couple Await Jury Verdict on Mortgage Fraud Case

Posted on November 05, 2007
Executive Katheryn Shields and her husband, Philip Cardarella, are on trial along with Monty Kinman and Rick Peterson in connection with the proposed $1.2 million sale of Sheilds? house last year.[1] The house had been on the market for about $700,000...

Idaho Couple Sentenced for Cigarette Trafficking

Posted on October 25, 2007
Peter Mahoney and Peggy Mahoney are an Idaho couple who federal prosecutors say were the ringleaders of a cigarette trafficking scheme that cost the state of Washington millions of dollars in uncollected taxes.[1] The two have been sentenced in federal court...

Medina Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud

Posted on October 23, 2007
Renato Medina, a casino owner in Colma, CA, is at the heart of a federal public corruption probe in California that has led to several arrests.[1] Medina has admitted to cheating on his taxes and illegally deducting $2.6 million in personal expenses.[2] Medina's niece and nephew, who were also arrested, have pleaded not guilty to helping Medina set up sham companies to help funnel casino revenue into Medina's personal holdings...

FBI Moves into New Palm Beach Office to Fight Public Corruption

Posted on October 22, 2007
The FBI has shifted six agents and one supervisory position from Miami to West Palm Beach to help investigate public corruption cases which is now the office's top priority.[1] The West Palm Beach office now has 16 agents focused on white-collar crime, including corruption, cyber crime and health care fraud, said Timothy Delaney, assistant FBI special agent in charge of white-collar crime from Key West to Vero Beach...

Denton Man Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud

Posted on October 21, 2007
Vincent J. Bazemore pleaded guilty October 19 to securities fraud in relation to a Securities and Exchange Commission civil action against Dallas-based Amerifirst Funding Inc. and its sister companies.[1]Bazemore sold investments under the Capital First Financial brand from his offices in Florida...

Woman Arrested for Selling Fake Art on Ebay

Posted on October 18, 2007
Angela Hamblin, a Massachusetts woman, was arrested Oct. 10 on charges she sold fake works of art on the Internet.[1] She was charged with one count of mail fraud, and was arrested in Boston on a criminal complaint brought in U.S. District Court in Manhattan...

Car Dealers Convicted of Money Laundering

Posted on October 16, 2007
Amir Hosseini and Hossein Obai were convicted in February of laundering millions of dollars for the Gangster Disciples and other big Chicago gangs.[1] The two men were Chicago area auto dealers and were convicted of swapping Jaguars, BMWs and Cadillacs for millions of dollars in drug money...

Men Plead Guilty to $80 Million Conspiracy

Posted on October 13, 2007
The Justice Department announced, on Oct 11, that eight individuals have been charged in connection with an $80 million conspiracy to commit fraud against the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank). [1]The scheme involved the fraudulent sale and shipment of U...

Louisiana Judges Charged with Public Corruption and RICO crimes

Posted on October 11, 2007
A federal grand jury has charged two Caddo Parish, Louisiana judges with taking bribes to give light sentences.[1] District Judges Michael Walker and Vernon Claville, along with bondsmen Robert Bradford and Larry Williams, all of Shreveport, were indicted on multiple RICO violations...

U.S. Post Office to Crack Down on International Email Fraud

Posted on October 10, 2007
The e-mails arrive from Nigeria, Russia, Holland or other countries. They assert inheritances, political strife, long lost loves, and some have resorted to death threats. The common theme, however, is that they all need to get money out of whatever country they are in and if you help, they promise to let you share the bounty...

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