Press Releases for March 2006
Friday, March 31, 2006
U.S. Enters Into Settlement Requiring Payment of $7.3 Million and Cleanup at the Colorado Avenue Subsite (06-199)
WASHINGTON—Dravo Corporation (Dravo), Desco Corporation and Desco Corporation d.b.a. Marshalltown Instruments, Inc., (Desco) have agreed to perform an interim cleanup action and pay $7.3 million to resolve their liability for certain cleanup costs relating to the contamination of the Colorado Avenue Subsite of the Hastings Ground Water Contamination Superfund Site, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. (Read more)
Former Lobbyist Tony Rudy Pleads Guilty To Corruption And Fraud Conspiracy (06-197)
WASHINGTON — Former lobbyist Tony C. Rudy pleaded guilty to conspiring with Jack Abramoff, Michael Scanlon and others to commit honest services fraud, mail and wire fraud, and a violation of conflict of interest post-employment restrictions, (Read more)
Virginia Executive & Companies Receive Large Jail Term and Substantial Fines for Environmental Crimes (06-195)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Virginia executive and two companies, ACS Environmental, Inc. (ACS) and Air Power Enterprises, Inc. (Air Power), were sentenced late yesterday to a substantial jail term and fines for conspiracy to defraud the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Justice Department announced today. (Read more)
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission Seek Comments for Upcoming Hearings on Single-firm Conduct (06-193)
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Department of Justice‘s Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today announced that they are seeking comments in connection with their planned joint public hearings on how best to identify anticompetitive exclusionary conduct for purposes of antitrust enforcement under Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act. (Read more)
Indiana Ready Mixed Concrete Producer and President Agree to Plead Guilty to Price-fixing Charge (06-190)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Indiana ready mixed concrete producer and its president have agreed to plead guilty and pay criminal fines for fixing the price of ready mixed concrete in the Indianapolis metropolitan area, the Department of Justice announced today. (Read more)
Justice Department Signs Agreement with Arlington County, Virginia to Ensure Civic Access for People with Disabilities (06-189)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today announced an agreement with Arlington County, Va. to improve access to all aspects of civic life for persons with disabilities. The far reaching agreement was signed today at the Arlington County Board Room with County Manager Ron Carlee. (Read more)
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Department of Justice Antitrust Division Statement on the Closing of Its Investigation of Whirlpool‘s Acquisition of Maytag (06-187)
WASHINGTON, D.C.— The Department of Justice‘s Antitrust Division issued the following statement today after the Department announced the closing of its investigation of the proposed acquisition by Whirlpool Corporation (Whirlpool) of Maytag Corporation (Maytag): (Read more)
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales Visits Yakama Nation Indian Reservation (06-184)
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales today met with tribal leaders to discuss issues of importance to Native Americans. He participated in a roundtable discussion with federal, state and tribal law enforcement regarding methamphetamine enforcement and other tribal justice issues in Indian Country while visiting the Yakama Reservation in Washington state. (Read more)
Former Federal Prosecutor, State Department Agent Indicted For Obstruction Of Justice And Presenting False Evidence In Terrorism Trial (06-183)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A former federal prosecutor and a Department of State special agent were indicted by a federal grand jury today in Detroit on charges of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and making false declarations in the 2003 terrorism trial United States v. Koubriti in the Eastern District of Michigan, (Read more)
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Former Georgia Chemical Company Manager Charged with Participating in Fraud Schemes and Filing False Tax Returns (06-180)
WASHINGTON, D.C.— The former general manager of a Georgia-based chemical manufacturer has agreed to plead guilty to filing false United States federal income tax returns and participating in two conspiracies to defraud his former employer, the Department of Justice announced today. (Read more)
Justice Department Announces Nationwide Settlement Agreement with Nation's Largest Pizza Hut Franchisee on Accessibility Issues (06-179)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today announced a settlement agreement under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with NPC International, Inc. (NPC), which will make NPC‘s Pizza Hut restaurants accessible nationwide to people with disabilities. (Read more)
Insight Public Sector, Inc. Pays U.S. $1 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations (06-178)
WASHINGTON. — Insight Public Sector, Inc., a company providing technology products and services to federal government agencies, has agreed to pay the United States $1 million to settle false claims allegations. (Read more)
Monday, March 27, 2006
Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission Issue Joint Commentary on the Horizontal Merger Guidelines (06-177)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today jointly released a “Commentary on the Horizontal Merger Guidelines” that continues the agencies‘ ongoing efforts to increase the transparency of their decision-making processes — in this case, with regard to antitrust review of “horizontal” mergers between competing firms. (Read more)
Federal Court Orders New Hampshire Tax-Return Preparer to Give Customer Information to IRS (06-176)
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Justice Department announced today that a federal court in New Hampshire has ordered Mark G. Loll, who operates Tax-Tactics in Peterborough, N.H., to stop preparing frivolous income tax returns and to comply with future IRS requests that he provide his customer list or copies of returns he has prepared. (Read more)
Telemarketing Firm Official Indicted In New Hampshire Phone Jamming Case (06-175)
WASHINGTON, DC — Shaun Hansen, former co-owner of Idaho-based telemarketing firm Mylo Enterprises, appeared in a federal court in New Hampshire today to face charges for conspiring to commit, and aiding and abetting the commission of, interstate telephone harassment relating to a scheme to jam several New Hampshire telephone lines on Election Day, 2002 (Read more)
Friday, March 24, 2006
Jordanian Man Sentenced In 1982 Bombing Of Pan Am Flight From Tokyo To Honolulu (06-172)
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Mohammed Rashed, a.k.a. Rashid Mohammed, has been convicted and sentenced in connection with the 1982 bombing of a Pan Am flight which killed a Japanese teenager and resulted in the injury of several other passengers, (Read more)
U.S. Civilian Translator Arrested For Offering Bribe To Iraqi Police Official (06-171)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — An employee of a government contractor working in Iraq has been arrested on a charge of offering to bribe an Iraqi police official, (Read more)
Former Manager of Inwood Dairy Pleads Guilty to Violation of the Clean Water Act (06-170)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — David Inskeep pleaded guilty to a criminal misdemeanor violation of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA), the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency announced today. (Read more)
Federal Court Bars Florida Man from Promoting Disabled-Access Telephone Tax Scam (06-169)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department announced today that a federal court in Tampa, Florida has permanently barred a Sarasota man, Michael E. Best, from falsely promoting tax benefits in connection with the sale of a business venture or investment. (Read more)
Three Current And Former U.S. Soldiers Plead Guilty To Participating In Bribery And Extortion Conspiracy (06-168)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three additional current and former U.S. soldiers have pleaded guilty to participating in a widespread bribery and extortion conspiracy which operated from January 2002 through March 2004, (Read more)
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Four Defendants Indicted In Nigerian ′Advance-Fee‘ Fraud Scam (06-167)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Four defendants have been indicted on federal charges of running an “advance-fee” scheme that targeted U.S. victims with promises of millions of dollars, including money from an estate and from a lottery, (Read more)
Utah Gold and Silver Refiner, Top Managers Charged with Conspiracy to Violate Environmental Laws (06-166)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A 29-count federal indictment was returned in Salt Lake City, Utah, charging Johnson Matthey, Inc. and two managers with committing conspiracy, concealment by trick, scheme and device, and Clean Water Act (CWA) violations, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. (Read more)
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Three Samsung Executives Agree To Plead Guilty, Serve Jail Time For Participating In Dram Price Fixing Conspiracy (06-165)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three executives from Samsung Electronics Company Ltd., the world‘s largest manufacturer of a common computer component called dynamic random access memory (DRAM), have agreed to plead guilty and to serve jail time in the United States for participating in a global conspiracy to fix DRAM prices, the Department of Justice announced. (Read more)
Businessmen Sentenced to 88 Months in Prison for Scheme to Evade Taxes on Sales of Ozone-Depleting Chemical (06-164)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — New York businessmen Dov Shellef and William Rubenstein were sentenced today to 70 months and 18 months, respectively, for conspiring to evade approximately $1.9 million in excise taxes due on sales of an ozone-depleting chemical called trichlorotrifluoroethane (CFC-113), the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. (Read more)
United States Charges 50 Leaders of Narco-Terrorist FARC in Colombia with Supplying More Than Half of the World's Cocaine (06-163)
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Fifty leaders of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) in Colombia have been indicted on charges of importing more than $25 billion worth of cocaine into the United States and other countries, the Department of Justice announced today. (Read more)
Justice Department Files Lawsuit to Stop North Carolina Businesses from Preparing Income Tax Returns (06-161)
WASHINGTON D.C. — The Justice Department announced today that it has filed two lawsuits in federal court in Charlotte, North Carolina, to stop Jerry O. Adams and Demetria S. Adams from preparing income tax returns for others. (Read more)
Monday, March 20, 2006
Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Against TSI Summer Camps to Provide Equal Opportunity to Summer Campers with Diabetes (06-159)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today announced a joint consent decree with Town Sports International, Inc. (TSI), and its Wellesley, Massachusetts, camp location to resolve a lawsuit filed by parents of a child with insulin-dependant diabetes. (Read more)
Japanese Firm Agrees To Plead Guilty To Conspiracy To Obstruct Justice (06-158)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Japanese firm, CMET Inc., has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $100,000 criminal fine for conspiring to obstruct justice in connection with the settlement of a merger case, the Department of Justice announced today. (Read more)
Developer Sentenced for Environmental Crimes at Industrial Facility (06-157)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jeffery L. Springer of Phoenix, Arizona was sentenced today to three years of probation, $2,000 in fines, and $75,000 in restitution to victims for violating the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Department of Justice announced today. (Read more)
Justice Department Sues to Bar Alleged Tax-Fraud Scheme (06-156)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a civil injunction suit in federal court in Seattle to block a disbarred Seattle lawyer from promoting alleged tax-fraud schemes. (Read more)
Justice Department Sues to Block Idaho Man from Marketing Alleged Tax Scams (06-155)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department today filed a civil injunction suit seeking to bar Frank Eugene Ellena, of Kamiah, Idaho, from marketing alleged tax scams involving sham trusts and corporations. (Read more)
U.S. Freight Forwarder Agrees To Plead Guilty To Participating In Bid-Rigging Conspiracy (06-154)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Executive Relocation International Inc. (Executive), a freight forwarder headquartered in Woodbridge, Virginia, has agreed to plead guilty, and to pay a $72,600 criminal fine for its participation in a conspiracy to restrain trade, the Department of Justice announced today. The charge relates to Executive‘s participation in a Department of Defense (DOD) program to transport the household goods of military and civilian DOD personnel from Germany and Italy to the United States. (Read more)
U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Civilian Employee Arrested For Soliciting Bribes While Working At Camp Arifjan In Kuwait (06-151)
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Gheevarghese Pappen, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employee was arrested today in Atlanta for soliciting and accepting bribes while detailed to the U.S. Army Area Support Group, Host Nation Office at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, (Read more)
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Federal Court Bars Promotion of Internet Tax-Fraud Scheme (06-149)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department announced today that a federal court in Cincinnati has issued a preliminary injunction barring Batavia, Ohio resident Richard Standring, and his business, VIP Sales, from marketing, selling, or promoting an IRS document “decoding” tax scheme. (Read more)
Justice Department Announces Agreement Protecting Rights of Military and Overseas Citizens to Vote in 2006 Federal Primary Elections in North Carolina (06-148)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today announced that it has reached an agreement with North Carolina officials that will help ensure that military and overseas voters have an opportunity to participate fully in the State‘s 2006 second primary election, if one becomes necessary. (Read more)
Court Shuts Down Southern California Return Preparation Firm (06-147)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in Riverside has issued a temporary restraining order barring N.C.K. Services, Inc., a tax preparation firm based in Rialto, and all three of its return preparers—Karen and Carla Berry of Rialto, and Ivan Johnson of San Bernardino—from preparing federal income tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. (Read more)
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Miami Man Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison For Federal Child Prostitution Crimes (06-146)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The third of three co-defendants in a case investigated by a task force to combat child prostitution has been sentenced in the Southern District of Florida to 14 years in prison, (Read more)
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to Implement Sharp Reductions in Sewage Contamination of Charles River (06-145)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States has reached a landmark settlement with the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) requiring the MWRA to implement significant improvements in Boston‘s sewage collection system, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. (Read more)
Justice Department Highlights Five Years of Unprecedented Success Fighting Human Trafficking (06-144)
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales today issued an 89-page report detailing the Justice Department‘s record successes in the fight to abolish human trafficking. (Read more)
Dozens Charged In International, Internet-based Child Pornography Investigation (06-143)
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A private Internet “chat room” used worldwide to facilitate the trading of thousands of images of child pornography — including streaming videos of live molestations — was infiltrated in an undercover investigation, resulting in charges against 27 individuals to date in the United States, Canada, Australia and Great Britain, (Read more)
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales to Give Remarks on Human Trafficking at Freedom Network USA Conference (06-142)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales will present remarks on human trafficking to the Freedom Network USA Conference TODAY, MARCH 15, 2006 at 2:00 P.M. CST. (Read more)
Corpus Christi Day Cruise LTD. Pleads Guilty to Obstructing U.S. Coast Guard Investigation of M/V Texas Treasure (06-140)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Corpus Christi Day Cruise, Ltd., operator of the M/V Texas Treasure, has pleaded guilty to obstructing a U.S. Coast Guard investigation into whether the ship had illegally discharged waste oil and deliberately bypassed its pollution prevention equipment, the Justice Department announced today. (Read more)
Kansas Federal Court Bars Father and Daughter from Preparing Tax Returns for Others (06-139)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department announced today that a federal court in Wichita, Kansas, has permanently barred Harrold E. Jones and Evelyn Johnson from preparing tax returns for others. (Read more)
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and Julie Myers, Assistant Secretary for Immigration And Customs Enforcement to Hold Press Conference On A Criminal Matter (06-141)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and Julie Myers, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will hold a press conference on a criminal matter WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2006 at 12:20 P.M. CST. (Read more)
Statement of Tasia Scolinos, Director of Public Affairs, on Today's Ruling in U.S. v. Moussaoui (06-138)
“The Justice Department is in the process of carefully reviewing Judge Brinkema‘s decision and we have requested and obtained a court recess until Monday." (Read more)
Belgian and Dutch Companies Agree to Plead Guilty to Participating in Chemical Industry Price-Fixing Conspiracies (06-137)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Solvay S.A. (Solvay), a Belgian company, and Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V. (Akzo Nobel), a Dutch company, have agreed to plead guilty and to pay a total of more than $72 million in criminal fines for their participation in international price-fixing cartels in the chemicals industry, the Department of Justice announced today. (Read more)
Monday, March 13, 2006
Fact Sheet: Department of Justice to Create National Security Division (06-136)
The USA PATRIOT Act provides valuable tools for law enforcement that help keep America safe from the threat of terrorism. One important provision contained in the recent bill is the creation of a new National Security Division at the Department of Justice (DOJ). (Read more)
Friday, March 10, 2006
Southwest Washington Man Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Importing and Exporting Rare Reptiles (06-133)
WASHINGTON D.C. — Jonathan Corey Sawyer of Camas, Washington, was sentenced in Tacoma today to 15 months in prison and 2 years of supervised release for illegally importing and exporting rare reptiles, the Department of Justice announced today. According to court records, Sawyer illegally smuggled more than 230 reptiles in an eight month period. (Read more)
Federal Court Bars Second Minnesota Man from Preparing Tax Returns for Others (06-132)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department announced today that a federal court in Saint Paul has issued a temporary restraining order barring Nash Sonibare, who operates Liberty Financial Group in St. Paul, from preparing federal income tax returns for others. (Read more)
Thursday, March 9, 2006
Justice Department Announces Filing of Lawsuit to Protect Rights of Overseas Citizens to Vote in 2006 Federal Primary Elections in Alabama (06-131)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today announced that it has filed a lawsuit to protect the opportunity of military and overseas voters to participate fully in the 2006 federal primary elections in Alabama. (Read more)
Court Bars Arizona Couple from Selling Tax Scam (06-130)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department announced today that a federal court in Phoenix has permanently barred a Mesa, Arizona couple from promoting a tax-fraud scheme. (Read more)
Four Current And Former U.S. Soldiers Agree To Plead Guilty To Participating In Bribery And Extortion Conspiracy (06-129)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Four additional current and former U.S. soldiers have agreed to plead guilty to participating in a widespread bribery and extortion conspiracy which operated from January 2002 through March 2004, (Read more)
Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Federal Court Bars Minnesota Man from Preparing Tax Returns for Others (06-128)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department announced today that a federal court in Minneapolis has permanently barred John R. Bartels, who operates John‘s Tax Service in St. Paul, from preparing federal income tax returns for others. The permanent injunction, to which Bartels consented, was entered by Judge Ann D. Montgomery of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. (Read more)
Puerto Rico Administration of Corrections to Construct $1 Million Water Supply System (06-127)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Puerto Rico Administration of Corrections (PRAC) has agreed to construct a safe drinking water supply system—at a projected cost of $1 million—to provide safe drinking water to the rural community of La Sapia, in Orocovis, Puerto Rico, to resolve violations of a consent decree entered in 1997, the Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. (Read more)
Tuesday, March 7, 2006
Court Of Appeals Upholds Denaturalization Of Former Nazi Concentration Camp Guard In Des Moines, Iowa (06-126)
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A federal appeals court today affirmed a lower court ruling revoking the naturalized U.S. citizenship of an Iowa man based on his participation in the persecution of civilians while serving as an armed SS guard at two notorious Nazi concentration camps during World War II, (Read more)
Monday, March 6, 2006
Third Defendant Pleads Guilty In Prosecution Of Major International Pornographic Spam Operation (06-123)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A New Hampshire woman has pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 — a federal law designed to crack down on the transmission of bulk, unsolicited commercial electronic mail messages...the third-ever conviction related to the transmission of obscene e-mails (Read more)
Justice Department Sues To Block Alleged Sham-trust Tax Scam Said To Have Cost Treasury An Estimated $31 Million (06-122)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department announced today that it has sued two Las Vegas-based promoters of an alleged sham-trust tax scheme that the complaint alleges has caused an estimated $31 million in losses to the federal treasury. The suit alleges that Reinhold Sommerstedt and Daniel Young of Las Vegas sold sham-trust packages to customers for as much as $14,500 and helped their customers hide their income from the IRS in Caribbean bank accounts. (Read more)
Justice Department to Monitor Elections in Texas (06-121)
The Justice Department today announced that on March 7, it will monitor primary elections in Brazos, Ector, Hale and Travis Counties, Texas, to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act. (Read more)
United States Seeks to Stop Three Michigan Individuals from Preparing Income Tax Returns for Others (06-118)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department today asked a federal court to permanently bar Joyce M. Stone, Charles J. Freed and Julie Shaffer, all of Hillsdale, Michigan, from preparing federal income tax returns for others. The government‘s complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan in Grand Rapids, alleges that the defendants prepared customers‘ income tax returns claiming improper deductions, including improper deductions for fictitious or inflated charitable contributions and employee expenses. (Read more)
Three Colombian Nationals Arrested And Charged With Money Laundering And Narcotics Trafficking (06-117)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three Colombian nationals — Ricardo Mauricio Bernal Palacios, 39, Juan Manual Bernal Palacios, 44, and Camilo Andres Ortiz Echeverri, 36 — were named in a 49-count indictment returned by a grand jury and unsealed today in the Southern District of Florida, and were arrested on March 2 by law enforcement authorities in Bogotá, Colombia, (Read more)
Thursday, March 2, 2006
Statement of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales on the Passage of the USA Patriot Act (06-115)
“Since the terrible attacks of September 11, 2001, the Department of Justice‘s highest priority has been to protect Americans by preventing acts of terrorism. I applaud Congress for reauthorizing each and every expiring provision of the USA PATRIOT Act and providing additional tools to fight terrorism and other serious crimes." (Read more)
National Operator Of Sexually Oriented Business Sentenced On Federal Obscenity And Tax Charges (06-114)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Colorado man who served as the former national operator of several sexually-oriented businesses has been sentenced to 13 months in prison on federal obscenity and tax charges, (Read more)
Justice Department Asks Nashville Federal Court To Bar Mother And Son From Preparing Tax Returns (06-112)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department asked a federal court in Nashville, Tennessee, today to bar Susan Ann Sperl and Randall Thompson from preparing federal income tax returns for others. The lawsuit alleges that the defendants falsely advise customers that they can deduct personal expenses on their federal income tax returns by falsely claiming to have home-based businesses. (Read more)
Federal Judge Shuts Down Second Tax Preparer Who Targeted Bosnian Immigrants In Bogus Tax-refund Scheme (06-111)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department announced today that a federal court has barred Angelique Tinder of Houston, Texas, formerly of Rockford, Illinois, from preparing federal income tax returns for others. The permanent injunction, to which Tinder consented, was entered by Judge Philip G. Reinhard of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. (Read more)
Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Army Test And Evaluation Command Aviation Chief And Enterprise, Alabama-based Private Contractor Charged With Bribery, Honest Services Wire Fraud, And Obstruction Of Justice (06-110)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama returned a five-count indictment charging Jeffrey H. Stayton, 55, and William Curtis Childree, 67, with two counts each of honest services fraud and one count each of bribery, (Read more)
Federal Jury Convicts Washington, D.C. Man of Interstate Sex Trafficking of 14-year-old Child and 19-year-old Adult (06-109)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jaron Brice, a 27-year-old Washington, D.C. man, has been convicted by a federal jury in the District of Columbia on nine counts related to his illegal sex trafficking operation that involved the prostitution and sexual assault of females as young as 14 years old (Read more)
Justice Department Sues New York State Over Voting Rights (06-108)
WASHINGTON, D.C. ‑ The Justice Department announced today that it has filed suit against the State of New York alleging violations of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA). The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, in Albany. (Read more)
Four Korean Executives Agree To Plead Guilty, Serve Jail Time In The U.s., For Participating In Dram Price-fixing Conspiracy (06-107)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Four Korean executives from a major manufacturer of a common computer component — dynamic random access memory (DRAM) — have agreed to plead guilty and to serve jail time in the United States for participating in a global conspiracy to fix DRAM prices, the Department of Justice announced. (Read more)
Former Federal Computer Security Specialist Pleads Guilty To Hacking Department Of Education Computer (06-106)
WASHINGTON, DC — Kenneth Kwak, 34, of Chantilly, Va., pleaded guilty today in the District of Columbia federal court before U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth to a one-count information charging him with unauthorized access to a protected computer in furtherance of a criminal or tortious act... (Read more)
Court Bars Ohio Man from Preparing Returns for Others (06-104)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department announced today that a federal court has barred Salvador G. Ruiz from preparing federal income tax returns for others. The government complaint filed in the civil injunction case alleges that Ruiz, of Lebanon, Ohio, prepared at least 47 false or fraudulent returns over the past several years claiming deductions for fabricated charitable contributions, business losses and expenses. (Read more)