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Jan 31, 2010
Fraud Scheme Led to Nearly $30 Million in Losses at HUD RIVERSIDE,CAThe former president of Mortgage One Corporation in Hesperia was sentenced this afternoon to 13 years in federal prison for defrauding the United States Department of Housing and Urban…
Jan 28, 2010
Scheme Led to $46 Million in Losses LOS ANGELESA former state-licensed real estate appraiser was sentenced today to three years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $46 million in restitution for her role in a massive mortgage…
Jan 25, 2010
LOS ANGELESA Nigerian national who operated a money-transfer business in Chino has been sentenced to 97 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme that bilked hundreds of victims out of more than $1.5 million in a scam…
Jan 25, 2010
The FBI and the Orange County Sheriffs Department, as well as detectives with multiple police departments in Orange County, are seeking the publics assistance in learning the identity of the Blue Note Bandit, the moniker given to an unidentified bank…
Jan 25, 2010
PHOENIX, Arizona Ildefonso Machado-Molina, 31, a citizen of the Republic of Mexico and resident of Phoenix, Ariz., was sentenced here by U.S. District Judge Paul G. Rosenblatt to 17.5 years (210 months) of imprisonment, a $1,000 fine, and a 60-month…
Jan 24, 2010
The FBI is joining local authorities in the search for a Cary, Illinois woman charged with abducting her two children, according to Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Sonia Del…
Jan 24, 2010
Emissions to Be Cut by More Than 75,000 Tons Annually WASHINGTONWestar Energy has agreed to spend approximately $500 million to significantly reduce harmful air pollution from a Kansas power plant and pay a $3 million civil penalty, under a settlement…
Jan 24, 2010
Software Licensing Agreement, Divestiture and Anti-Retaliation Provisions Will Preserve Competition in Ticketing in the United States WASHINGTON The Department of Justice will require Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. to license its ticketing software, divest ticketing assets and subject itself to anti-retaliation provisions…
Jan 21, 2010
Fraudulently Billing Medicare and Medicaid for $36 Million HOUSTONThe owners of several Houston area durable medical equipment (DME) companies convicted by a jury in April 2009 of conspiracy to defraud Medicare and Medicaid, health care fraud, wire fraud, and money…
Jan 21, 2010
Lawsuit Seeks to Restore Lost Competition in Sale of Milk to School Districts and Retailers in Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin WASHINGTON The Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today against Dean Foods Company challenging its April 2009 acquisition…
Jan 20, 2010
Companies Required to Pay $900,000 Civil Penalty WASHINGTON The Department of Justice has reached a settlement with Smithfield Foods Inc. and Premium Standard Farms LLC that requires the companies to pay a total of $900,000 in civil penalties for violating…
Jan 19, 2010
Pacific Pipeline Systems Will Also Discontinue Use of 70 Miles of Pipeline WASHINGTONPacific Pipeline Systems LLP, a Long Beach, California-based oil transport company, has agreed to pay a $1.3 million civil penalty and discontinue the use of a section of…