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Aug 12, 2009
WASHINGTON Exxon-Mobil Corporation, the worlds largest publicly traded oil and gas company, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Denver to violating the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) in five states during the past five years. The company has…
Aug 12, 2009
WASHINGTON A federal jury in San Juan, Puerto Rico, found four San Juan Municipal Police Officers guilty today of felony federal civil rights charges related to the fatal beating of Jose Antonio Rivera Robles, announced Loretta King, Acting Assistant Attorney…
Aug 11, 2009
Ehsanul Islam Sadequee Faces Up to 60 Years in Federal Prison ATLANTA, GAA federal jury has found Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, 23, of Roswell, Ga., guilty on all four counts of an indictment charging him with supporting terrorists and a foreign…
Aug 9, 2009
A federal jury convicted a prominent Beverly Hills real estate agent and a licensed real estate appraiser on federal charges for their roles in a massive mortgage fraud scheme that caused more than $40 million in losses to federally insured…
Aug 4, 2009
Consumers Got Fewer Calling Minutes Than Advertised, Were Charged Hidden Fees The Federal Trade Commission extended its crackdown in the billion-dollar prepaid calling card industry, asking a U.S. district court to permanently halt the illegal practices of a major calling…
Aug 2, 2009
ATLANTA Melissa Deaton Tesvich, 41, of Mobile, Ala., was sentenced to federal prison by U.S. District Judge Richard W. Story, for filing a false tax return in connection with her ex-husband's scheme to defraud Home Depot. United States Attorney David…
Jul 21, 2009
CHICAGO, ILA suburban businessman who offered and sold purported investments to hundreds of investors was charged in an information filed by the United States Attorney's Office with allegedly operating a more than 20-year Ponzi scheme that resulted in more than…
Jul 19, 2009
WASHINGTON Coordinated actions between the Departments of Justice, State and Treasury against the Gulf Cartel/Los Zetas drug trafficking organization, now known as the Company, are the latest in a series of efforts by the U.S. government to neutralize and dismantle…
Leader of Colombian Narco-Terrorist Group Extradited to United States on Cocaine Importation Charges
Jul 16, 2009
DEA Agents and U.S. Marshals Escort FARC Commander From Plane NEW YORK - Gerardo Aguilar Ramirez, aka Cesar, a former front commander in the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC), has been extradited from…
Jul 16, 2009
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Adrian J. Gilliam Jr., 33, of Lavergne, Tenn., has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. The offense is punishable by up to 10 years…
Jul 15, 2009
Tthe Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has reached a settlement with Advanta Bank Corporation, Draper, Utah (Advanta), for deceptive and unfair practices in violation of section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act. Under the settlement, Advanta has agreed…
Jul 15, 2009
SANTA ANA, CAA former Rockwell and Boeing engineer from Orange County was remanded into custody this morning after a federal judge convicted him of charges of economic espionage and acting as an agent of the Peoples Republic of China, for…