Source: Europol
Headline: Two arrested in France for major CEO fraud
House searches in France have led to the arrests of two individuals suspected of large-scale CEO fraud. The criminals belonged to an organised crime group involved in at least 24 cases of CEO fraud causing EUR 4.6 million worth of damage. With the support of Europol, the French National Gendarmerie carried out the searches in Paris and Lille and made the subsequent arrests on 20 February 2018.
Source: United States Attorneys General
Headline: Six Individuals And Four Corporate Defendants Indicted In $50 Million International Securities Fraud And Money Laundering Schemes
A multi-count indictment was unsealed yesterday, in federal court in Brooklyn, against Panayiotis Kyriacou, Arvinsingh Canaye, Adrian Baron, Linda Bullock, Matthew Green, and Aristos Aristodemou; Beaufort Securities Ltd (“Beaufort Securities”), a brokerage firm located in London, United Kingdom; Beaufort Management Services Ltd (“Beaufort Management”), an off-shore management company located in Mauritius; Loyal Bank Ltd (“Loyal Bank”), an off-shore bank with offices in Budapest, Hungary and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; and Loyal Agency and Trust Corp. (“Loyal Agency”), an off-shore management company located in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Source: United States Attorneys General
Headline: Woman Sentenced For Injecting Adulterated Liquid Silicone
SAN JUAN, P.R. – Senior US District Court Judge Daniel Domínguez sentenced Rosa Betancourt-Farfán to 15 months in prison and one year of supervised release for injecting liquid silicone, an adulterated and misbranded device used for body-contouring, announced US Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. Betancourt-Farfán was arrested and indicted in December 2016 and pled guilty on May 12, 2017. The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) was in charge of the investigation.
Source: United States Attorneys General
Headline: Henryetta Woman Sentenced To 60 Months Probation, $567,000 Restitution For Credit Union Theft
MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Carol Lynn Been, age 60, of Henryetta, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 5 years of probation and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $567,774.87 for Credit Union Theft, Embezzlement And Misapplication
Source: United States Department of Justice
Headline: Justice Department Files Federal Lawsuit Against WiFi Alliance to Enforce Employment Rights of United States Army Reserve Officer
The Civil Rights Division and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas jointly announced today the filing of a complaint in federal district court against WiFi Alliance, a non-profit organization headquartered in Austin. The complaint alleges that WiFi Alliance violated the employment rights of Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Charles O’Donnell, an Army Reservist, under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA).
Source: United States Department of Justice
Headline: United States Files Civil Enforcement Action to Stop Arkansas Compounding Pharmacy and CEO from Manufacturing and Distributing Adulterated Drugs
The United States filed a civil complaint and a motion seeking a preliminary injunction against Cantrell Drug Company and its co-owner and Chief Executive Officer, James L. McCarley Jr., to stop the manufacturing and distribution of adulterated drugs, the Department of Justice announced today.
Source: United States Attorneys General
Headline: Virginia Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison For Traveling To Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct With a Minor
WASHINGTON – David Johnston, 62, of Fredericksburg, Va., has been sentenced to nine years in prison for traveling interstate to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu, Andrew W. Vale, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
Source: United States Department of Justice
Headline: Tennessee Staffing Company Owners Sentenced to Prison for Payroll Tax Fraud
Two former Memphis staffing company owners were sentenced to prison today for payroll tax fraud, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee.
Source: United States Attorneys General
Headline: Former Georgia Medical Examiner and seven others federally indicted for opioid distribution
Dr. Joseph L. Burton, a former county medical examiner and forensic pathologist, has been indicted along with seven other individuals by a federal grand jury on charges of illegal distribution of opioid painkillers and other drugs as part of Operation SCOPE (Strategically Combatting Opioids through Prosecution and Enforcement). Multiple individuals have also been arrested on charges related to the unlawful distribution of opioids prescribed by Burton.
Source: United States Attorneys General
Headline: Maryland Man Sentenced to 100 Months in Prison for His Role in Scheme That Used Stolen Identities to Fraudulently Seek Tax Refunds
for his involvement in a scheme to fraudulently obtain millions of dollars in income tax refunds, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division; U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu for the District of Columbia; Special Agent in Charge Kimberly Lappin of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Washington D.C. Field Office; Inspector in Charge Robert B. Wemyss of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Washington Division and Assistant Inspector General for Investigations John L. Phillips of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.