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DOJ: Businessman sentenced to over nine years in prison for $1.5M fraud on employees, investors, and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Se 2025-02-13

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A Suffolk man was sentenced yesterday to nine years and two months in prison for defrauding investors and employees of his business out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. While o...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced for Theft of Pandemic Relief Funds 2025-01-08

BOSTON – A Massachusetts businessman was sentenced today for misappropriating COVID-19 relief funds for personal use.Jesse Lelievre, 42, of North Andover, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge De...

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DOJ: Businessman Indicted for Manipulating Five Publicly Traded Companies and Defrauding Investors of Over $200M 2024-12-11

Note: A copy of the indictment can be found here.A federal grand jury in Dallas, Texas, returned an indictment yesterday charging a Texas businessman for his role in a yearslong scheme involving at le...

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DOJ: Businessman Pleads Guilty to Export and Tax Charges in Connection with Shipments of Sensitive Technology to Russia 2024-11-07

Ilya Khan, 66, a national of the United States, Israel, and Russia, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act for his role in a transnational, multi-million-dollar sc...

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DOJ: Businessman Pleads Guilty to Export, Tax Charges in Connection with Shipments of Other Sensitive Technology to Russia 2024-11-07

Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Ilya Kahn, a national of the United States, Israel and Russia, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act for his role in a tran...

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DOJ: Businessman Charged with Conspiring to Own Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business 2024-10-24

NEWARK, N.J. – A businessman and former resident of Utah has been charged with illegally operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.Christop...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Federal Prison for Running Fencing Operation out of Suburban Chicago Stores 2024-09-23

CHICAGO — A businessman has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison for running a fencing operation out of his suburban Chicago stores.ZIAD I. ZAYED used his store – Crestwood Electron...

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DOJ: Businessman Pleads Guilty to Theft of Pandemic Relief Funds 2024-09-19

BOSTON – A Massachusetts businessman pleaded guilty yesterday to misappropriating COVID-19 relief funds for personal use. Jesse Lelievre, 41, of North Andover, pleaded guilty to theft of government pr...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced in Tax Scheme, Ordered to Pay $38.9 Million in Restitution 2024-09-17

A former Frisco man was sentenced yesterday to 52 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $38.9 million in restitution to the IRS, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leig...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced to 18 Months in Federal Prison for False Income Tax Return 2024-08-19

DES MOINES, Iowa – A businessman, formerly of Adel, was sentenced yesterday to 18 months in federal prison for filing a false income tax return. According to public court documents, Mark Francis David...

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DOJ: Businessman Arrested for Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Scheme to Defraud Pandemic Relief Programs 2024-07-17

WASHINGTON – Jose “Joe” Biaou, 40, a local businessman and founder of FRB Capital Group LLC (“FRB”), was arrested today on charges he defrauded the Paycheck Protection (PPP) and the Economic Injury Di...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced to More Than a Year in Federal Prison for Scheming to Embezzle Funds From Client 2024-06-26

CHICAGO — A businessman who operated two companies in a Chicago suburb has been sentenced to more than a year in federal prison for scheming to embezzle more than $950,000 from a client. DONALD E. MUD...

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DOJ: Businessman Arrested for Scheme to Illegally Export Semiconductors and Other Controlled Technology to Russia 2024-01-18

Ilya Kahn, 66, a citizen of the United States, Israel and Russia, and resident of Brooklyn, New York, and Los Angeles, California, was arrested yesterday in Los Angeles for his alleged involvement in ...

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DOJ: Businessman Arrested for Scheme to Illegally Export Semiconductors and Other Controlled Technology to Russia 2024-01-18

BROOKLYN, NY – A complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Ilya Kahn, a citizen of the United States, Israel, and Russia, for his alleged involvement in a multi-million dollar...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced to Five and a Half Years in Prison for Participating in Bribery Scheme With Former Illinois State Lawmaker 2023-10-12

CHICAGO — A federal judge in Chicago has sentenced the manager of a sweepstakes gaming company to five and a half years in prison for participating in a bribery scheme with an Illinois state lawmaker....

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced for Bribery Scheme and Tax Evasion 2023-07-19

The former executive vice president of an Atlanta engineering firm was sentenced today to five years in prison for paying bribes to two City of Atlanta officials in exchange for steering city business...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced for $3.5M Foreign Conduit Contribution Scheme 2023-07-18

A businessman with dual citizenship in Lebanon and the United States was sentenced today to an additional year and eight months in prison for his role in funneling at least $3.5 million in unlawful co...

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DOJ: Businessman Charged with Conspiring to Own Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business 2023-05-25

NEWARK, N.J. – A businessman and former resident of Utah has been charged with illegally operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Christo...

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DOJ: Businessman Pleads Guilty to Bribing City of Atlanta and DeKalb County Officials to Obtain Contracts 2023-04-19

The former executive vice president of PRAD Group Inc. pleaded guilty to paying bribes to two City of Atlanta officials in exchange for steering city business worth millions of dollars to his company,...

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DOJ: Businessman Charged in Fraud Scheme to Conceal $38M from the IRS 2023-04-14

A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an indictment, unsealed today, charging a California businessman with conspiracy to defraud the IRS, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and money la...

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DOJ: Businessman sentenced to prison for theft from Morgantown company 2023-03-28

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – A businessman from Pennsylvania was sentenced to 46 months in prison today for stealing $3.5 million from a Morgantown construction company. Michael D. Allen, 60, of Irwin,...

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DOJ: Businessman Admits to Conspiring with First NBC Bank President to Defraud First NBC Bank 2022-12-22

NEW ORLEANS – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that FRANK J. ADOLPH (“ADOLPH”), age 63, a resident of Kenner, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on December 21, 2021 to conspiracy to defraud Fir...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced to Nearly Five Years in Prison for Swindling Hospital in Connection With Attempted Purchases of Personal Protective Equipment 2022-12-20

CHICAGO — A suburban Chicago businessman has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison for swindling millions from a hospital that paid him for scarce personal protective equipment in the ...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced to a Year and a Day for Illegally Brokering Sales of Embargoed Defense Articles from China and Filing False Income Tax Return 2022-03-31

A southern California businessman was sentenced yesterday to one year and one day in prison for illegally brokering the sales of embargoed defense articles from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) an...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced to 14 Months in Prison for Paying Bribes to Federal and D.C. Employees 2021-08-31

WASHINGTON – Charles M. Thomas, 47, was sentenced today to 14 months in prison for paying bribes to two employees of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as well as to an employee of...

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DOJ: Businessman Charged with Failure to Pay Employment Taxes and Attempt to Obstruct the IRS 2021-04-14

A federal grand jury in Atlanta, Georgia, returned an indictment yesterday charging a Georgia man with failing to pay employment taxes and with obstructing the collection efforts of the IRS. According...

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DOJ: Businessman Indicted for Not Reporting Foreign Bank Accounts and Filing False Documents with the IRS 2021-03-03

A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, returned an indictment on March 3, 2021, charging a Virginia man with failing to file Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBARs) and filing fa...

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DOJ: Businessman Indicted for Not Reporting Foreign Bank Accounts and Filing False Documents with the IRS 2021-03-03

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Herndon man with failing to file Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBARs) and filing false documents with t...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced for Foreign Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme Involving PetroEcuador Officials 2021-01-28

An Ecuadorian businessman living in Miami was sentenced today to 35 months in prison for his role in a $4.4 million bribery and money laundering scheme that funneled bribes to then-public officials of...

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DOJ: Businessman Charged in Scheme to Hoard Personal Protective Equipment and Price Gouge Health Care Providers 2021-01-28

WASHINGTON – A Mississippi businessman was charged with defrauding the United States and other health care providers in a $1.8 million scheme related to acquiring and hoarding personal protective equi...

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DOJ: Businessman Charged in Scheme to Hoard Personal Protective Equipment and Price Gouge Health Care Providers 2021-01-27

A Mississippi businessman was charged with defrauding the United States and other health care providers in a $1.8 million scheme related to acquiring and hoarding personal protective equipment (PPE) a...

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DOJ: Businessman Pleads Guilty to Paycheck Protection Program Fraud 2020-12-09

NORFOLK, Va. – A Virginia Beach man pleaded guilty today to bank fraud by submitting a fraudulent application for a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan, and then using the loan proceeds for his own...

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DOJ: Businessman gets life sentence for long-term sex trafficking of young girl 2020-09-22

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 68-year-old aquaculture company owner has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of sex trafficking of a minor female, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patric...

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DOJ: Businessman Pleads Guilty In Federal Contract Kick-Back Scheme 2020-06-16

COLUMBUS, Ga. – A former businessman engaged in a complicated kick-back and wire fraud scheme involving federal contracts worth more than $36 million dollars has pleaded guilty for his crimes, said Ch...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced to Prison for $1.4 Million Fraud Scheme 2020-06-12

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A North Carolina man was sentenced today to over six years in prison for his role in orchestrating an investment fraud scheme that caused over $1.4 million in losses to multiple vict...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced for Fraud that Targeted Elderly Homeowners 2020-05-05

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A Virginia Beach man was sentenced today to 11 years in prison for conducting a home modification loan fraud scheme that primarily targeted elderly homeowners in the Tidewater area...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced To Two-And-A-Half Years Imprisonment For Conspiring To Bribe Veterans Affairs Official 2020-01-14

DENVER – United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced today that Anthony Bueno, age 45, was sentenced to serve 30 months in federal prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for his role in a...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced to Prison for Money Laundering Scheme 2019-12-20

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – An Alexandria man was sentenced today to four years in prison for his role in a money laundering scheme. According to court documents, Michael Bernard Bagley, 51, owned and operated ...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced to a Year in Prison for Stealing Employer’s Trade Secrets While Planning New Job in China 2019-10-10

CHICAGO — A federal judge has sentenced a 30-year employee of a McHenry County manufacturing firm to a year and a day in federal prison for stealing trade secret information while planning to work for...

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DOJ: Businessman Pleads Guilty to $5 Million Tax Fraud and Illegal Firearm Possession 2019-07-19

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – An Ashburn businessman pleaded guilty today to employment tax fraud and illegally possessing a firearm. According to court documents, Lawrence Robert Gazdick, Jr., 54, operated his a...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced to Prison for Investment Fraud Scheme 2019-03-15

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A local businessman was sentenced today to 2 1/2 years in prison for orchestrating a $1.3 million Ponzi scheme that caused losses to more than 40 victims. According to court document...

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DOJ: Businessman Convicted of Stealing Employer’s Trade Secrets While Planning New Job with Chinese Rival 2019-02-28

CHICAGO — A federal jury has convicted a 30-year employee of a McHenry County manufacturing firm of stealing trade secret information while planning to move to China to work for a rival company. The j...

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DOJ: Businessman Pleads Guilty to Investment Fraud Scheme 2018-11-06

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A local businessman pleaded guilty today to charges of orchestrating a multi-year investment fraud scheme causing at least hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses to dozens of vic...

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DOJ: Businessman Pleads Guilty to Investment Fraud Scheme 2018-11-02

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A local businessman pleaded guilty today to charges of orchestrating a multi-year investment fraud scheme causing at least hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses to dozens of vic...

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DOJ: Businessman Indicted for Conspiring to Bribe Senior Officials of the Republic of Haiti 2018-10-31

...businessman was charged in a superseding indictment filed yesterday in federal court...Press Release Businessman Indicted for Conspiring to Bribe Senior Officials...businessman was charged in a sup...

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DOJ: Businessman Indicted for Conspiring to Bribe Senior Government Officials of the Republic of Haiti 2018-10-30

A businessman was charged in a superseding indictment filed today for his alleged participation in a scheme to bribe senior government officials of the Republic of Haiti in connection with a planned $...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Insider Trading in the Shaw Group 2018-10-25

United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that on October 24, 2018, U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced VICTORY HO, age 39, of Morgan City, Louisiana, to 32 months in federal pr...

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DOJ: Businessman Charged with Stealing Thousands of Dollars from San Antonio Cash Network ATMs 2018-06-21

In San Antonio this morning, FBI agents arrested 54-year-old Joseph Vasquez, a principal of San Antonio Cash Network, for allegedly stealing over $145,000 from his company’s ATMs, announced United Sta...

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DOJ: Businessman Pleads Guilty To Misappropriating Funds From Professional Athletes 2018-03-08

GREENSBORO, N.C. B A Florida businessman who provided financial services to professional athletes pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering, announced United States ...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison for Defrauding Real Estate Investors 2017-12-11

PITTSBURGH – A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania has been sentenced in federal court to 33 months incarceration and 3 years supervised release on his conviction of wire fraud, Acting United S...

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DOJ: BUSINESSMAN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION OF BAKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 2017-10-24

BATON ROUGE, LA – Acting United States Attorney Corey Amundson announced today that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced NATHIAN D. HOSSLEY, age 51, of Baton Rouge, to serve 78 months in ...

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DOJ: Businessman Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Forge A Federal Judge’s Signature 2017-09-15

Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Inv...

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DOJ: Businessman Pleads Guilty to Mortgage Fraud 2017-08-29

PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of bank and wire fraud conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today. James Nassida, 49, o...

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DOJ: Businessman Indicted for Allegedly Stealing Employer’s Trade Secrets While Planning for New Job with Rival Firm in China 2017-07-20

CHICAGO — A 30-year employee of a McHenry County manufacturing firm stole proprietary information from the company while planning to move to China to begin work for a rival firm, according to an indic...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced to 87 Months in Federal Prison for $4.6 Million Fraud Scheme 2017-07-07

DALLAS —Wesley Michael Woodyard, 66, most recently from Dallas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 87 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to defraud Ace Eu...

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DOJ: Businessman Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge For Conspiring to Take and Sell State Department Vehicles 2017-01-26

WASHINGTON – The manager of an auto restoration and collision center pled guilty today to charges that he conspired with others to sell vehicles that were brought to the business by the U.S. Departmen...

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DOJ: Businessman Pleads Guilty to More Than $4.6 Million Wire Fraud Scheme 2016-12-09

DALLAS — Wesley Michael Woodyard, 65, most recently of Dallas, appeared in federal court this afternoon and pleaded guilty, before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater, to one count of wire fraud s...

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DOJ: Businessman Pleads Guilty to Bribery Charges Involving Government Contracts 2016-12-07

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – James C. Bedford, 50, of Dumfries, pleaded guilty today to charges of conspiracy to commit bribery and bribery of a public official. According to the statement of facts filed with th...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced for Offering Millions to DoD Procurement Official 2016-11-18

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Razak A. Dosunmu, 61, of Washington, D.C, was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for offering bribes to a procurement official with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Defense ...

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DOJ: Businessman Pleads Guilty to Role in Health Benefit Plans Scheme 2016-11-02

In San Antonio, Samuel Mullen, former Chief Financial Officer of the Mullen Pension & Benefits Group, LLC. (Mullen Group), pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge for his role in a bribery and k...

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DOJ: Businessman Convicted Of Fraud And Money Laundering Involving $1.2 Million School Construction Contract 2016-10-05

BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that NATHIAN D. HOSSLEY, age 50, of Baton Rouge, has been convicted of wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a contract...

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DOJ: Businessman Convicted of Offering Millions of Dollars to Department of Defense Procurement Official 2016-08-23

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Razak A. Dosunmu, 61, of Washington, D.C., was convicted yesterday by a federal jury on charges of offering illegal gratuities to a procurement official with the U.S. Department of D...

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DOJ: Businessman Pleads Guilty to Foreign Bribery and Tax Charges in Connection with Venezuela Bribery Scheme 2016-06-16

The owner of multiple U.S.-based energy companies pleaded guilty today to foreign bribery and tax charges for his role in a scheme to corruptly secure energy contracts from Venezuela’s state-owned and...

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DOJ: Businessman Charged with Sex Trafficking a Minor 2016-05-31

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Lewis Valenti, 41, a West Kingston, R.I., businessman with residences in Reading, Mass., and East Greenwich, R.I., made an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Providence to...

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DOJ: Businessman Indicted for Fraud and Money Laundering Involving Charter School Construction 2016-04-25

BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment against NATHIAN D. HOSSLEY, age 50, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The indictment c...

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DOJ: Businessman Convicted of Making False Statements to Bank to Secure Over $750,000 in Funding 2016-03-14

BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that CHARLES RICHARD BARBER, age 65, of Jackson, Louisiana, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles to making fal...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced for Marketing and Selling Unapproved Remedies for Cancer 2016-01-20

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – James Feijo, 68, owner and operator of Daniel Chapter One, a Portsmouth, R.I., based company, was sentenced yesterday to 6 months in federal prison to be followed by 6 months home c...

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DOJ: Businessman Arrested For Introducing Misbranded Drugs Into Interstate Commerce, Conspiracy, Wire And Mail Fraud 2015-10-08

SAN JUAN, P.R. – Yesterday, a Federal grand jury returned an indictment against Jorge L. Pagán Kortright and his companies AWD Group Inc. doing business as El Torito USA, Inc., Allied Worldwide Distri...

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DOJ: Businessman charged for trying to bribe East Cleveland councilman 2015-08-21

An East Cleveland businessman was charged for attempting to bribe a councilman in that city in exchange for support in getting a liquor license, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northe...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Misbrand a Product for Human Consumption, Money Laundering 2015-08-05

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Tayfun Karauzum, 45, of Newport Beach, Calif. has been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence, R.I., to 60 months in federal prison for manufacturing, marketing and distribu...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Misbrand a Product for Human Consumption, Money Laundering 2015-08-05

Labeling Failed to Disclose That “Potion 9” Contained an Ingredient Known to Metabolize into What is Commonly Referred to as a “Club Drug” or “Date Rape Drug.” Tayfun Karauzum, 45, of Newport Beach, C...

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DOJ: Businessman Pleads Guilty In Fraud Scheme 2015-07-14

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A Pittsburgh-area businessman has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy, bribery of agent of an organization receiving federal funds and mail fraud, United States ...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison For Mail Fraud 2015-07-14

PITTSBURGH – An Indiana resident has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months imprisonment, to be followed by three years supervised release, on his conviction of mail fraud, United States Attorne...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced for Bakersfield Drug Operation 2015-06-22

FRESNO, Calif. — Joseph Nolan, 59, a Malibu businessman and Ventura County resident, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to ...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced To Federal Prison On Tax Charges 2015-06-22

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – William L’Europa, 47, of Scituate, co-operator of McCauley and L’Europa Public Adjusters, LLC and PIA Restoration, LLC, was sentenced today to 27 months in federal prison, to be fol...

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DOJ: Former Businessman Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 34 Months In Prison For Fraud In Connection With The Financing Of “Rebecca – The Musical” 2015-05-13

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that one-time Long Island businessman MARK HOTTON was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 34 months...

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DOJ: Former Businessman Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Fraud In Connection With The Financing Of “Rebecca – The Musical” 2015-05-13

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that one-time Long Island businessman, MARK HOTTON, pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to def...

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DOJ: Businessman Pleads Guilty To Selling Putrid Pork Meat 2015-04-08

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – José Suàrez, owner of Joshua Enterprises, Inc., dedicated to food salvage and distribution, pleaded guilty today to selling meat products that were unfit for human consumption,...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced To 17 Years, 8 Months In Prison For Bankruptcy Fraud And Money Laundering 2015-04-08

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Steven K. Zinnel, 50, of Gold River, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 17 years and eight months in prison and a $500,000 fine, for 15 counts o...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced To Two Years In Prison For Bribing Former Gwinnett County Commissioner 2015-04-08

ATLANTA - Mark Gary has been sentenced for bribing former Gwinnett County Commissioner Shirley Lasseter in 2009 to secure approval of a proposed waste transfer station in which he held a personal stak...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced In Mortgage Fraud Case 2015-03-19

Sebastian Restum, a Detroit Area businessman, was sentenced to 51 months in prison today and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $4,992,082 by federal judge Marianne Battani for the role he pl...

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DOJ: Businessman Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Anabolic Steroids As Dietary Supplements And Mislabeling Products 2015-03-19

Memphis, TN – Joseph De Melo, Sr., 59, of New Orleans, LA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a two-count criminal information charging him with one count of conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids...

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DOJ: Businessman Admits Stealing $100,000 Worth Of Water From The Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority 2015-03-18

NEWARK, N.J. – The owner of Reliable Wood Products (Reliable Wood) today admitted his role in a conspiracy to steal at least $100,000 worth of water from the Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority ...

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DOJ: Businessman Charged In Motion Picture Tax Credit Scam 2015-03-17

BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that GEORGE M. KOSTUCH, age 43, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been charged in a Bill of Information with engaging in a wire fraud s...

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DOJ: Businessman Pleads Guilty To Violating Campaign Finance Law, Admits Disguising Source Of More Than $150,000 In ContributionsActivities Took Place Over 2015-02-19

WASHINGTON – Lee A. Calhoun, an executive for a Washington, D.C.-based company, pled guilty today to a federal charge stemming from a scheme in which he and others helped disguise the actual source of...

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DOJ: Businessman Pleads Guilty To Federal Export Offense And To Mishandling Classified DocumentsDefendant, A Former Military Officer, Admits Selling Restri 2015-02-19

WASHINGTON – Justin Gage Jangraw, a former U.S. Army officer who operated a business that sold military-grade weapons parts and accessories, pled guilty today to violating the Arms Export Control Act ...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced In El Paso For Small Business Administration Contract Fraud Scheme 2015-01-29

In El Paso today, U.S. District Judge Philip R. Martinez sentenced Thomas Gregory Harris of Friendswood, TX, to two years in federal prison for his scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration ...

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DOJ: Businessman Indicted For Making Over $5 Million In False Asset Statements To Government Insurance Regulators 2015-01-26

Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Jeffrey Cohen, age 39, of Reisterstown, Maryland, on five counts of making false statements to an insurance regulator. The indictment was return...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced To 2 Years In Prison For Obstructing The Irs And Concealing Property In Bankruptcy Proceedings 2015-01-26

Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Darryl A. Stuckey, age 48, formerly of Fort Washington, Maryland today to two years in prison, followed by three years of supervised ...

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DOJ: Businessman Sentenced To Federal Prison For Defrauding City Of El Paso 2014-12-15

This morning, 52-year-old Albert G. Torres, the owner of G.O.T. Supply, Inc. was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a scheme to defr...

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DOJ: Businessman Pleads Guilty in Utah to Tax Charge 2011-08-19

WASHINGTON - Scott Robertson pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Brooke C. Wells in Salt Lake City to one count of making and subscribing a false tax return for 2003, the Department of Justice...

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DOJ: Businessman Convicted for Evading $1.9 Million in Taxes on Sales of Ozone-Depleting Greenhouse Gases 2010-01-27

WASHINGTON— Dov Shellef, a businessman from Great Neck, N.Y., was convicted today on 86 counts, following a five-week jury trial, for conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service in the collecti...

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