LOS ANGELES – The owner of a Canadian telemarketing operation was convicted yesterday by a federal jury of mail and wire fraud for having orchestrated a bogus telemarketing scheme that defrauded at least 60,000 victims …
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Wells Fargo Bank Admits That It Certified That Loans Were Eligible for FHA Mortgage Insurance When They Were Not, and That It Did Not Report Thousands of Faulty Mortgage Loans to HUD Preet …
Wells Fargo Make $1.2 Billion Settlement for “Reckless Underwriting” Read More »
LOS ANGELES – A JetBlue flight attendant who allegedly attempted to use her credentials to bring nearly 70 pounds of cocaine through a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airporton Friday was charged today …
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MARC WIESELTHIER, a certified public accountant and former partner at a New York accounting firm (the “Firm”), was sentenced today …
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LawFuel.com – Law News Daily – Charges Unsealed Against Three Defendants Who Allegedly Engaged in Hundreds of Millions of Dollars of Transactions on Behalf of the Government of Iran and Iranian Entities As Part of …
Charges Unsealed Against Turkish Defendants in Iran Sanction-Busting Case Read More »
LOS ANGELES – An attorney who pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion charges – and who prosecutors say defrauded a dozen clients out of at least $8 million in an investment …
Orange County Attorney Draws Five Years For $8 Million Fraud Read More »
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Pam Bondi today announced a multimillion dollar settlement with entities doing business as InterFACE Talent and the entities’ president and CEO, Roman Vintfeld. The Attorney General’s Office obtained a stipulated permanent injunction …
$22 Million Dollar Settlement Over Model Company Talent Case Read More »
SANTA ANA, California – LawFuel.com – Daily Law News – A former office manager for an independent sporting goods distributor was found guilty this afternoon of three counts of wire fraud for using company …
Former Sporting Goods Employee Guilty of Stealing $300,000 Read More »
One of the Largest-Ever Global FCPA Resolutions Uzbek Subsidiary Pleads Guilty to Paying Bribes Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Leslie R. Caldwell, the Assistant Attorney General …
VimpelCom To Pay $795 Million Penalties Over Massive Bribe Sceme Read More »
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CHARLES J. MOORE, former Chief Executive Officer of broker-dealer Crucible Capital, Inc. (“Crucible”), was sentenced today to six months …
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LawFuel.com – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Christina Scaringi, Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Housing and Urban Development – Office of Inspector …
Property Manager Stole Taxpayer Dollars Intended for Lower Income Individuals Read More »
Defendants Exploited Over 4.5 Million Financially Struggling Americans Through Unlawful Scheme to Evade State Usury Laws Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Karl Stiften, Special Agent-in-Charge …
Attorney and Another Charged Over 700% Payday Loan Racket Read More »
Second Man Who Was a ‘Runner’ for Another Document Mill also Arrested LOS ANGELES – LawFuel.com – A Porter Ranch man who allegedly operated a “document mill” in Sylmar that produced fake IDs – including …
Operator of Fake ID “Document Mill” for Port Workers and Others Arrested Read More »
LOS ANGELES – LawFuel.com – Lawsuit and Law News – A federal grand jury has returned a 44-count indictment that charges nine defendants with violating the Clean Air Act by conducting hundreds of fraudulent …
Nine Charged Over Phony Vehicle Smog Check “Clean Piping” Fraud Read More »
LOS ANGELES – A Canadian man has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison on a federal fraud charge for targeting American victims in several schemes, including a fake lottery scam, one involving …
Fake Lotteries and “Secret Shopper” Scams Land Canadian Four Years’ Jail Read More »
