Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2013.  A federal complaint has been unsealed charging Dante Phearse, 32, of Houston, with calling in bomb threats to two synagogues located in Houston, announced Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Roy L. Austin Jr. and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)-May 23, 2013.  Julian Zapata Espinoza, also known as “Piolin,” 32, pleaded guilty today to the murder of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Special Agent Jaime Zapata and the attempted murder of ICE Special Agent Victor Avila in Mexico.  The court also unsealed today the guilty pleas of[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 22, 2013. A former health care clinic director and licensed therapist was sentenced in Miami to 111 months in prison today in connection with a health care fraud scheme involving defunct health provider Health Care Solutions Network Inc. (HCSN). Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2013. Charles Kokesh was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pensacola, Florida, for violating the Endangered Species Act and the Lacey Act by selling two African elephant tusks and for making false accounts of wildlife related to that sale, the Justice Department announced today.   The[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2013. Two members of the Latin Kings street gang were sentenced today in Hammond, Ind., federal court for racketeering conspiracy, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David Capp of the Northern District of Indiana. Martin Anaya, aka[Read More…]

Victims Brought to Atlanta and Southeast from Mexico and Guatemala Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2013.  Arturo Rojas-Coyotl, Odilon Martinez-Rojas, and Severiano Martinez-Rojas, all of Tenancingo in the state of Tlaxcala, Mexico have been indicted on charges of sex trafficking and alien harboring, announced the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the[Read More…]

Allegedly Submitted False Medicare Claims for Drug Provided to Dialysis Patients Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2013.  U.S. Renal Care, headquartered in Plano, Texas, has agreed to pay $7.3 million to resolve allegations that Dialysis Corporation of America (DCA) violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to the Medicare program[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2013.  Two DENSO Corp. executives – Yuji Suzuki and Hiroshi Watanabe – have agreed to plead guilty for their roles in international conspiracies to fix prices and rig bids of certain automotive components installed in U.S. cars, the Department of Justice announced today.  The executives, both Japanese[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2013.  On Friday, a federal judge unsealed a three-count indictment returned by a grand jury in the Southern District of Florida charging Jetta McPhee, 59, of Tamarac, Fla., for her role in bringing 143 Haitian nationals to the United States on fraudulently obtained guest worker visas that[Read More…]

To Date, 11 Individuals Have Been Charged in Ongoing Corruption Investigation Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 17, 2013.  A Texas Army National Guard captain has been charged for his alleged role in a bribery and wire fraud scheme and two former soldiers in the Texas Army National Guard were sentenced for their roles[Read More…]