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Principal of a Costa Rican Brokerage Firm Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for His Role in a Stock Manipulation Scheme
The principal of a Costa Rican brokerage firm was sentenced Friday in Miami to 20 years in prison for his role in a stock manipulation scheme that defrauded investors in a company called CO2 Technologies. How People Arrived Here: miami herald nathan montgomery...
Nebraska Man Sentenced in Omaha to 18 Months in Prison for Committing Wire Fraud
An Omaha, Neb., man was sentenced Friday in Omaha to 18 months in prison for committing wire fraud while serving a term of supervised release as part of a scheme to obtain corrupt payments from an individual facing criminal charges in return for a promised...
Mayo Clinic Radiology Tech Pleads Guilty to Spreading Hepatitis C
United States Attorney Robert E. O’Neill has announced that Steven Beumel (48, Jacksonville) pleaded guilty to one count of tampering with a consumer product resulting in death, four counts of tampering with a consumer product resulting in serious bodily...
California Member of IMAGiNE Group Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Copyright Offence
A California man pleaded guilty this week to conspiring to willfully reproduce and distribute tens of thousands of infringing copies of copyrighted works without permission, including infringing copies of movies before they were commercially released...
Organization of American States Secretary General Meets with Salvadoran Bishop Fabio Colindres
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, met this week with Monsignor Fabio Colindres, Bishop of the Military of El Salvador, who, at the request of the government of El Salvador, has led an unprecedented...
Child Pornographer Receives 13-Year Prison Sentence
Jeff Matheson, 41, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin was sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 13 years in prison, followed by supervised release, for life for distributing images of child pornography on the Internet. Matheson pleaded guilty...
Judge Convicts Former Silicon Valley Engineer of Five Counts of Theft of Trade Secrets
A federal judge convicted a former Silicon Valley engineer of five counts of theft of trade secrets, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
Justice Department Hits Controversial Sheriff Joseph M. Arpaio With Discrimination Lawsuit
The Department of Justice filed a civil lawsuit in federal court Thursday against Maricopa County, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) and Sheriff Joseph M. Arpaio, arising from unconstitutional and unlawful actions by the defendants.
