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West Point Military Academy Employee Charged in Nearly $3 Million Embezzlement Scheme
A Highland Falls, N.Y., woman has been arrested and charged in a criminal complaint for her role in a scheme to defraud the U.S. government by authorizing nearly $3 million in payments to a non-existent corporation for staff training that she knew never...U.K. Bank Forfeits $350 Million in Connection with Violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
Lloyds TSB Bank plc (Lloyds), a U.K. corporation headquartered in London, has agreed to forfeit $350 million to the United States and to the New York County District Attorney’s Office in connection with violations of the International Emergency...Retired Army Major Pleads Guilty in Bribery Scheme Concerning Defense Contracts in Kuwait
A retired major in the U.S. Army has pleaded guilty to charges of bribery and making a false statement arising out of his activities as both a contracting specialist and a contracting officer at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, from 2005 through 2007.N.J. Man Charged with Racketeering And Other Offenses in Tomato Industry Probe
A N.J. processed tomato products broker has been charged with participating in conspiracies involving racketeering, price fixing, bid rigging and contract allocation, and with money laundering, in the processed tomato products industry.British Marine Hose Manufacturer to Plead Guilty And Pay $4.5 Million for Participating in Bid-Rigging Conspiracy
A British marine hose manufacturer has agreed to plead guilty and pay $4.54 million in criminal fines for participating in a conspiracy to rig bids, fix prices and allocate market shares of marine hose sold in the United States and elsewhere, the Department...Gold Adolf Hitler Bookmark Recovered in Stolen Artifact Sting
Christian Popescu, 37, of Kenmore, Wash., was charged today in U.S. District Court in Seattle with sale or receipt of stolen goods. Popescu was arrested late yesterday, after setting up a deal to sell an 18 carat gold bookmark which allegedly was first...U.S. Army Colonel And Lt. Colonel Convicted of Conspiracy for Role in Iraq Fraud Scheme
A federal jury in Trenton, N.J., has convicted U.S. Army Col. Curtis G. Whiteford and U.S. Army Lt. Col. Michael B. Wheeler of conspiracy to commit bribery and interstate transportation of stolen property. The convictions stemmed from Whiteford and Wheeler’s...Former British Airways Executive Agrees to Plead Guilty to Participating in Price-fixing Conspiracy
A British citizen and former executive of British Airways World Cargo has agreed to plead guilty, serve eight months in jail and pay a criminal fine for participating in a conspiracy to fix rates for international air cargo shipments.
