EUGENE, Ore., Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release: A federal grand jury sitting in Eugene, Oregon, today returned an indictment against Tamara Sawyer, 47, and Kevin Sawyer, 58, of Bend, Oregon, on a variety of charges, including conspiracy, wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering. For additional information, the attached Indictment can be found at this link. According to the indictment, defendants Tamara Sawyer, a licensed real   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division issued the following news release: Lindsey Manufacturing Company, an Azusa, Calif., company and two of its executives were indicted today for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to pay bribes to Mexican government officials at the Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), a state-owned utility company, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte Jr. for the Ce  more

BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A Department of Defense civilian employee at Fort Benning, Georgia has been sentenced to 27 months following his conviction in federal court on charges related to a wire fraud scheme involving $4.1 million in contracts with the U.S. Army. ALLEN THROWER, 58, of Fortson, Ga., has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to 27 months, to be followed by two years of  more

TOPEKA, Kan., Oct. 20 -- The Kansas Republican Party issued the following news release: This week, a Washington, D.C. based group calling itself the Committee for Justice and Fairness (http://justicedev.org/) flooded the Kansas airwaves with more than $800,000 in political ads supporting Democrat Attorney General Steve Six. Upon closer examination, however, documents filed with the Internal Revenue Service indicate the "Committee for Justice and Fairness" is solely funded by the Democratic At  more

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release: The United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that FELIX ROBERT LaSARACINA, 59, of Norwich, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering offenses stemming from an alleged scheme to defraud several investors. According to statements made in court, it is alleged that LaSARACINA, a certified  more

BOSTON, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A realtor convicted of conspiracy and wire fraud by a federal jury in June was sentenced late yesterday for various roles in a mortgage fraud ring that conducted 21 fraudulent property transactions in the Greater Boston area involving 10 mortgage lenders and more than $10.6 million in loan proceeds. ERNST APPOLON, 30, of Braintree, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge George   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota issued the following news release: Late yesterday in federal court in the District of Minnesota, a 47-year-old real estate agent from Savage was charged by Information with participating in a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme that victimized lenders across the country. Barbara Lynnae Puro allegedly arranged for homeowners to sell their properties to straw buyers at inflated prices. In each case, she then purported  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and CHARLES R. PINE, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division ("IRS-CID"), announced that KELVIN CRUCEY, a vice president at the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone and a tax preparer, pled guilty yesterday to conspiring to   more

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill., Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois issued the following news release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on October 19, 2010, JOHN M. HARDIMON, D.C., age 40, of Shiloh, Illinois, d/b/a Hardimon Chiropractic Center, and d/b/a Hardimon Chiropractic and Physical Therapy, pled guilty to fourteen (14) counts of Health Care Fraud and one (1) count of Money Laundering. The vi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota issued the following news release: A Minnesota tax return preparer was indicted this week in federal court in Minneapolis for allegedly preparing fraudulent tax returns for nine clients. The indictment, which was filed in U.S. District Court, charges Christopher Fredrick Fenske with nine counts of preparation of false tax returns. The indictment alleges that from 2006 through 2008 Fenske, who prepared tax returns at Jac  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division issued the following news release: Eric M. Kurz, 46, of The Woodlands, Texas, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering in conjunction with his actions as a wholesaler of investment products for A&O, a group of businesses that acquired and marketed life settlements to investors, announced U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride for the Eastern District of Virginia and Assistant Attorney General  more

TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Phoenix Field Office issued the following news release: Miguel Eduardo Martinez, 37, of Tucson, Ariz., was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John M. Roll to 30 years in federal prison. Martinez was found guilty by a federal jury on February 8, 2010 of Conspiracy to Possess with the Intent to Distribute Marijuana. Additionally, ten other members of the conspiracy have pleaded guilty.   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A citizen of Uzbekistan residing in Mission, Kan., pleaded guilty late yesterday to charges for his role as the leader of a criminal enterprise that engaged in forced labor, fraud in foreign labor contracting, visa fraud, mail fraud, identity theft, tax evasion and money laundering, the Justice Department announced today. Today's conviction was prosecuted under the statute prohibiting fraud in foreign la  more

BOSTON, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A Wakefield man was convicted today in federal court of two counts of bankruptcy fraud for concealing his interest in two $1 million winning lottery scratch tickets, as well as one count of filing a false tax return. JAMES S. GREGSON, 39, of Wakefield, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge George A. O'Toole to two counts of bankruptcy fraud and one count of filing a false tax retur  more