Prosecutors this week added a handful of charges against a Newport Beach lawyer who was indicted in September on allegations of stealing $4.7 million from his clients instead of investing the money as promised.
A new indictment by a federal grand jury on Tuesday alleges that Stephen Young Kang, 46, stole an additional $1 million from three clients who wanted to invest it in a way that would help them secure visas to the United States.
A Texas lawyer faces criminal charges after he was accused of submitting thousands of false claims for damages from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Robert McDuff, a lawyer for San Antonio attorney Mikal Watts, confirmed Wednesday that Watts was indicted in Mississippi and will appear in court Oct. 29 in Gulfport.
“I look forward to a speedy trial and the opportunity to prove to a jury that I am not guilty of any crimes,” Watts said in a statement.
McDuff said the indictment is sealed and he wouldn’t discuss the specific charges against Watts. He said they are related to allegations that Watts committed fraud or forgery when he claimed to represent 44,000 clients in litigation against BP PLC.
was once a rising star in the Republican party and was getting noticed by the governor at conservative gatherings is heading to prison for more than three years for money laundering.
Thad Viers’ three-year fall from grace hit a new bottom Tuesday as he was sentenced in federal court in Florence to 37 months in prison and ordered to pay back $875,000.
ALEXANDRIA, VA—Wayne Shelby Simmons, 62, of Annapolis, Maryland, a former occasional on-air commentator who appeared on a cable news network, was arrested today after being indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of major fraud against the United States, wire fraud, and making false statements to the government.
According to the indictment, Simmons falsely claimed he worked as an “Outside Paramilitary Special Operations Officer” for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1973 to 2000, and used that false claim in an attempt to obtain government security clearances and work as a defense contractor, including at one point successfully getting deployed overseas as an intelligence advisor to senior military personnel. According to the indictment, Simmons also falsely claimed on national security forms that his prior arrests and criminal convictions were directly related to his supposed intelligence work for the CIA, and that he had previously held a top secret security clearance. The indictment also alleges that Simmons defrauded an individual victim out of approximately $125,000 in connection with a bogus real estate investment.
The number one fear for US residents is the corruption of government officials.
It beats fear of war, reptiles, cyber terrorism, and gun control – all of which appeared in the top 20 fears held by Americans.
This is according to a survey of 1,541 adults who were asked to rate how much they were scared of 88 different topics.
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An Oklahoma veteran says the Veterans Administration stopped providing a needed service after she complained about potential fraud.
Betty Taylor said she is trying to live on her own the best she can. Her health has deteriorated in recent years, which makes minor housework a major chore. “I can’t stand up,” Taylor told Fox 25 at her home in Ada, “I fell three times in this house because of my legs.”
Taylor says her doctor with the VA ordered housekeeping services for her so she could continue living in her home. That arrangement lasted nearly a year before Taylor says it abruptly stopped. Her housekeeping services cut off after she complained about one of the employees sent to help her around the house.
NEWARK, N.J. — Attorneys for U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey filed notice Friday that they will appeal a judge’s rulings rejecting their arguments to dismiss his corruption indictment.
Last month a federal judge in Newark dismissed some bribery counts from the 22-count indictment against Menendez and co-defendant Salomon Melgen, but rejected most of Menendez’s arguments to dismiss the indictment. This week, the same judge rejected the Democrat’s remaining attempts to have the case thrown out.
A former Snohomish County sheriff’s sergeant admitted Thursday he ignored his duty and helped launder money he knew came from a multimillion-dollar prostitution operation that transformed roadside coffee huts into drive-through brothels.
Darrell O’Neill, 60, pleaded guilty to one count of felony conspiracy to commit money laundering and two counts of misdemeanor official misconduct. He faces up to a year in jail.
Thursday’s Snohomish County Superior Court hearing came roughly a week before O’Neill was scheduled to face trial on the more serious charge of second-degree promoting prostitution. That offense carried the prospect of a longer prison sentence because prosectors were alleging aggravating circumstances, including the deputy’s abuse of his position of trust and the amount of money involved.
According to Darren Rovell of ESPN.com, “a class-action lawsuit was filed in federal court in Manhattan on Thursday accusingDraftKings and FanDuel of negligence, fraud and false advertising.”
Kentucky resident Adam Johnson filed the case after it was revealed the two companies allowed employees to enter contests on the other’s site for the cash prizes available. Johnson reportedly deposited $100 in a DraftKings account.
KELOWNA – Vials containing the bacteria E. coli, apparently stolen from a medical laboratory, have been discovered at a transient camp near Munson Pond.
The unusual find by local bylaw officers prompted a call to Kelowna RCMP and a local hazardous material disposal company, who sent out personnel to retrieve the vials.
“It’s pretty common for us to find transient camps in that area, certainly through the summer months, but it’s not common to find stolen material from a lab,” director of protective services Rob Mayne says.
Mayne says some of his officers were on a regular patrol and had identified a transient camp in an isolated area near Benvoulin Road and KLO Road where they discovered the tent.
“They did what they normally do which is give a warning by deflating the tent and leaving a business card hoping they will voluntarily leave.”