A Washington, D.C. CPA pleaded guilty today to making a false statement on a mortgage loan application and failing to file an income tax return. According to court documents and statements made in court, Timothy Trifilo worked in tax compliance for several …
A grand jury in Denver returned an indictment, unsealed today, charging two Colorado men with wire fraud, conspiring to commit wire fraud and money laundering related to their operation of a multi-million-dollar investment fraud scheme called the “ROI Cash …
A grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an indictment today charging Special Agent David Cole of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), 50, of South Jordan, Utah, with conspiring with another HSI special agent to sell alpha-PHP, a drug commonly referred …
The Justice Department announced today that two directors of Epic Games Inc. (Epic), who had been appointed by Tencent Holdings Ltd. (Tencent), resigned from the Epic board after the Antitrust Division expressed concerns that their positions on both the …
In a civil complaint unsealed today in Providence, Rhode Island, the Justice Department alleges that CVS Pharmacy Inc. and various subsidiaries (collectively, CVS) filled unlawful prescriptions in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and sought …
A federal court in New Jersey last month held in contempt Abraham Taylor, a resident of Florida and formerly of New Jersey, for continuing to prepare returns after the court permanently barred him and his business — Chentay Consulting Services LP, doing …
Note: View the indictment here. A grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment yesterday charging David Rivera, 59, of Miami, with a scheme to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and to launder funds to conceal and promote …
Remarks as Prepared as Delivery In the fall of 2023, I had the privilege of meeting with a rural farming community in Minnesota. On one hand, you might say that I was out of place. There I was, a kid from humble beginnings in Queens, New York (and a …
A former Alabama sergeant was sentenced today to 16 months in prison and two years of supervised release for assaulting an arrestee. Ryan Phillips, 42, a former sergeant with the Daleville, Alabama, Police Department (DPD), previously pleaded guilty to one …
Note: View a copy of the indictment here. On Dec. 13, Colombian authorities arrested two men charged with human smuggling conspiracy for moving migrants through Colombia en route to the United States. In the course of that conspiracy, the defendants are …
A grand jury in San Diego returned an indictment unsealed yesterday charging a California attorney with tax evasion, filing a false tax return and failing to file tax returns with the IRS. According to the indictment, from 2017 to 2019, Robert Blair …
A California man was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for failing to pay over employment taxes withheld from the wages of his company’s employees. According to court documents and statements made in court, Shane Brightpath Mike owned and …
Three individuals were sentenced yesterday for their roles in founding and operating an illegal pyramid scheme. Alex Dee, 50, of Fate, Texas, was sentenced to 36 months in prison and ordered to pay $1,845,600 in forfeiture; Brian Kaplan, 53, of Fort …
A federal grand jury in Greenbelt, Maryland, returned an indictment, unsealed last week, charging a Maryland woman with tax fraud and theft of government funds. According to the indictment, from 2014 to 2024, Monica Patricia McGinley assisted with the …
The Justice Department and City of Baltimore filed a joint motion on Friday seeking court approval to declare the city and the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) in full and effective compliance with key consent decree requirements related to First …
A Texas physician pleaded guilty today in connection with his role in a $5.5 million over-the-counter (OTC) COVID-19 test fraud scheme. According to court documents, Mark Mazzare M.D., 57, of Tyler, purchased Medicare beneficiary identifiers (BINs) that …
Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi, 42, a dual U.S.-Iranian national of Natick, Massachusetts, and Mohammad Abedininajafabadi, also known as Mohammad Abedini (Abedini), 38, of Tehran, Iran, have been charged with conspiring to export sophisticated electronic …
Remarks as Delivered Thanks, Jonathan. Thanks to all of you for coming here to celebrate Bill Baer — a legend of the antitrust bar, and my friend. Bill and I met more than 40 years ago, when we both joined Arnold & Porter after our first tours of duty …
The Justice Department today announced its findings that the State of Arizona’s Department of Child Safety (DCS) violates Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by discriminating against parents, including foster parents and other caregivers …
A jury convicted Mohammed Azharuddin Chhipa, 35, of Springfield, Virginia, on Dec. 13 for charges relating to his efforts to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a foreign terrorist organization. According to court …
