Two CPAs Sentenced in Billion-Dollar Syndicated Conservation Easement Tax Scheme
Two accountants were each sentenced today to 20 months in prison for their roles in the promotion and sale of abusive syndicated conservation easement tax...
Preliminary Injunction Entered in Justice Department Suit to Stop Alabama’s Systematic Removal of Voters from Registration Rolls
A federal court in the Northern District of Alabama has entered an order requiring the State of Alabama and the Alabama Secretary of State to...
Connecticut Fisherman Sentenced for Tax Evasion
A Connecticut man was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for evading taxes on income he earned from commercial fishing in...
Leaders of Dangerous Mexican Drug Cartel Responsible for Extreme Violence Charged with International Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses
Note: View the fifth superseding indictment here.An indictment was unsealed in the District of Columbia charging leaders of the violent drug trafficking organization known as...
Sixteen Hells Angels & Red Devils Motorcycle Gang Members Face Charges Related to Violent Racketeering Enterprise
An indictment was unsealed in the Eastern District of North Carolina charging 16 members of two outlaw motorcycle gangs — the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC)...
Raytheon Company to Pay Over $950M in Connection with Defective Pricing, Foreign Bribery, and Export Control Schemes
Raytheon Company (Raytheon) — a subsidiary of Arlington, Virginia-based defense contractor RTX (formerly known as Raytheon Technologies Corporation) — will pay over $950 million to resolve...
Ohio Man Who Concealed Croatian War Crime Charge Sentenced to Prison for Immigration Fraud
An Ohio man was sentenced yesterday to three years in prison for possessing a green card he illegally obtained by concealing that he had been...
Data Center Company CEO Indicted for Major Fraud and Making False Statements to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment yesterday charging a Maryland man with major fraud against the United States and...
Former Louisiana Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced for Civil Rights Violation for Using Excessive Force Against Detainee
A former Louisiana sheriff’s office deputy was sentenced yesterday to 37 months in prison for assaulting a pretrial detainee.Javarrea Pouncy, 31, a former sergeant with...
Virtual Meeting of the Chief FOIA Officers Council
The Office of Information Policy (OIP) is pleased to announce that the Chief FOIA Officers (CFO) Council will hold a virtual meeting on Thursday, November...