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2014 

Former City Clerk in Havana Sentenced for Embezzlement U.S. Attorney’s Office April 16, 2014 District of Kansas (316) 269-6481 WICHITA, KS—A former city clerk for the city of Havana, Kansas, was sentenced Wednesday to two years’ supervised release, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. She also was ...
04/17/2014
Pasadena Man Sentenced to 300-Month Term in Multi-Million-Dollar Investment Fraud Scheme U.S. Attorney’s Office April 16, 2014 Eastern District of Texas (409) 839-2538 PLANO, TX—Gary Lynn McDuff, 59, was sentenced to 300 months in prison today for his role in conspiring to defraud investors of a...
04/17/2014
Final Defendant Sentenced in Foreclosure Rescue/Drug Distribution Scheme U.S. Attorney’s Office April 16, 2014 Eastern District of Texas (409) 839-2538 SHERMAN, TX—A 43-year-old McKinney, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison in connection with a combination foreclosure rescue and drug ...
04/17/2014
Former Construction Company Officer Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Fraud Conspiracy U.S. Attorney’s Office April 16, 2014 Southern District of Mississippi (601) 965-4480 JACKSON, MS—H. Claiborne Frazier, of Jackson, was sentenced to serve 60 months in federal prison and pay a $10,000 fine...
04/17/2014
Spruce Pine Attorney Sentenced to 27 Months for Filing False Tax Returns U.S. Attorney’s Office April 15, 2014 Western District of North Carolina (704) 344-6222 CHARLOTTE, NC—U.S. District Judge Graham Mullen sentenced a Spruce Pine man, who was an attorney, engineer, and appraiser, to 27 months...
04/16/2014
Former Chief Finance Officer Admits to Stealing Nearly $4 Million from His Employer and Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud U.S. Attorney’s Office April 15, 2014 Western District of North Carolina (704) 344-6222 CHARLOTTE, NC—The former chief finance officer (CFO) of a Mint Hill-based company has admitt...
04/16/2014
April is National Financial Literacy Month In 2004, April was officially designated National Financial Literacy Month to raise public awareness on the importance of personal financial education and to promote access to tools and information so individuals can better protect themselves from financ...
04/16/2014
Surveyor in Maverick County Pleads Guilty in Connection with Bribery, Kickback, and Bid-Rigging Scheme U.S. Attorney’s Office April 15, 2014 Western District of Texas (210) 384-7100 Marcelo Alvarez, a-year-old surveyor and consultant from Eagle Pass, faces up to 10 years in federal prison and fu...
04/16/2014
Derby Credit Union Manager Sentenced to Three Years for Fraud U.S. Attorney’s Office April 15, 2014 District of Vermont (802) 951-6725 The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Debra Kinney, 59, of Derby, Vermont, was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment ...
04/16/2014
Jury Convicts DBSI Principals of Fraud U.S. Attorney Commends Work and Career of FBI Special Agent Rebekah Morse U.S. Attorney’s Office April 14, 2014 District of Idaho (208) 334-1211 BOISE—A federal jury in Boise today returned guilty verdicts against four DBSI principals—Douglas L. Swenson, Ma...
04/16/2014
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