Tag: 2011
Garland Sales Inc., Citizenship Status Discrimination, Georgia 2009
Garland Sales Inc., a Georgia rug manufacturer, has been accused of discriminating against individuals of Hispanic origin when establishing their eligibility to work in the United States. According to a settlement with the Justice Department, Garland Sales Inc. imposed unnecessary documentary requirements on individuals of Hispanic origin, and retaliated against a worker for protesting his…
Bong Seob Bag, Oil Pollution, Hawaii 2011
Honolulu, HI – A South Korean shipping company and two of its engineers have been convicted of multiple environmental crimes stemming from the illegal discharge of oily waste into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii. Keoje Marine Co. Ltd., along with Chief Engineer Bong Seob Bag and First Assistant Engineer Dwintoro, pleaded guilty…
Vitaliy Kroshnev, Fraudulent Commercial Driver’s Licenses, Pennsylvania 2023
Pennsylvania Couple Sentenced for Driver’s Licenses Scandal A Pennsylvania husband and wife, Vitaliy Kroshnev, 49, and Tatyana Kroshnev, 46, of Richboro, Penn., have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in a scheme to provide out-of-state residents with Pennsylvania driver’s licenses and commercial driver’s licenses (CDL). The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the Kroshnevs, who…
Kerry Pettus, Gang Membership, Tennessee 2011
Kerry Pettus, aka ‘Lil Kerry,’ a 23-year-old resident of Nashville, Tennessee, has pleaded guilty to federal racketeering charges related to his membership in the Bloods gang criminal enterprise. Pettus pleaded guilty on December 21, 2011, before U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger in the Middle District of Tennessee to one count of conspiracy to participate in…
Christopher P. West, Bribery, Illinois 2011
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Nicholas Cox, Defrauding Investors, North Carolina 2011
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Julie Matau, Wire Fraud, California 2012
A San Francisco woman has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $150,000 in federal grant funds awarded to a non-profit corporation in American Samoa. Julie Matau, 49, of San Francisco, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud before U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken. Matau and her daughter, Andrea Matau, 28, also of San Francisco,…
Jose Lopez-Buelna, Cocaine Distribution and Money Laundering, Nevada 2011
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Janika Fernae Bates, Stealing Identities, Alabama 2011
Stealing Identities In a stunning case of identity theft, Janika Fernae Bates, a 39-year-old resident of Millbrook, Ala., has been sentenced to 94 months in federal prison for stealing the identities of student loan borrowers. The sentencing took place in the Middle District of Alabama after a jury convicted Bates of identity theft, wire fraud,…
Bruce Gregory Harrison III, Payroll Tax Fraud, North Carolina 2012
A North Carolina businessman has been convicted of failing to pay over $15 million in federal payroll taxes, according to a federal court in Winston-Salem, N.C. Bruce Gregory Harrison III, a resident of Greensboro, N.C., did business under various corporate names including U.S.A. Staffing and Compensation Management Inc. He owned or controlled temporary staffing companies…
