Newark, NJ - Union County, New Jersey, Man Sentenced To 45 Months In Prison For Interstate Theft Scheme

An Elizabeth, New Jersey, man was sentenced to 45 months in prison for operating a scheme to fraudulently obtain hundreds of thousands of dollars in commercial and residential merchandise from various companies, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

Roy Depack, a/k/a “Ray D... More...   $0 (11-01-2018 - NJ)

Concord, NH - Ossipee Man Pleads Guilty to Providing False Information in an Effort to Obtain Fishery Disaster Relief Funds

Dave Bardzik, 56, of Ossipee, pleaded guilty in federal court to making false statement in violation of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.

In late October 2012, Hurricane Sandy devastated the Atlantic coast of the Uni... More...   $0 (10-30-2018 - NH)

In their first appeal (case No. H041870), both plaintiff Manny Villanueva,
individually and as class representative, and defendant Fidelity National Title Company
(Fidelity) appeal from a judgment following a bench trial in this class action lawsuit
alleging violations of the Unfair Competition Law (UCL) (Bus. & Prof. Code, §§ 17200
et seq.). Villanueva and the class (jointly Plain... More...   $0 (10-29-2018 - CA)

St.Louis, MO - Controller sentenced to Prison for Embezzlement

Jennife... More...   $0 (10-28-2018 - MO)

East St. Louis, IL - Pulaski County Woman Pleads Guilty to Bankruptcy Fraud

Jessica A. Browning, 44, of Ullin, Illinois (Pulaski County), has pleaded guilty to two counts of bankruptcy fraud, Steven D. Weinhoeft. A federal grand jury indicted Browning in August of this year as part of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s continuing effort to crackdown on those who commit bankruptcy fraud in the S... More...   $0 (10-27-2018 - IL)

After the State of Illinois dismissed
criminal charges against plaintiff‐appellant Calvin
Lindsey for unlawful possession of a weapon, he filed this
civil action asserting claims for false arrest, excessive force,
false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution under 42
U.S.C. § 1983 and state law assault and battery. At trial, the
jury returned a unanimous defense verd... More...   $0 (10-27-2018 - IN)

Alpine, TX - Former Presidio County Official Pleads Guilty to Federal Bribery Related Charge

In Alpine, Texas, 66-year-old Carlos Eduardo Nieto, former Special Projects Coordinator for the City of Presidio and former Presidio Independent School District trustee, entered a guilty plea to federal charges related to a public corruption investigation, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and ... More...   $0 (10-25-2018 - TX)

Houston, TX - Seller of Shipping Containers Heads to Prison for Securities Scheme

A 54-year-old resident of Kingwood and Panama City, Panama, has been ordered to federal prison for mail fraud and ordered to pay more than $8 million in restitution. Steven Patrick Jones pleaded guilty May 1, 2014.

U.S. District Judge Gray Miller, who accepted the guilty plea, handed Jones a total s... More...   $0 (10-25-2018 - TX)

“If this case is an example, the term ‘civil procedure’ is an oxymoron.” Green v. GTE Cal., Inc., 34 Cal. Rptr. 2d 517, 518 (Cal. Ct. App. 1994). It comes before us for a second time, more than five years after Results Staffing, Incorporated (“RSI”), fired Jose Hernandez for failing to report to work. Hernandez appeals the interlocutory order granting RSI’s Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) mo... More...   $0 (10-25-2018 - TX)

New York, NY - Adidas Executive And Two Others Convicted Of Defrauding Adidas-Sponsored Universities In Connection With Athletic Scholarships

JAMES GATTO, a/k/a “Jim,” MERL CODE, and CHRISTIAN DAWKINS were fount guilty for conspiring to defraud universities by funneling illicit payments to the families of high-school and college basketball players and concealing those payments – which wer... More...   $0 (10-24-2018 - NY)