10 Defendants Receive a Staggering 81 Counts in Illegal Gambling Operation

On September 24, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Oklahoma reported that 10 defendants were charged with a total of 81 counts for an illegal gambling operation and money laundering.  The defendants are listed below: ·  Teddy Dryden Mitchell of Oklahoma City ·  Dryden ...

McHenry Businessman in $7 Million Fraud Scheme

On September 24, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Illinois announced that Philip G. Reinhard of Rockford, Illinois was sentenced to 136 months in prison for teaching two co-owners of a business to undergo a  $7 million fraud scheme involving a company called InvestForClosures.  The sentencing occurred ...

Man Wanted for Conspiracy to Act as an Unregistered Agent of Foreign Government

According to Crime Alerts under the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Christopher Robert Metsos is wanted for conspiracy to act as an unregistered agent of a foreign government as well as conspiracy to commit money laundering.  Metsos is wanted for the first charge because he failed to register as an agent of a foreign government ...

Bank President Sentenced in Multi-Million Check Scheme

On September 21, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office in the District of Minnesota reported that the former president of the Pinehurst Bank in St. Paul was sentenced for contribution in a multi-million-dollar check-kiting scheme.  John Anthony Markert of Mendota Heights was sentenced to 42 months in prison for five counts of misapplication ...

Two High-Profile, Coordinated Crimes Reported in Houston in Two Days

Two high-profile cases in Houston showcase the metropolitan area’s reputation for serious types of crime.  On September 21, 2012, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Texas reported that Jesus Martinez—a Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy—admitted to aiding in the delivering of controlled ...

Former Financial Consultant Charged with Federal Wire Fraud

On September 21, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office in the District of New Mexico announced the conviction of Daryl J. Hudson, III for seven counts of wire fraud.  Daryl Hudson was a graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center, and he served as senior counsel in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Enforcement ...

Drug Trial for Rare Degenerative Muscle Disease

On September 24, 2012, the National Institutes of Health announced the launch of a phase I and phase II trial for the drug called DEX-M74.  The drug is used for the treatment of a degenerative muscle disease called hereditary inclusion body myopathy, or HIBM. The disease, also called GNE myopathy, has symptoms that usually start ...

CME Group Software Engineer Guilty of Stealing Trade Secrets

On September 19, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Illinois reported that Chunlai Yang pleaded guilty of two counts theft of trade secrets after working for CME Group for 11 years.  Yang admitted to downloading over 10,000 files of CME source code which provide significant amounts of information about ...

Japanese Freight Forwarder Pleads Guilty to Price-Fixing

On September 19, 2012, the Department of Justice announced that the Japanese freight forwarding company Yamato Global Logistics Japan Co. Ltd. agreed to plead guilty and pay $2.3 million in criminal fines for fixing prices for air cargo shipments from Japan to the United States.  The company is reported to have fixed fuel surcharges ...

Head-First Births Safe Before 32 Weeks

On September 21, 2012, the National Institutes of Health reported that infants delivered head-first in standard deliveries before the 32nd term are just as likely to survive as infants delivered by a planned cesarean.  Infants born before the 32nd week face an increased risk of “death, cerebral palsy, developmental delays ...

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