Woman Defrauded Nazi Persecution Reparation Program

On October 19, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York made clear that Polina Breyter would spend the next 58 months in prison for defrauding the Conference of Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Inc out of $57.3 million.   According to court documents, the Claims Conference is a not-for-profit ...

Update: Suspected “Chubby Bandit” Arrested

On October 20, 2012, the FBI, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, and the Carlsbad Police Department announced that Aaron Alan Hyman was arrested for the serial robberies that occurred around the San Diego area.   The investigation began on October 9, 2012, after several robberies occurred by the same suspect ...

Another Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Counterfeit Airbags

On October 22, 2012, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that Igor Borodin of Indian Trial, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to delivering counterfeit airbags by air commerce.  The investigation was led by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Department of Transportation (DOT).   According ...

Fycompa Approved to Treat Seizures

On October 22, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration approved Fycompa (perampanel) to treat people 12 years and older who suffer from partial onset seizures.  The drug is used to treat people with epilepsy who cannot control their seizures with the current medication they’re taking.   A partial seizure is the ...

Georgia Police Chief Assaulted Restrained Inmate

On October 22, 2012, the Department of Justice announced that Walter Young, the former police chief for the Omega Police Department in Georgia, was sentenced for assaulting a man who was restrained and in his custody.   Young was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Hugh Lawson and received 24 months in prison for “violating ...

Jacintoport International Sued for False Claims

On October 29, 2012, the Department of Justice announced that the United States is suing Jacintoport International LLC for violating the False Claims Act.  The false claims relate to a warehousing and logistics contract that addresses the storage and delivery of food for humanitarian aid.   Jacintoport is a cargo handling ...

Former Corrections Officer Sexually Assaulted Inmate

The Department of Justice announced that Sylvester Bruce was sentenced on October 22, 2012 for sexual abuse of an inmate during 2010.  Bruce was a former corrections officer at the Navajo Nation’s Shiprock Detention Center (SDC).   Bruce pleaded guilty in July.  He admitted that he touched the victim’s ...

Fake News Website Ordered to Forfeit $2 Million

On October 19, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission announced that Circa Direct LLC and Andrew Davidson are ordered to pay over $2 million for using fake new websites to market acai berry weight-loss products deceptively.   The defendants ran internet advertisements that appeared like they were from news websites.  The ...

Compete Inc Failed to Protect Sensitive Data

On October 22, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission announced that the web analytics company called Compete Inc agreed to enter into a settlement after the website collected personal data but failed to inform the public about the information it was collecting.   Compete Inc is a website that uses software to collect and analyze ...

Russian Twins Indicted for $7.2M Commodities Fraud Scheme

On October 19, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois announced that Marat Yunusov and Ayrat Yunusox of Kazan, Russia were charged with eight counts of wire fraud and two counts of commodities fraud.  The two men managed to profit $7.2 million by engaging in manipulative trading with the CME Group ...

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