PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 9 (UPI) — The centerpiece of the fight against financial fraud will be a new interagency task force, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says. Speaking Friday in Palm Beach, Fla., which he called “ground zero for the $65 billion Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Bernard Madoff,” Holder said the new entity, called […]

WASHINGTON – A northern Virginia business owner was sentenced today in federal court in Alexandria, Va., for failing to collect, account for and pay over to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) more than $200,000 in withholdings from employees’ paychecks, the Justice Department and IRS announced today. U.S. District Court Judge Ellis sentenced Eric Jon Eisenhower, […]

MobileMe is Apple’s solution for web-based productivity. For $99 a year, you get a calendar, email, online storage, and apps. Besides the fact that it’s offered by Apple, there has never really been a clear incentive for paying $99 a year for something you can get free elsewhere. The benefit, of course, is having a […]

A federal grand jury in Baltimore indicted John Stewart Morrison IV of Columbia, Md., on two counts of mail fraud and indicted Clifford Michael Seibert of Berlin, Md., and Seibert’s company, Modular Homes Wholesaler Inc. on two counts of wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme. Each indictment also seeks the forfeiture of […]

Oklahoma’s crackdown on illegal immigration draws Texas lawmakers’ interest http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/DN-immigcrackdown_14tex.ART.North.Edition1.454e093.html Published on 14/02/2008 23:12:35

Washington….President Obama this morning urged passage of his proposals to stimulate hiring by small businesses through tax credits and lending incentives, arguing that similar measures are partly responsible for economic recovery over the last few months. Small businesses have historically been responsible for two out of every three new jobs created in the U.S., Obama […]

Baltimore, Maryland – Scott Bradford, age 49, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with the sale of stolen merchandise through Fast Money, the pawn shop he operated. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Postal Inspector […]

NORFOLK, Va. – Natallia Green, 29, of Norfolk, Va., pleaded guilty today in Norfolk federal court to charges of making a false statement on a loan application to Bank of the Commonwealth. Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, made the announcement after Green’s plea was accepted by United States […]

Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia announced that he has hired Jasmine Yoon for the Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Unit. Yoon joins an expanding Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Unit, which has grown by 50 percent since September 2009. “My office has taken a number of steps this […]

Six Kenyan nationals quickly pleaded guilty to charges they helped an international crime ring scam government agencies in four states, but several loose ends remain. The case focuses on an attempt to bilk a total of $3.3 million from Kansas, Massachusetts, Ohio and West Virginia between March and July 2009. It does not include another […]