The Downfall of Phar-Mor
What do a bankrupt Youngstown, Ohio, pharmacy retailer, the defunct World Basketball League, and the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball have to do with each other? The answer is one man, Michael...
View ArticleMyrtle Beach Man Sentenced to 41 Months for Wire Fraud
Larry Duwayne Woods, 69, has been sentenced to 41 months in prison and ordered to pay $733,766 in restitution for charges of federal wire fraud. The sentence was handed down by United States District...
View ArticleWoman Sentenced for Mail Fraud in Alexandria
According to the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, Dawn Johnson recently entered into an agreement and pleaded guilty to federal mail fraud and presenting fictitious or fraudulent...
View ArticleCatching “Dread Pirate Roberts” – The End of Silk Road
How the World’s Most Sophisticated Online Criminal Empire Was Brought Down Earlier this week, a joint investigation by the FBI, DEA, IRS Criminal Division and ICE culminated in the seizure of “Silk...
View ArticleDeLay Wins Reversal, Acquittal
66-year-old Tom DeLay, the Texas Republican and former House Majority Leader, was formally acquitted yesterday of conspiracy and money laundering charges when the Texas Third Court of Appeals...
View ArticleMother and Son Charged with Arson
Kellie Jean Lawson, 52, and her son, Christopher Wesley Welborne, are both facing first degree arson charges in connection with a house fire that caused over $85,000 in damage last August 27th. Lawson...
View ArticleInternet Relationship Leads to Mail Fraud Charge
Marvin Ray Thomas is currently facing federal mail fraud charges for wiring more than $20,000 from cashed counterfeit money orders to Nigeria. Despite multiple warnings by law enforcement that he was...
View ArticleArmy Captain Indicted for Mail and Wire Fraud
Michael Benjamin Crowder, an attorney and local army captain, has been indicted on multiple counts of mail and wire fraud. Crowder is currently stationed in Fort Hill, Oklahoma and made his initial...
View ArticleMan Sentenced for Embezzling from Former Employer
A Portate man, who embezzled over $6.5 million from his former employer, learned his fate on Monday afternoon. Christopher Earl Pratt, 42, was sentenced to 7 years and 3 months in federal prison...
View ArticleRepublican Political Aide Convicted of Wire Fraud
John Rowland Mills, a former policy analyst for the Arizona House of Representatives, was found guilty on nine counts of wire last week before a federal grand jury in Phoenix. The case was tried...
View ArticleWest Virginia Consumers Win Antitrust Suit Against Apple
Patrick Morrisey, the Attorney General for the state of West Virginia, has announced that Apple Inc. has been found liable for violating antitrust laws by conspiring with major United States publishers...
View ArticleFormer Police Chief Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
Woody Burgess, the former chief of the Cherryville Police Department, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to embezzlement in a Charlotte federal court. Federal prosecutors say that for nearly a year, Burgess...
View ArticleBusiness Deal Gone Sour? Knowing the Right Time to Hire a Lawyer
Business partnerships are relationships as complex as those of married couples. There may be some formal agreement in place establishing the partnership or an informal handshake that establishes the...
View ArticleChurch Bookkeeper Charged with Embezzlement
A former Minneapolis bookkeeper was accused Friday of embezzling thousands from the Minneapolis Area Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America over a seven year period. Raenay Hendrickson...
View ArticleTexas Attorney Sentenced for Mail and Wire Fraud
Steven Rushing, who pleaded guilty on February 15, 2013 to mail fraud, was sentenced last week to 41 months in a federal prison by United State District Judge Michael H. Schneider. The 55-year-old...
View ArticleMaui Residents Indicted in Ponzi Scheme
A federal grand jury indicted two former Maui residents on charges that they allegedly ran a Ponzi scheme between January 2005 and November 2010. The scheme allegedly bilked unsuspecting investors out...
View ArticleWilliam Bigelow Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud
A Woodbine man and former president of RMS Direct Inc. pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud in a scheme that stole more than $620,000 from 19 victims through faulty...
View ArticleMan Pleads Guilty in Connecticut Investment Scheme
Garrett Denniston, 62, has been accused of running a multi-million dollar fraud scheme through a Connecticut company and has plead guilty to federal criminal charges. Prosecutors say that Denniston...
View ArticleIs a Window Sign Legally Binding?
Businesses generally cannot survive without advertising. Whether through television advertisements or vinyl banners, businesses must connect with the public in order to obtain customers. While some...
View ArticleForeign Corrupt Practices Act
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA, was signed into law in 1977. The statute includes two groups of provisions; anti-bribery provisions and accounting provisions. The anti-bribery provisions...
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