Imperial Valley News Center
Property Preservationist Pleads Guilty in $10 Million Dollar Fraud Scheme
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Providence, Rhode Island - Former East Greenwich, Rhode Island, businesswoman Monique N. Brady, 44, whose company, MNB, specialized in preserving the condition of foreclosed homes for resale, yesterday admitted to utilizing her business and business contacts, often times family members, friends, and business associates, to operate a $10.3 million dollar Ponzi scheme.
U.S. Extradites Former Colombian Minister of Agriculture Convicted of Embezzlement and Illegal Government Contracting
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Miami, Florida - The United States Friday extradited Andres Felipe Arias Leiva, who served as Colombia’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development from 2005 to 2009, to face a prison sentence in that country based on a 2014 conviction by the Supreme Court of Colombia for two offenses committed while Arias served in public office.
Attorney General William P. Barr on Census Citizenship Question
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Washington, DC - Thursday July, 11, 2019, Attorney General William P. Barr on Census Citizenship Question:
Federal Indictment Charges Software Engineer with Taking Stolen Trade Secrets to China
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Chicago, Illinois - A software engineer at a suburban Chicago locomotive manufacturer stole proprietary information from the company and took it to China, according to an indictment unsealed last week in federal court in Chicago.
Justice Department Obtains $1.4 Billion from Reckitt Benckiser Group in Largest Recovery in a Case Concerning an Opioid Drug
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Washington, DC - Global consumer goods conglomerate Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (RB Group) has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to resolve its potential criminal and civil liability related to a federal investigation of the marketing of the opioid addiction treatment drug Suboxone. The resolution - the largest recovery by the United States in a case concerning an opioid drug - includes the forfeiture of proceeds totaling $647 million, civil settlements with the federal government and the states totaling $700 million, and an administrative resolution with the Federal Trade Commission for $50 million.
Former State Department Employee Sentenced for Conspiring with Chinese Agents
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Washington, DC - Candace Marie Claiborne, a former employee of the U.S. Department of State, was sentenced to 40 months in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $40,000 for conspiracy to defraud the United States, by lying to law enforcement and background investigators, and hiding her extensive contacts with, and gifts from, agents of the People’s Republic of China, in exchange for providing them with internal documents from the U.S. State Department.
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