UPDATED: FirstEnergy charged federally, agrees to terms of deferred prosecution settlement Comment sought from Rep. Wilkin on HB 6
The Highland County Press
House Bill 6, as previously reported, was co-sponsored by Republican Reps. Shane Wilkin, R-Hillsboro, and Jamie Callender, R-Lake County.
The bill included a $1 billion bailout for two nuclear power plants operated at the time by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp.
According to the federal criminal complaint, a conspiracy to pass the bill had its roots on a flight FirstEnergy provided to former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, R-Glenford, and his son to President Donald Trump’s January 2017 inauguration.
PPP Fraud: How a Californian AUSA Created a Smart and Efficient Precedent to Combat Inadvertent Loan Fraud Monday, April 5, 2021
If there is a lesson from the cases involving business owners experiencing bank freezes or encouners with law enforcement so far, it is the impression that banks and Justice Department officials have tried to apply standard law enforcement protocols irrespective of the nature of the allegations or the size of the fraud.
It failed; it consumes vast government resources while risking over-criminalization. Not every hard-working but struggling business owner should face asset freezes and criminal prosecution just because, for example, they made a simple accounting error. To be clear, the vast majority of clients did not buy a new boat or a luxury car from loan money; they simply miscalculated the correct loan amount at a time when even their own CPA was understandably unfamiliar with the qualifying requirements.
New Orleans Deepak Jack Jagtiani, a resident of Metairie, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jay C. Zainey to 63 months in prison for embezzling over $7 million from his employer and for defrauding the government of over $1 million in income taxes. Jagtiani previously pleaded guilty to both counts of the indictment, which charged him with wire fraud and making false statements on a federal income tax return.
According to the court documents, from 2007 to 2019, Jagtiani served as the comptroller of Dan-Gulf Shipping, Inc., a Metairie-based freight forwarding company. In that capacity, Jagtiani had the authority to manage the payroll and other accounts for Dan-Gulf. Jagtiani admitted that he used his authority to pay himself excessive salaries and benefits from 2009 through early 2019. In total, Jagtiani defrauded Dan-Gulf and its business partner of over $7,000,000.00.
Four Seattle-area men indicted for seeking to sexually assault children during FBI online sting operation
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In each case defendants allegedly communicated with undercover agents about their interest in sexually molesting children or young teens
Seattle – A federal grand jury has indicted four Seattle-area men who were arrested and charged following an FBI sting operation focused on adults seeking to sexually assault children, announced U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran. The investigation revealed that some of the defendants had molested other children or collected images of child sexual abuse before they were identified by law enforcement.
“Law enforcement reports increasing concern about online sexual exploitation of children during the pandemic,” said U.S. Attorney Moran. “Tragically, we saw this week that in service to the safety and innocence of children, two FBI agents lost their lives in Florida, and three others were wounded. I commend our local agents fo
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A Sherman man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced recently.
Anthony Wade Buford, 35, pleaded guilty on June 9 to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and was sentenced to 235 months in federal prison Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant, III.
A statement from the U.S. Attorney s Office said that information presented in court, showed that in the summer of 2019, Grayson County law enforcement agencies began investigating reports that a drug trafficking group operating in the area was receiving narcotics from a supplier in McKinney.