US Department Of Justice: Three Men Indicted For $30 Million Foreign Exchange Fraud Scheme mondovisione.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mondovisione.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Washington ranch co-owner Cody Easterday defrauded Tyson Foods of $233 million and another company of $11 million by selling more than 200,000 head of cattle that only existed on invoices, according to a plea agreement unsealed on Thursday, April 1.
Easterday, former manager of the Easterday Ranches feedlot in Pasco, Washington, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of felony wire fraud and faces up to 20 years in prison.
He also faces civil charges filed March 31 by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for allegedly reporting false or misleading information to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Easterday, 49, entered the plea to the criminal charge in U.S. District Court for Eastern Washington. Federal Judge Stanley Bastian in Yakima accepted the plea and set sentencing for Aug. 4. According to the plea deal, prosecutors agreed not to bring additional charges.
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Los Angeles, California - A California man pleaded guilty Monday to perpetrating a scheme to fraudulently obtain approximately $1.8 million in COVID-19 relief guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
According to court documents, Hassan Kanyike, 29, of Santa Clarita, admitted that he submitted six fraudulent PPP loan applications and two fraudulent EIDL applications. The applications sought funds to purportedly pay the salaries of employees whom he claimed worked for two of his businesses. Kanyike successfully obtained approximately $1 million through four PPP loans, and another $300,000 through two EIDL loans.
Former Contracting Officer Sentenced for Bribery Conspiracy Published: 03 April 2021 03 April 2021
Arlington, Virginia - A New Jersey woman was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison for engaging in a bribery and procurement fraud scheme.
According to court documents, Diane D. Sturgis, 62, of Glassboro, served as a contracting officer for in the International Broadcast Bureau, Office of Contracts, of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (the BBG) until September 2017. In that capacity, Sturgis, among other things, supervised several contracts awarded to a Virginia information technology and data management firm, including a blanket purchase agreement.
In September 2014, the BBG and the U.S. Department of Defense used the firm’s blanket purchase agreement to issue a task order that subsequently served as a vehicle for procuring millions of dollars in services from the firm. In November 2014, Sturgis and the firm’s owner used the same task order to fill several contractin
Former Probation Official Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Offenses freerepublic.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from freerepublic.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.