The following are news releases issued by the OIG, the Department
of Labor, United States Attorneys, or other organizations that
highlight the work of the OIG.
- Former Air Traffic Controller Convicted of Lying to Federal Workers' Compensation Program (USAO-ED Virginia 01/17/12)
- Former City of Miami Police Officer Charged in Embezzlement Scheme (USAO-SD Florida 01/06/12)
- Trucking Company Owners Indicted on Embezzlement, Tax Evasion and Million Dollar Fraud Charges (USAO-ED New York 12/22/11)
- Contractor Pleads Guilty To Filing False Reports (USAO-D New Jersey 12/21/11)
- Former Branson Business Owner Pleads Guilty To Visa Fraud Scheme (USAO-WD Missouri 12/20/11)
- Superseding indictment charges Genovese organized crime associates and union officials with additional extortions of international longshoremen's association members (USAO-D New Jersey 12/15/11)
- Former Detective and Security Business Owner Kim McAfee Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Prison and Must Pay More Than $73,000.00 (USAO-SD Illinois 12/09/11)
- FORMER ILLINOIS GOV. ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IN PRISON FOR CORRUPTION IN OFFICE(USAO-ND Illinois 12/07/11)
- Three Officers of UFCW Local in New York Charged in $2.4M Scam (USAO-D New Jersey 11/22/11)
- Local Businessman Indicted – Quirin Charged with Fraud (USAO-SD Illinois 11/18/11)
- Palisade Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Health Care Programs for Nuclear Weapons Workers and Miners (USAO-D Colorado 11/10/11)
- President of Drywall Company Sentenced for Misappropriating Employees’ Wages, Pension and Benefit Funds (USAO-D Minnesota 11/04/11)
- Dayton Business Owner Sentenced to Prison for Hiring Immigrants to Work at Non-Existent Company (USAO-SD Ohio 11/01/11)
- Lucchese Organized Crime Family Member and Associate Among 13 Arrested, Charged for Racketeering and Other Offenses, Including Illegal Takeover of Publicly Traded Company (USAO-D New Jersey 11/01/11)
- Gaithersburg Man Pleads Guilty in Identity Theft and Access Device Conspiracy to Obtain Maryland Unemployment Benefits (UASO-D Maryland 10/27/11)
- MANHATTAN U.S. ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES ARRESTS OF THREE UNION LEADERS FOR RACKETEERING, EXTORTION, MONEY LAUNDERING, AND WITNESS TAMPERING CRIMES (USAO-SD New York 10/26/11)
- Former Employee Benefit Funds Administrator Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court to Charges of Embezzling $40 Million from Construction Workers’ Union Funds (USAO-SD New York 10/21/11)
- Immigration Attorney and Paralegal Sentenced for Immigration Fraud (USAO-ND Georgia 10/17/11)
- Government Contractor Pleads Guilty to Providing False Information to Federal Agencies to Procure Contracts (USAO-D District of Columbia 10/14/11)
- Administrator/Trustee of Retirement Trust Sentenced for Embezzlement and Tax Evasion (USAO-D New
Jersey 10/13/11)
- MANHATTAN
U.S. ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES CHARGES AGAINST TWELVE DEFENDANTS FOR OPERATING A
MASSIVE IMMIGRATION FRAUD MILL THROUGH A MANHATTAN LAW FIRM (USAO- SD New
York 10/11/11)
- Assistant Commissioner of NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development Indicted for Racketeering, Bribery and Extortion (USAO- ED New York 10/06/11)
- 10 KC-Area Residents Indicted For Stealing Unemployment Benefits (USAO- WD Missouri 10/05/11)
- LABOR UNION OFFICER ARRESTED FOR TAKING BRIBES (USAO- NJ 10/05/11)
- THIRD NEW JERSEY CHINESE RESTAURANT PARTNER-MANAGER ADMITS FAILING TO PAY TAXES, FRAUDULENTLY SECURING SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS FOR HIMSELF AND HIS CHILDREN (USAO- NJ 09/15/11)
- FORMER INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN’S UNION OFFICER ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT (USAO- NJ 09/15/11)
- HEALTH INSURANCE EXECUTIVES INDICTED (USAO- MA 08/11/11)
- MINT POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED, CHARGED IN NEW JERSEY FOR ALLEGED DISABILITY FRAUD(USAO-NJ 08/11/11)
- FORMER
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER FOR TOURO COLLEGE SENTENCED IN MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT
TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR COMMERCIAL KICKBACK SCHEME (USAO- SD New York,
08/03/11)
- NEW JERSEY ASIAN RESTAURANT OWNERS ADMIT FAILING TO PAY TAXES, HARBORING UNLAWFUL ALIENS (USAO- New Jersey, 08/02/11)
- MANALAPAN, NEW JERSEY MAN ADMITS TAX EVASION AND MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS (USAO- New Jersey, 07/15/11)
- FEDERAL EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES FILED AGAINST TWO MID-STATE UNION OFFICIALS (USAO- MD Pennsylvania, 07/11/11)
- MILTON TILLMAN AND SON SENTENCED TO PRISON ON FEDERAL CHARGES RELATING TO OPERATION OF 4 ACES BAIL BONDS (USAO- Maryland, 07/08/11)
- Mississippi Woman Pleads Guilty to Katrina Fraud (USAO- SD Mississippi, 07/07/11)
- LA-area psychologist, 2 ex-postal employees indicted in medical fraud scheme (USAO- SD New York, 06/14/11)
- JOSEPH OLIVIERI, FORMER TRUSTEE OF CARPENTERS UNIONBENEFIT FUNDS, SENTENCED IN MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT TO 18 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR PERJURY CONVICTION (USAO- SD New York, 06/03/11)