by Associated Press Published: June 4,2013
Tags: bench, concrete, court, false statement, federal agency, fraud, guilty, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, plead, space, space exploration, Space Shuttle, technology, test, testing
DIAMONDHEAD — A company hired to perform concrete-strength tests at Stennis Space Center in 2011 is scheduled to accept a plea agreement to making false statements on jobs performed for NASA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Sun Herald reports court records show Gulf Cities Testing Laboratories, LLC, once based in Diamondhead, has [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 30,2013
Tags: attorney, black market, case, contraband, court, federal government, guilty, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, plea, tobacco, trial
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Florida tobacco distributor long watched by federal investigators has pleaded guilty to money laundering and conspiracy in a scheme to avoid paying taxes owed on online cigarette sales in Kentucky. Pedro “Peter” Bello became the second person to admit to plotting to use phony invoices to avoid paying taxes on millions [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 13,2013
Tags: bench, cheat, cheater, cheating, court, decision, education, educator, guilty, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, license, prison, ruling, sentence, teacher, test
MEMPHIS — A federal judge in Memphis has sentenced a longtime Memphis educator to seven years in prison in a test-taking fraud scheme. Clarence Mumford Sr. pleaded guilty in February to leading a 15-year scheme that helped teachers cheat on qualification exams. The passing scores were then used to help people get jobs in public [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 8,2013
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PEARL RIVER — A company that owned a Bogalusa paper mill has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from an August 2011 spill of pulp byproducts into the Pearl River that killed more than 500,000 fish. Austin, Texas-based Temple Inland faces a maximum fine of $200,000 for its guilty plea to violating the Clean Water Act. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 1,2013
Tags: bank, banker, banking, bench, court, crime, fraud, guilty, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, loan, plea, real estate, residential, subdivision
OXFORD — DeSoto County developer Chuck Roberts has pleaded guilty in federal court to bank fraud charges. The Commercial Appeal reports Roberts entered his plea at a hearing in Oxford yesterday. He pleaded guilty to one count charging him with submitting fake documents and making false statements to an area bank to get money from [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 25,2013
Tags: bench, commercial fisherman, court, crab, fishing, fraud, guilty, impersonation, justice, legal, plea, shrimp, workplace safety
WIGGINS — A 46-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to federal charges that accuse her of posing as a federal worker to make nearly $216,000 giving fraudulent training classes to fishermen who hoped to get jobs cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010. Connie M. Knight was living in Belle Chasse, La., when [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 16,2013
Tags: agency, agriculture, animal, bench, bull, cattle, cattleman, court, cow, crime, farm, farmer, farming, federal government, fraud, fraudulent, guilty, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, livestock, loan, plea, plead, sale, steer, stock
ABERDEEN — Court records say a man will plead guilty to hiding the sales of cattle and using fake invoices to avoid paying back a federal loan. A filing in U.S. District Court in Aberdeen says Clint Mann intends to change his plea. He pleaded not guilty Aug. 19. Court records say Mann obtained a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 19,2012
Tags: bank, banker, banking, bench, bond, cash, court, crime, criminal, embezzle, embezzlement, embezzler, finance, financial institution, fraud, guilty, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, plea, steal, teller, theft, thief, vault
PICAYUNE — A former teller at a Picayune bank pleaded guilty to bank fraud for her role in the theft of $117,000 from a bank vault at Union Planters Bank. The Sun Herald reports 43-year-old Debra Mitchell was released on a $25,000 unsecured bond pending sentencing on March 18. Mitchell, of Carriere, was charged with [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 14,2012
Tags: acquire, bench, bid, buy, court, crime, criminal, fraud, guilty, home, house, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, mail fraud, plea, plead, purchase, real estate, residence, residentiasl, sale, sell, sentence
LAUREL — Two real estate investors have pleaded guilty to bid rigging and mail fraud in a scheme to artificially lower prices of auctioned homes in Alabama. U.S. Department of Justice officials say Robert M. Brannon, of Laurel, and his son Jason Brannon, of Mobile, Ala., conspired with others to avoid bidding against each other [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 12,2012
Tags: bench, commodity, court, crime, criminal, fraud, fraudulent, futures, guilty, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, plea, trade, trading
OLIVE BRANCH — A Mississippi man has pleaded guilty to making unauthorized wheat futures trades through the Chicago Board of Trade causing MF Global Inc. to lose $141 million. Federal officials in Chicago said 44-year-old Evan Brent Dooley of Olive Branch entered the plea to commodities trading violations. Authorities say he made large, unauthorized overnight [...] [...]
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