by Associated Press Published: February 21,2012
Tags: athletes, athletics, courts, fraud, investing, investments, investors, judge, judicial, judiciary, professional athletes, professional sports, scam, scheme, sentencing, tax evasion, taxes, wire fraud
MADISON — A federal judge has put off a former NFL player’s sentencing to give prosecutors time to notify possible fraud victims in Mississippi, Tennessee, Florida and Arizona. The Clarion-Ledger reports that the amount of Jeffrey Walker’s restitution payment will depend on the number of victims. Sentencing had been scheduled for last Friday. Federal assistant [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 6,2011
Tags: aerospace, contracts, courts, defense, education, federal contracts, federal government, federal grants, grant, grants, higher education, sentencing, wire fraud
GULFPORT — A researcher at the University of California at Los Angeles has been sentenced in Gulfport to probation and restitution in a wire-fraud case. Prosecutors said Michael D. Pottenger of Santa Monica, Calif., accepted a grant of nearly $100,000 that he wasn’t eligible to receive. The Sun Herald reports Pottenger received three years’ probation [...] [...]
SOUTHAVEN — A Mississippi couple has pleaded guilty to federal wire and mail fraud charges stemming from a scam involving insurance checks totaling nearly $700,000. The Commercial Appeal reports Elizabeth and Robert Rainey of Southaven admitted to siphoning money from her employer, Direct General Insurance Corp. of Memphis, by creating fraudulent checks on insurance claims. [...] [...]
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