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Yearly archive for 2017

Washington Bookkeeper Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud for Embezzling from Employer

  Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Washington FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 10, 2017 Violated the Trust of Retired Couple – Stole more than $750,000 for Trips, Home and other Personal Expenses           A former resident of Eastsound, Orcas Island, Washington pleaded guilty

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Missouri Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud, False Tax Return

  Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Missouri FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 10, 2017 SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., business owner pleaded guilty in federal court today to

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Former Credit Union Employee Indicted

GALVESTON, Texas – Authorities have arrested the former manager of Electrical Workers 527 Federal Credit Union on charges of bank fraud, theft and misapplication, and making false statements in the books and records of a financial institution, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. A federal grand jury

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New Jersey Man Charged With Theft Of Trade Secrets From Dupont

NEWARK, N.J. – A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man has been charged with stealing computer files containing trade secrets from a DuPont manufacturing facility in Parlin, New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced today. Anchi Hou, 61, East Brunswick, New Jersey, was arrested this morning

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Boston: Trash company owner charged with defrauding the Fall River Landfill operator $473,000

Here we have what seems a tight little case of a single company committing a fraud against a landfill operator by misrepresenting the origin of certain trash, qualifying it to pay a lower rate to be dumped.  That may be all there was to get, but what

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In Customs’ (CBP’s) Shoes

[email protected] Last week, President Trump signed two Executive Orders (EO) that will affect the use of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) trade resources. The first is a direct call to step up enforcement of trade laws with a special emphasis given to anti-dumping and countervailing duty

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Green Grants and Grantees are now in #GFPFE crosshairs and there is no bag limit

The Economist’s handy graph showing the breakdown of the Trump Administration’s Proposed Budget shows in stark budgetary terms what US government agencies are facing.  I have reviewed the proposed budget and have concluded that it is the strongest indicator yet that the Trump Administration intends to reinvigorate Grant Fraud and Procurement

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People for People, DOJ-OIG and #GFPFE

By [email protected] Changes in enforcement priorities dictate when grant irregularities are referred to enforcement agencies.  This case involving People for People (PFP) provides a good example of that principal.  In reviewing the reports and correspondence, it appears that the matter remained bottled up in DOJ OIG-Audit.  Had

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Trade Risks (Part 3): Trade Preference Programs 

by Janet Labuda In recent hearings on Capitol Hill, Peter Navarro of the National Trade Council talked about the need for free, fair, and reciprocal trade agreements. According to Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, the United States, Canada, and Mexico will engage in discussions to modernize the

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#GFPFE: USAID IG Barr and State IG Linick testifying at 10 am on enforcement issues

State IG Linick pioneered #GFPFE efforts for USDOJ when he co-founded the National Procurement Fraud Task Force and was instrumental in getting the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force stood up  before becoming the first IG for FHFA-OIG (nominated by Presidents Bush and Obama).  After building that agency

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